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Michael Laxer
Feb 15, 202415 min read
How Three New Museums Are Teaching the World About a Paradigm Shift in Our Understanding of Human Origins
New findings and significant advances in research have scientists rethinking our origins, and museums around the world are working to...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 14, 20243 min read
We Can Interpret How Cooperative or Autocratic Mesoamerican Societies Were From Their Systems of Communication
View of the Avenue of the Dead and the Pyramid of the Sun, from Pyramid of the Moon, Teotihuacán -- Jackhynes, Public domain, via...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 12, 20244 min read
Sperm Whales Have Culture Too: Strong Evidence That Clans, Culture, and Dialects Are Not Unique to Humans
Mother sperm whale and her baby -- Gabriel Barathieu, CC BY-SA 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0>, via Wikimedia...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 11, 20246 min read
Prepared Learning: What Are Humans Hard-Wired for at Birth?
By Marjorie Hecht Do living beings learn and pass on to future generations some behaviors or predispositions more easily than others––and...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 10, 20241 min read
Photos from the Chinese 1973 National Photographic Art Exhibition
The Railway Comes to Miaochia Village, Mao Kuo-pin A remarkable set of photos from the 1973 National Photographic Art Exhibition,...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 9, 202410 min read
How Long Has Humanity Been at War With Itself?
Is large-scale intra-specific warfare Homo sapiens’ condition or can our species strive to achieve global peace? Primitive tools --...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 5, 20244 min read
Amrus Natalsya: The Last, Farewell and Thank You
By Tings Chak Legendary Indonesian artist Amrus Natalsya passed away at the age of 90 on January 31, 2024, at 7:30 p.m. The artist, who...
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Michael Laxer
Feb 1, 20242 min read
Mushroom, Cheese and Egg Bake
Today we are going to look at a simple, rustic and yet delicious dish that you can make a number of variations of. But the basics are...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 16, 20245 min read
Where Do Living Creatures Get Their Sense of Rhythm?
Ronan the Sea Lion -- image via screenshot By Marjorie Hecht The science of rhythm across species is a new and growing research field, as...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 10, 20249 min read
Carbon Farming: A Sustainable Agriculture Technique That Keeps Soil Healthy and Combats Climate Change
How one North Dakota farmer saved his farm and livelihood using carbon-friendly farming methods. By John J. Berger What if there were a...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 6, 20243 min read
Tomatoes On Your Table - Sputnik Magazine 1983
w. Potato Soup with Tomatoes, Green Tomatoes with Walnuts & Tomatoes Baked with Potatoes and Eggs A brief look at the glorious tomato and...
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Michael Laxer
Jan 3, 20241 min read
Spicy Seaweed Soup
By Natalie A novel way to use seaweed, this is a hearty and delicious spicy soup. It is also vegetarian if vegetable stock is used. To...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 10, 20236 min read
Do Grandmothers Hold the Key to Understanding Human Evolution?
By Brenna R. Hassett Of the innumerable species on the planet, just a bare handful have evolved to have one of the most counterintuitive...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 5, 20232 min read
Chess in the face of evil: Moscow 1941-42
In between battles, peaceful duels proceeded over a chessboard. The photo was taken in 1942 on the Northwestern Front by Lake Ilmen. From...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 2, 20234 min read
Was the Sphere the First Geometrical Form Made by Humans?
Shaped stone balls from Qesem Cave, c. 420,000–200,000 years old. Photo Credit: Assaf, Ella, Wikipedia Commons By Deborah Barsky...
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Michael Laxer
Dec 1, 20239 min read
The Power of Poetry to Move Us to Love in Times of Human Cruelty
San Francisco’s third poet laureate, devorah major, speaks on Palestine and how poetry can help us connect as we navigate the violence of...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 28, 20236 min read
Are There Any Paranoids in the Stadium Tonight? Two Nights in Santiago With Roger Waters
Image via Vijay Prashad on X By Vijay Prashad No one does a stadium show like Roger Waters. The music, of course, is resplendent, but so...
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Michael Laxer
Nov 2, 20231 min read
Decree to the Army of Art
Lenin speaks, Hugo Gellert USA, November 1931 Decree to the Army of Art: They brag, the old men's brigades, Of the same old wearisome...
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Michael Laxer
Oct 28, 202320 min read
POOR Magazine Started With a Mother and Daughter Experiencing Homelessness and Grew Into a Movement
A mother and daughter in and out of homelessness founded a grassroots magazine in 1996, by and for people experiencing poverty. It grew...
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Michael Laxer
Sep 23, 20231 min read
The Skyscraper
The Skyscraper Talk about beauty -- Why, boy, That scene would fill a blooming sphinx with joy! All that steel frame-work bristling in...
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