Author: Michelle Korhonen
This article was originally published by Hakai Magazine.On November 14, 2016, a huge earthquake rocked Kaikōura, a town on New Zealand’s South Island, killing two people, triggering a tsunami, and thrusting stretches of coastline 18 feet up out of the sea. The biologists Ceridwen Fraser and Jon Waters were watching the aftermath on television. “We were seeing images of kelp and [abalone] lifted out of the water and dying,” Waters says.For these two scientists who had spent much of the previous decade looking for evidence of ecological upheaval on the coast, Fraser says, there was only one thing to do:…
A car has slammed into a pub’s busy beer garden killing several people on Sunday afternoon.The vehicle caused carnage as it ploughed into patrons seated outside at the popular Royal Hotel at Daylesford, north west of Melbourne at 6pm on Sunday.Early police reports say ‘multiple’ people may have been killed in the horror accident, which happened on Vincent Street, Daylesford.Four rescue helicopters were dispatched to collect the seriously injured victims. A car has slammed into a pub’s busy beer garden killing several people on Sunday afternoon west of Melbourne Victoria Police confirmed the crash on social media on Sunday evening.‘Emergency services…
It can be anxiety-inducing to deliver a speech in front of an audience. NPR’s Life Kit talks with a speechwriter and a speech coach to get their best tips for public speaking. ADRIAN MA, HOST: At some point in your life, you will probably speak in public, you know, give a toast at a wedding or share your opinion at a town hall maybe. And whether this idea fills you with dread or excitement, Life Kit has some tips about how to improve your public speaking. Here’s Kyle Norris with that.KYLE NORRIS, BYLINE: The goal of public speaking is to…
A new pattern is emerging in Chinese foreign policy that bodes poorly for global stability: Chinese leader Xi Jinping pretends to favor peaceful resolutions to international conflicts while actually encouraging the world’s most destabilizing forces.In the Middle East, Beijing has vociferously called for an end to the fighting between Israel and Hamas and claims to take an evenhanded approach to the belligerents. But the Chinese government is, in effect, backing Hamas—and therefore terrorism. Xi’s position on Gaza is identical to his stance on the world’s other major conflict, the war in Ukraine. There, too, Beijing has asserted principled neutrality and…
Huge pro-Palestine protest takes over DC as ‘100,000’ march on White House accusing Biden of ‘genocide’ and claiming Israel is ‘racist state’ that ‘doesn’t have the right to exist’: Demonstrator seen waving yellow flag of terrorist group Hezbollah – Sound Health and Lasting Wealth
The number of people living past a hundred has doubled over the last 20 years in the U.S. But what does life feel like at that age? A podcast from member station CapRadio tackles that question.
November 4, 2023, 2:53 PM ETEditor’s Note: Washington Week with The Atlantic is a partnership between NewsHour Productions, WETA, and The Atlantic airing every Friday on PBS stations nationwide. Check your local listings or watch full episodes here.President Joe Biden is facing a unique set of challenges as he prepares to run for reelection. The most unique of all: No one his age has ever run for president. And voters are worried, even those who give him credit for an improving economy. It’s also worth pointing out that Donald Trump is 77, and has been afflicted by more than the…
As any teenage boy since the 1980s can attest, the secret to a successful night out usually involved the liberal application of Lynx Africa and on the Norfolk-Suffolk border, a shepherdess uses the same magic scent on her rams. Sam Bryce, 54, who has a hobby flock of around 32 sheep was having problems with a miscreant older ram who reacted badly when she brought a younger boy onto the farm. Fearing the two animals would engage in a lethal bout of willie-waving she sought help from the Ladies who Lamb Facebook page. On of the members who faced a similar problem, suggested…
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to Dr. Rahul Gupta, the director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, about how a veterinary sedative called Xylazine is worsening the country’s opioid epidemic.
This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.I’m a night person, and I say: The rest of the world needs to sleep later.First, here are three new stories from The Atlantic:Creatures of the NightThis is the time of year when opponents of changing the clocks go on about why it’s unhealthy to fall out of sync with the sun, about why a practice first instituted more than a century ago is outdated,…