The Sound Aquatic. Hakai Magazine’s 5-part podcast invites us to explore the ocean and its noisy inhabitants is. Episode 1 Can You Hear Me Now?: Eavesdropping on marine motormouths during the world’s most expensive experiment (aka the sudden drop in sh…
a faraway land to project one’s romanticized hopes
Taiwanese journalist and insomniac Brian Hioe examines the recent ‘China and the Left’ conference with long critique titled “Manichaeism with Chinese Characteristics.” Originally a 500+ live tweet marathon, Hioe details the many questionable assertions…
Amu Darya, Brahmaputra, Ganga, Indus, Irrawaddy, Mekong, Yangtze
The Third Pole is a multilingual site focused on the Himalayan Mountains, the rivers that originate there and the stories of the peoples who live in its watersheds. Stories on unravelling air pollution in Asia. Songs about loss, longing and rivers in …
“grit & valor” not “sissy pants” & “girlie guns”
Over the years in China, “little fresh meat” celebrities and male beauty bloggers have disrupted the traditional image of what it is to be a man. But recently, Chinese cultural authorities have announced a purge of “morally flawed celebrities.” Settin…
The Legendary Lao Gan Ma
How Chili Sauce Billionaire Tao Huabi Became a ‘Chinese Dream’ Role Model
Black Sci-Fi: Stories from the End of the World
A documentary on BBC Radio 4 presented by writer and abolitionist Walidah Imarisha on the power – and the rich history – of speculative, visionary fiction by black authors in the UK, USA and Africa, and how activism is a creative act of bringing new re…
costs $56,000 per year
A few weeks ago, the FDA approved a costly Alzheimer’s drug developed by Biogen, but for what benefit?1. There is not strong evidence that Amyloid beta plaques causes Alzheimer’s disease, even if aducanumab showed a reduction in those plaques.2. Aducan…
looking for recalcitrant molecules
How much carbon could soil actually sequester? Despite rising enthusiasm for carbon farming in Europe and the U.S., some soil scientists are less optimistic about the climate impacts of soil carbon sequestration. Projects such as the Harnessing Plants …