The oldest surviving literary endeavor, “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” is also the first recorded progress narrative. In the story, the all-powerful, mountain-flattening demigod Gilgamesh, “awesome to perfection,” domesticates a hairy hominid named Enkidu, “a savage fellow from the depths of the wilderness,” plying him with bread and beer and offersContinue Reading
This story was originally published by High Country News. Mario Atencio (Diné) always looked forward to visiting his grandmother in Counselor, New Mexico. She lived what he describes as a “simple Navajo lifestyle” in the small rural town, raising dozens of animals on her lush green property, which he remembersContinue Reading
The holidays are a time for togetherness, when we’re supposed to gather with family, get along and nurture the ties that bind us. But what if those relationships cause us harm? How do we nonviolently engage with right-wing family members who fling words like bullets aimed at immigrants, queers, womenContinue Reading
A pair of National Guardsmen were wounded in a shooting in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House, officials said. A suspect was taken into custody, police said., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Apple says it instructed its suppliers to halt the sourcing of material from DR Congo and neighbouring Rwanda., International Rights Advocates also sued Tesla for a similar issue, but that case was dismissed. A United States-based advocacy group has filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC, accusing Apple of using mineralsContinue Reading
ByteDance had bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm in 2025 as it raced to secure computing power., ByteDance had bought more Nvidia chips than any other Chinese firm in 2025 as it raced to secure computing power. Chinese regulators have barred TikTok-owner ByteDance from deploying Nvidia chipsContinue Reading
A solar prominence hangs near the edge of the sun. (Image credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team, D. Berghmans (ROB), CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO ; Music: Atmos by Oliver Spencer) The European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter mission recently captured a dramatic solar prominence rising from the edge of the sun, a rare and captivating sightContinue Reading
A new animation shows the gradual disintegration of comet C/2025 K1 (ATLAS), which began to break apart on Nov. 13. (Image credit: Michael Jäger) In space, death can be a beautiful thing. That’s certainly the case for the recently deceased “other” comet ATLAS, which is slowly breaking apart after meeting its explosive end earlier thisContinue Reading
Protests have erupted in North Carolina after federal agents arrested 370 people in immigration raids. On Monday, Bishop William Barber and other religious leaders gathered in Charlotte to demand an end to ICE raids. “What you have is a conglomerate of policy violence, and it’s deadly,” says Barber, who isContinue Reading
2 min read New Way You Can Discover Asteroids Want to discover an asteroid, but don’t have your own telescope? Don’t worry! NASA’s International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC) team has just introduced a new online project on the Zooniverse platform where you can help astronomers identify new asteroids. Join theContinue Reading
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