The New York Times -June 2 ,2024 As the death toll in Gaza climbed, the pro-Palestinian movement grew into a powerful, if disjointed, political force in the United States. Democrats are feeling the pressure. Activists have urged voters to “vote uncommitted” to protest President Biden’s support of Israel.Credit…Emily Elconin for The New York Times By Katie…

News 19/03/2024 At exactly 17:13 p.m. on March 3, 1954, our troops opened fire to attack Him Lam base, opening the historic Dien Bien Phu campaign. After 5 hours of fighting, our army completely took control of the Him Lam resistance center of the French army. This victory dealt a strong blow to the arrogance…

BY MARIA POPOVA “You never know what troubled little girl needs a book,” Nikki Giovanni wrote in one of her poems celebrating libraries and librarians. “Knowledge sets us free, art sets us free. A great library is freedom,” Ursula K. Le Guin asserted in her beautiful essay on the sacredness of public libraries. “When a library is open, no matter its…

BY MARIA POPOVA Trailblazing chemist Dmitri Mendeleev (February 8, 1834–February 2, 1907) came to scientific greatness via an unlikely path, overcoming towering odds to create the periodic table foundational to our understanding of chemistry. Born in Siberia as one of anywhere between 11 and 17 children — biographical accounts differ, as infant mortality rate in the era…

in Climate Change by Robert Hunziker 01/06/2024 The world of energy struggles with the nearly impossible task of getting off fossil fuels. This requires thinking outside of the box, something revolutionary bustling with energy that bails us out of sluggish fossil fuels that emit too much CO2 into the atmosphere and rapidly overheats the planet. The CO2/global…