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Why many villages oppose a programme that rewards companies that plant trees
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (1746+ words) Indian writer Sharon Aruparayil is the Asia winner of the 2026 Commonwealth Short Story Prize "Bail is the rule even in UAPA cases: SC says its verdict on Khalid, Imam pleas ignored precedent Beyond elections, a reading list to understand the…...
How a photo of dead horses on the Navajo Nation inspired this poetry collection from Jake Skeets
9+ hour, 23+ min ago (243+ words) A photo from a few years ago is the inspiration for a new collection of poetry. Jake Skeets says the image, which showed a number of horses that had died, got him thinking about climate change, and its impacts on…...
Book Talk Will Feature Author And Gardener C. L. Fornari.
14+ hour, 59+ min ago (125+ words) Author and gardener C. L. Fornari will be at the Cape Cod Museum of Art in Dennis on May 29." The Cape Cod Museum of Art will host a book talk and signing with author and gardener C. L. Fornari, Friday, May 29, from 2 to 3 PM....
What is everyone talking about this week: The secret life of plankton
22+ hour, 36+ min ago (281+ words) Country Life You are now subscribed Your newsletter sign-up was successful As the Season gets under way this month, Britain's intelligentsia will descend upon the Hay Festival. I've always loved that a glorified book fair on the Welsh borders can…...
Rethinking California's Wildfire Crisis at the Festival of Books
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (22+ words) Los Angeles Times Fire Escape: Wildfires and the Changing Geography of Southern California...
Physicist Chanda Prescod-Weinstein on who should read books. ..
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Climate Wayfinding
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Last chance to experience Gozzle's wetland adventure at WWT London
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (544+ words) This spring, WWT, the wetland charity, has teamed up with Macmillan Children's Books to explore the wonderful world of wetlands with Julia Donaldson and Sara Ogilvie's freshly hatched character, Gozzle the gosling. Families have a final opportunity this May Half…...
Book Review: The Mind-Boggling Science of Enormous Numbers
3+ day, 20+ hour ago (173+ words) Visual: Moment via Getty Images BOOK REVIEW " "Huge Numbers: A Story of Counting Ambitiously, From 4" to Fish 7," by Richard Elwes (Basic Books, 368 pages). The highest numbers contemplated by humans come not from physics but from pure mathematics and computer science....
" Schr'dinger's adaptation
4+ day, 19+ hour ago (930+ words) Spread the word. Share this email with friends. Call it Schr'dinger's adaptation. Rebecca Yarros's blockbuster romantasy Fourth Wing, which has been in development since late-2023, has moved one step closer to your TV, but there's still a while to wait....