Waiting to Be Arrested at Night: A Uyghur Poet's Memoir of China's Genocide
A poet's account of one of the world's most urgent humanitarian crises, and a harrowing tale of a family's escape from genocide.
Palestinians collect books from the rubble of a cultural centre following an Israeli strike in Rafah in southern Gaza on November 18, 2023 [Mohammed Abed/AFP]
Drying field, Shandong province, China
Kelp is an important marine vegetable and has long been cultivated in coastal areas as a part of human diets. This photo in June 2023 shows a clearing in the forest which is used for drying kelp
Photograph: Chunshui Yu/EPOTY23
Photo Ark
Renowned photographer Joel Sartore's quest to document and save animals at risk of extinction.
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A screenshot from the documentary:
George Church hopes to bring back the woolly mammoth.
From Human Nature (2019) documentary about gene editing.
A pair of pūteketekes, or Australasian crested grebes, on Lake Alexandrina in New Zealand, where they were this week crowned the country’s bird of the century. Voters were won over by its bizarre mating dance, its beautiful plumage and its engaging habit of frequent vomiting.
Photograph: Leanne Buchan Photography/AFP/Getty Images
Other Minds
The Octopus and the Evolution of Intelligent Life
Although mammals and birds are widely regarded as the smartest creatures on earth, it has lately become clear that a very distant branch of the tree of life has also sprouted higher intelligence: the cephalopods, consisting of the squid, the cuttlefish, and above all the octopus.
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Defender of Bakhmut
At a medical stabilisation point in the besieged city of Bakhmut, 51-year-old veteran Ukrainian soldier Oleh Nazarov, who sustained head, neck, back and right hand injuries from a Russian grenade attack on his trench an hour ago, waits to be transferred to hospital.
Photograph: Kate Geraghty
The Science of Sci-Fi Cinema
Essays on the Art and Principles of Ten Films
This volume of essays examines 10 films, with a focus on discerning the possible, the unlikely, and the purely science fictional. With essays by scientists in relevant fields, chapters provide analyses of the movies themselves, along with examination of the actual science (or lack thereof) in each film.
