Friday, 18 November 2022

The Only Way the U.S. Can Win the Tech War with China

The Only Way the U.S. Can Win the Tech War with China

The tech war between China and the U.S. over advanced semiconductors is rapidly heating up, but the U.S. needs allies to win
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Wednesday, 16 November 2022

Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact could help trace origins of Basque language

Hand of Irulegi: ancient Spanish artefact could help trace origins of Basque language

The Vascones, an iron age tribe from whose language modern Basque is thought to descend, previously viewed as largely illiterate
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Never Completely Dutch: Flemish Writers in the Land of Freedom

Never Completely Dutch: Flemish Writers in the Land of Freedom

Writers Ivo Victoria, Sarah Meuleman and Geert Buelens all found it liberating to move to the Netherlands. But it wasn’t long before they encountered the downsides of their destination country.
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Monday, 7 November 2022

To Swim in the Seine

To Swim in the Seine

Reimaging the Seine’s restoration as one where rivers are enfranchised to their natural right to run free and clean is a hopeful vision.
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Saturday, 5 November 2022

Neanderthals: how a carnivore diet may have led to their demise

Neanderthals: how a carnivore diet may have led to their demise

Zinc in their bones reveal that these early humans were top of the food chain.
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How Tucson, Arizona is facing up to a megadrought

How Tucson, Arizona is facing up to a megadrought

As the south-western United States faces the worst drought in more than a millennium, a city on the banks of a dry riverbed may have answers for gleaning water from the desert.
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