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Unabomber’s Manifesto

Unabomber’s Manifesto

1. The Industrial Revolution and its consequences have been a disaster for the human race. They have greatly increased the life-expectancy of those of us who live in “advanced” countries, but they have destabilized society, have made life unfulfilling, have subjected human beings to indignities, 

How Spiders Use Silk to Fly

How Spiders Use Silk to Fly

Sometimes spiders ride the wind. They spin out lines of silk that are caught by the breeze and carry them aloft. They have been reported to rise a mile or two above the earth, and perhaps even to cross oceans. It’s called ballooning. Moonsung Cho, 

Her Heart of Tulum, Mexico

Her Heart of Tulum, Mexico

Daniel Popper, an artist from Cape Town, South Africa has created “Ven a la Luz” (Come Into the Light), located on a Tulum, Mexico for the Art With Me Tulum festival.

Lia Melia

Lia Melia

Colonialism did not just create slavery: it changed geology

Colonialism did not just create slavery: it changed geology

Within decades of the discovery of America, Europeans were eating its potatoes and tomatoes, while China and India were consuming its peppers. These imports also had a profound impact. “In China, for example, the arrival of maize allowed drier lands to be farmed, driving new 

Harmonia Rosales

Harmonia Rosales