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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:  Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain
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It Doesn’t Have to Hurt: Sanjay Gupta on the New Neurobiology of Pain

Richard Penaskovic

Review of Sanjay Gupta, It Doesn’t Have to Hurt:Your Smart Guide to a Pain-free Life. (New York: Simon & Schuster, 2025), $30.00. Dr. Sanjay Gupta, […]

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám  1:17

“They say the Lion and the Lizard keep the Courts:” Edward FitzGerald’s the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 1:17

10/04/2025 By Juan Cole

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

Israel’s Abduction of the Gaza Aid Flotilla is a clear Violation of International Law

10/04/2025 By The Conversation

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Saudi Arabia
Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

Saudis angrily attack US Senate vote against Crown Prince as ‘Blatant Interference’

The senate on Thursday voted to hold Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Khashoggi’s killing.

Anuj Chopra

Climate Change
How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

How the Right missed the Real Globalist Conspiracy, of Big Oil to Heat the Planet

There is indeed a new global order. It’s called climate change

John Feffer

Solar Energy
What can I do about Global Heating?

What can I do about Global Heating?

Generally, it seems, we are not supposed to do anything about the climate emergency producing global heating. It’s a Chinese plot. It doesn’t exist. It’s […]

Daniel E. Moerman

Climate Change
Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

Despite US, Russian & Saudi Opposition, Climate Summit Reaffirms Paris Goals

If the world does nothing to cut down on carbon dioxide, it will heat up by 3 degrees C. this century, or an average of 5 degrees F

Juan Cole

science
How the Trump Admin's War on Science is also a War on Ethics

How the Trump Admin’s War on Science is also a War on Ethics

A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists accuses Trump’s Interior Department of “relentless attacks on science”

Jill Richardson

Saudi Arabia
Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Are Saudi Students Ready for Kant and Heidegger? Ban on Philosophy Ends

Saudi Arabia previously did not include philosophy on the curriculum, a decision based on several fatwas (rulings) issued by senior muftis

Middle East Monitor

Kurds
Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

Erdogan warns Trump: Drive YPG Kurds from Manbij or Turkey will Invade

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and his US counterpart Donald Trump agreed Friday to “more effective coordination” between their countries’ operations in Syria, after Ankara […]

AFP

Far Right
The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right 'Alternative for Germany' Party

The Antisemitic Turn of the Rising Far Right ‘Alternative for Germany’ Party

The AfD wants to use Israel to exploit the false notion that whoever is pro-Israel could not be antisemitic

Open Democracy

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California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov'ts at Climate Summit Falter

California shows the Way with Solar Home Mandate, as Gov’ts at Climate Summit Falter

19% of California’s electricity is now generated by its 23 gigawatts of solar installations

Juan Cole

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