In the course of less than 4 years, the Kymer Rouge exterminated more than 3,000,000 of its 7,700,000 fellow Cambodians. It did so with a determination and brutality rarely matched in living memory. Further, it did so with the cynical support of the United States, the United Kingdom and other western nations that have suffered the wrath of world wars on their own soil. Even neighboring Thailand found ways to benefit from this systematic extermination.
Bright is Right in Climate Fight!
Even if high-albedo roofs were an “urban-only” thing, it would make a significant difference in energy use during summers.
Einsiedeln Abbey Church: Baroque Survivor of the Reformation
This heavily decorated church is a rare survivor of the iconoclasm of Huldrych Zwingli’s Swiss Reformation.
Healing The Writer – A Personal Account of Overcoming PTSD – A Book By Dan Hays
“Healing The Writer” is a memoir that reads like a compelling mystery story. Why did Dan Hays walk away from publication not once, but twice? What was the cause of the writer’s block he struggled with for many years?
Science: More Fascinating than Fantasy!
What’s new in science? Syeda Sumayya Tariq takes us on a brief tour of some of the decade’s most exciting scientific discoveries, including a potential new Earth!
Last of the Headhunters
We sit with the last of the headhunters. Deep in the mountain jungles of Sarawak in north Borneo, one hour upstream from the nearest township, darkness has fallen and we have just witnessed a warrior dancing demonstration on grass mats inside the Iban tribe’s traditional longhouse which holds 20 families – about 200 people.
Jessica’s Head
Sure the specimen had been nibbled by a few rodents and one or two bug larvae had migrated their way across the face…but considering how old it was the head looked surprisingly good.
Mother Canada Could Die
Nicknamed “Mother Canada,” construction of the memorial, including an enormous statue of a draped female figure with arms outstretched towards… Europe, is scheduled to begin this fall. The project is now in doubt, in part because of three developments in this story over the past two months.
The Wonders of Rose Hips
Rose hips are the tasty end-point fruits that follow the flowering of roses. They’re so loaded with vitamin C that they outrank oranges by a two-to-one margin. They also contain vitamin A, calcium, iron and other beneficial minerals.
The Mystery of the Plain of Jars, Laos
When I first saw Site 1 at the Plain of Jars, I was struck by how nonchalantly the 250 huge stone jars there were scattered across the landscape. All of them seemed to be planted about one-third below ground level and tossed at an angle, but not always the same angle nor in the same direction. The mystery is that no one knows what the purpose of the jars was.
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