Posts Tagged ‘war’
Sino-Indian War?
This is very scary. Both are nuclear powers. From the Washington Post: The drums of war in Asia grow louder
Read MoreSynthetic Food Could End Farming (and save the planet)
I’ve seen a number of articles recently about companies and individuals who are trying to produce food using “microbial protein.” That’s a protein that is produced not by animals (or, at least, not large animals, like cows and such) but rather from single celled organisms, like yeast, certain fungi, algae, and even bacteria. (If you’re…
Read MoreWorld War 3?
On Sunday 11/25/2018, “Russian ships fired on three Ukrainian vessels in the Kerch Strait — a critical passage connecting the Black Sea to the Sea of Azov — injuring at least six sailors. Moscow’s crew has since boarded Kiev’s two warships and one tugboat, detaining more than 20 sailors, and even placed a freighter ship…
Read MoreBlundering Our Way To Hell
By Michael Jay Tucker So, I read something short but significant the other day. It was just a few lines, really. Not even a full paragraph. But powerful… and terrible… all the same. Something that hints at our destruction. The passage in question is from Steven Simon’s essay, “Powder Keg In Syria,” in the current…
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