Pearls and Irritations3dOpinion
Gazan Ark: Reproductive violence and the right to life and death
A recent UN report refers to “reproductive violence”; Israel targeting women, their existential and institutional means of ...
New Scientist on MSN3d
Ancient clay tablets offer vivid portrait of Mesopotamian life
When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...
La Brújula Verde5d
Workshops for the Production of Ceramics, Bricks, and Metal, and Irrigation Canals Discovered in the Ancient Mesopotamian City of Uruk
According to the chronology presented in the Sumerian King List, Gilgamesh, the protagonist of the world’s oldest literary work, the Epic of Gilgamesh, is said to have lived there and built the Eanna ...
BBC5d
Flood Warnings
Groundwater levels in Salisbury Plain are starting to fall but remain high and over flood warning and alert thresholds. Areas that could be affected include: Winterbourne Gunner, Winterbourne ...
NPR3d
StoryCorps
March 21, 2025 • Hear a conversation recorded inside a Brooklyn funeral home. It's owned by Doris Amen. She and a fellow funeral director friend tell StoryCorps why they've been in the business ...