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Looking out at the Tigris River in Hasankeyf, Turkey, 2008. The town is gradually being submerged as part of a controversial dam project. Photo by Carolyn Drake/Magnum Photos The power of water Far more potent than oil or gold, water is a stream of geopolitical force that runs deep, feeding crops and building nations Giulio Boccaletti + BIO AEON 15 February 2022 Giulio Boccaletti is an author, e..

Extreme heat is the new normal for the world’s oceans, according to study According to the research, more than half of the planet’s marine surface is suffering from temperature rises, which is pushing many species to migrate further north A map showing the marine areas where temperature increases are highest (green) and lowest (blue).Van Houtan et al./PLoS Climate Miguel Ángel Criado EL PAIS, 10..

Humanities › History & Culture What Is Communism? Definition and Examples Symbols of communism: the hand wielding the hammer and sickle, in the background the rising sun and the red star. Fototeca Gilardi/Getty Images Table of Contents Expand History of Communism Key Principles Examples Communism in Practice By Robert Longley Updated on August 26, 2021 Communism is a political, social, and econo..

Humanities › Geography What Is Imperialism? Definition and Historical Perspective "Political cartoon depicting imperialism as a group of men eating cakes with the names of countries on them" width="1931" height="1290" class="primary-img--noscript primary-image mntl-primary-image " Getty Images / ilbusca Geography Political Geography Basics Physical Geography Population Country Information Key Fi..

How Ulysses shaped the modern world 100 years on, we still live in the shadow of James Joyce's masterwork. Patrick West, Columnist The SPIKED 2nd February 2022 The early 1920s were a time of great convulsion in European politics, society and culture. Most of it was a consequence of the Great War of 1914-18 that had shattered so spectacularly the certitudes and confidence of the long 19th century..

Reading Thucydides in a Time of Pandemic What the Athenian historian’s insights predict about the future of our own democracy By W. Robert Connor | February 5, 2022 The American Scholar Plague in an Ancient City (circa 1650–52), Michael Sweerts (Wikimedia Commons) Misery loves company. While Covid-19 raged outside, I remained in my study reading accounts of ancient plagues—the opening of Homer’s..

‘A deranged pyroscape’: how fires across the world have grown weirder Despite the rise of headline-grabbing megafires, fewer fires are burning worldwide now than at any time since antiquity. But this isn’t good news – in banishing fire from sight, we have made its dangers stranger and less predictable Illustration: Bruno Haward/Guardian Design Daniel Immerwahr The Guardian, Thu 3 Feb 2022 The hu..

What’s So Hard About Understanding Consciousness? We brought Antonio Damasio and Anil Seth together to share their insights into neuroscience’s big question. By Kristen French Nautilus February 2, 2022 Because you are reading these words, it’s safe to say you possess consciousness—that magic of awareness that you are alive and awake, and that you are you, not somebody else. Consciousness is the ..

The End of the End of the End by Sam Kriss The First Thing February 2022 The End of the End of History: Politics in the Twenty-First Century by alex hochuli, george hoare, and philip cunliffe zer0, 208 pages, $19.95 About a decade ago, I would go to a party, get drunk off the kind of alcohol that’s sold in plastic bottles, snort up some dubious research chemicals, and then discover to my horror ..

1922: the year that made modernism Ulysses, “The Waste Land”, Jacob’s Room: a year of radical experiments changed the course of literature. By John Mullan The New Statesman 30 January 2022updated 31 Jan 2022 11:47am University at Buffalo Libraries/Album In the spring 1922 issue of the avant-garde American literary journal Little Review, Ezra Pound published a calendar for a modern era. The month..