Guest Thinkers — December 21, 2010

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You can hear both Greg and I on this segment of today’s The World, on PRI.

We are talking about Yemen, in case you were wondering.

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Map showing Copenhagen, Denmark’s projected 2080 climate as similar to Demigny, France today, with a red arrow connecting the two cities and climate details listed in pop-up boxes.

Strange Maps

Mapped: How hot your city will be in the 2080s

“Climate analog mapping” finds the place that is currently as warm as your city might be in 60 years.

Starts With A Bang

Ask Ethan: Why do scientists avoid the possibility of God?

When it comes to our Universe’s origins, scientists discuss the Big Bang, cosmic inflation, and other theories. Why doesn’t “God” come up?

Five World War I soldiers in uniform stand and sit near sandbags in a trench, with a sign reading "Surrey Lane" visible in the background—evoking camaraderie amid the Ring of Fire on the front lines.

Books

Not just the Western Front: “Ring of Fire” rediscovers WWI’s global story

Historians Alexandra Churchill and Nicolai Eberholst reexamine the pivotal conflict from a grassroots perspective.

A digital collage with overlapping purple-tinted images, including a traditional building and a sculpture, explores panpsychism under the title "The Nightcrawler" on a black grid background.

Business

On consciousness, AI, and panpsychism

Welcome to The Nightcrawler — a weekly newsletter from Eric Markowitz covering tech, innovation, and long-term thinking.

A man in historical clothing nails a document featuring a cartoon animal face—a nod to popular memes—to a wooden door, while two others watch.

Mini Philosophy

What makes a meme take off? The 3 rules of virality

One does not simply make a meme go viral.

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Tuesday Papers: or Al-Qaeda sentencing guidelines

Al-Sharq al-Awsat and al-Quds al-Arabi both devote their coverage of Yemen to yesterday’s death sentence handed down to the six al-Qaeda suspects. Following the sentencing it seems as though the […]