Knight of the night

“I came here to get a PhD in American literature, and here I am, with pictures of American writers on the wall—a chess vendor.”
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Digital culture built on the seamless speed of the jet age

Jet-age glamour was more than just aesthetic: its promise of motionless movement reshaped perception of time and space
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Forget the Alamo review: dark truths of the US south and its ‘secular Mecca’

Three Texas authors expose the myth that the 1836 battle at a San Antonio mission was about freedom. It was about slavery
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The Festival of the Snake-Catchers in Italy

The festival of the snake-catchers involves a procession carrying the statue of St. Dominic, draped with living snakes in Italy.
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How social media helped the tech-savvy Taliban retake Afghanistan

Online communities are not just used for propaganda but are valuable fundraising tools and crucial to recruitment, says politics lecturer Weeda Mehran
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More Than 80 Cultures Still Speak in Whistles

Dozens of traditional cultures use a whistled form of their native language for long-distance communication. You could, too.
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Who were the Toaleans? Ancient woman's DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture

The first ancient human DNA from the Indonesian island of Sulawesi — and the wider Wallacea islands group — sheds light on the early human history of the region.
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Joe Biden Was Right to Pull Out of Afghanistan

The US may not be completely ending its military adventure in Afghanistan, but Joe Biden’s decision to pull out troops is a victory for democracy over national security authoritarianism.
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‘We don’t care how they do it in the Lower 48’: The Alaskans refusing the vaccine

‘I work in the woods and I don’t socialize,’ says one Alaskan whose grandfather died fishing at sea and whose uncle was mauled by a bear
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‘So fluffy they’re like teddy bears’: thousands of native bees emerge in Western Australia

Higher than average rainfall and growth of the bees’ two favourite flowers could account for the larger than usual colony
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Russia signals it's ready to engage with Taliban, experts say

Russia's reaction to the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan.
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The War in Afghanistan Was a Scam

The 20-year conflict was a boon to the military-industrial complex, at the cost of untold lives.
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Japanese gaming arcades are on their last life

Already on a downward trend, COVID-19-mandated closures are slashing profits and forcing closures of many of the country’s iconic locations.
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'Worst year I've ever witnessed': Drought withers Western Canada's spring wheat

'Some are harvesting about 25 per cent of what they would typically expect. The conditions are terrible'
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Why are rivers turning blue in Africa?

Fast fashion is ‘killing’ Africa’s rivers by polluting them with chemicals and dyes.
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Don’t blame Russian trolls for our anti-vaxx problem. Our misinformation is homegrown | Sophie Zhang

I blew the whistle on inauthentic behavior at Facebook. But authentic misinformation is the bigger problem in the west
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Afghans are racing to erase their online lives

Every photo and every data point is a link to the old way of life in Afghanistan – and a reason for Taliban retribution
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Automation could put 4 in 10 Canadian jobs at high risk in future, study says

More than 40 per cent of the Canadian workforce is at high risk of being replaced by technology and computers in the next two decades, according to a new report.
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Should North Korean YouTube be banned?

Should North Korean YouTube be banned?
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On the hunt for the barking owl with sound recorders, head torches and a thermal camera

Candice Larkin is trying to track down the elusive barking owl, whose calls are often confused with the woofs of a dog, and even the screams of a human. 
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Nintendo Switch Becomes First Console to Sweep Japan’s Top 30 Charts Since 1988

Released in 2017, the Nintendo Switch is a little console that packs a big punch. It sets itself apart from other gaming systems through its hybrid nature. The console can be played docked and connected to a screen like a conventional console, or it can be used in portable form when you need to game on the go. Since its release, the console and the many games it supports have broken a slew of records.
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480 million-year-old fossil spores from Western Australia record how ancient plants spread to land

When plants started growing on land, they changed the world. Ancient fossil spores hint at how and when they did it.
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Hit songs rely on increasing “harmonic surprise” to hook listeners, study finds

Hip-hop artist Childish Gambino (aka actor Donald Glover) made a splash in 2018 with the release of his Grammy-winning hit single, "This Is America." With its stark, sudden shifts between choral melodies in major chords and menacing percussive elements drawn from the trap subgenre, the song constantly defies the listener's expectations throughout.
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The death of the 'Millionaire Next Door' dream

The idea that the average guy can become rich via hard work and rigorously virtuous thrift is one of the compelling myths of the American experience.
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1,000-year-old remains in Finland may be non-binary iron age leader

DNA suggests body buried in feminine attire with swords had Klinefelter syndrome, researchers say
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The Bomb Didn't Beat Japan ... Stalin Did

Have 70 years of nuclear policy been based on a lie?
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‘People think you’re an idiot’: death metal Irish baron rewilds his estate

Trees, grasses and wildlife are returning as Lord Randal Plunkett recreates a vanished landscape in County Meath
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Evidence Indigenous burning works is growing. Could Australia offer a model for B.C.?

A UBC researcher looking into traditional Indigenous burning practices has found setting fire to the land in the right way and at the right time can ramp up biodiversity. Could Australia offer a lesson on how to fight fire with fire?
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Australian mathematician discovers applied geometry engraved on 3,700-year-old tablet

Old Babylonian tablet likely used for surveying uses Pythagorean triples at least 1,000 years before Pythagoras
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Unscientific Covid Taste Test // DOCTOR Covid-19 Vlog #36

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Two Men Have Been in Jail for 45 Days for Saying Cow Poop and Piss Can’t Cure COVID

Their Facebook posts said cow faeces and urine are not the cure, “science and common sense is.”
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The baffling mystery of ‘missing’ Chinese tech billionaire Jack Ma

Imagine if one of Australia’s top business figures – say, retail tycoon Gerry Harvey, mega developer Harry Triguboff or mining billionaire Andrew “Twiggy” Forrest – was summoned to Canberra to see a furious Scott Morrison after criticising one of his key policies.
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The Boeing 737 Max is back? Not everyone is convinced

The FAA finally admits it didn't realize the potential perils of the 737 Max's software. Now, though, it says it and Boeing have got it right. Not everyone is quite so confident.
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Bacon may disappear in California as pig rules take effect

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Thanks to a reworked menu and long hours, Jeannie Kim managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. That makes it all the more frustrating that she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by new rules that could make one of her top menu items — bacon — hard to get in California.
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Why are Australians so good at sport?

It’s easy to talk to most Australians about sport. They like talking about it because they are, on the whole, good at it. At the
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