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Where Should Society Draw the Line on Extreme Wealth?
Lucas Chancel in Nature: As radical as they might seem, calls for limits on wealth…
Israel, Gaza, and McNamara’s Lessons for War and Peace
by Ashutosh Jogalekar at 3 Quarks Daily: Once again the world faces death and destruction,…
Wednesday Poem: The Lonely Maiden
Beyond the sea, so calm and smooth.The tide so low and the wind so cool.Far…
A Toxic Substance Found in Beethoven’s Hair May Solve an Enduring Mystery
For 200 years, Ludwig van Beethoven’s deafness has puzzled experts and fans. But a recent…
An Essay By an Artist: Nero’s Violin
Judson Vereen at Poetic Outlaws: My encounters with critics are minimal, yet explosive. They will…
‘The Young Engineer’ and Sibte Hasan
Habib Khan, Quetta: We had met Syed Sibte Hasan by chance. It so happened that…
Tuesday Poem: The Ultimate Return
In the early dark before dawnI awake with a dreary feelingof death dripping from my…
Google and Harvard Map a Tiny Piece of the Human Brain With Extreme Precision
Our brains are like a jungle, writes Shelly Fan at Singularity Hub: Fan reports that…
Teaching the Science of Happiness
“In order to help improve my students’ mental health, I offered a course on the…
Israel Can’t Win This War—Palestinians Told Us That From the Beginning
Peter Beinart in The Beinart Notebook: Our guest this week is someone I admire greatly,…
‘The Use of Political Power to Achieve Economic Gains’
by Umair Javed at Dawn: The Chinese state is remarkable in that it has struck…