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One monument’s story shows just how quickly a nation’s ideals can erode
While northern professions in 1600 did not require lengthy training in mathematics or science, there was popular interest in these topics. England’s first chair in mathematics was endowed by Thomas Gresham,61 who had founded London’s Royal Exchange and pledged the rents from that institution to fund seven professorships, who would not train student but would […] The post Thomas Gresham is underrated appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to Wayfaring Stranger. I have no objec...
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Introducing: the Nature issue When we talk about “nature,” we usually mean something untouched by humans. But little of that world exists today. From microplastics in rainforest wildlife to artificial light…
U.S. belligerence is driving Russia and the Global South closer to China. The post How the Iran War Makes China Look Good appeared first on The American Conservative
The nation’s regulatory and commercial environment remains a critical conduit for Tehran
Media figures who have turned against Trump only in recent weeks have forfeited the right to be taken seriously in the future
The article explores the tension between idealism and pragmatism in American foreign policy, questioning whether the hypocrisy often present in idealistic approaches should be missed or critiqued.
The party's low-key strategy is to be everyone's second choice
In this Huberman Lab Essentials episode, my guest is Dr. Erich Jarvis, PhD, a professor and Head of the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at Rockefeller University and an investigator at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). We discuss the brain circuits and genes underlying spoken language and why the ability to learn and produce vocalizations is extraordinarily rare in the animal kingdom. We also explore why song likely evolved before language, how gesture and movement share dee...