Ceri-Anne Fidler, in her doctoral thesis, describes how food was used to oppress Indian sailors on colonial ships. “The lascar was always sallow. It didn’t helpthat his name anagrammed rascal. He carrieda whiff of scurvy, a hint of rats in the hold,hulls battered by typhoons.” These words from a poem
After Twitter CEO Elon Musk compared Soros to Magneto, US and Israeli envoys clashed over whether Soros is anti-Semitic. The US and Israeli anti-Semitism envoys have taken opposing positions on whether supporters or critics of Jewish financier George Soros is anti-Semitic. The argument kicked off when Twitter CEO Elon Musk
The Office of Russia’s Prosecutor General has announced that the country is banning Greenpeace, accusing the organization of undermining infrastructure and energy projects that are beneficial to Russia by inciting protests against them. Russia has designated Greenpeace an “undesirable organization,” citing the eco-activist group’s record of pushing a political agenda and meddling
According to a new Bloomberg report, it was found that Michelle Obama’s juice brand fails to meet her own health standards, based on discussions with 12 independent health professionals and organizations. Former First Lady Michelle Obama’s touted health drink Plezi would fail the health standards set by the Obama administration, a
On May 16, EU ministers approved the Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) legislation, making it the world’s first cryptocurrency regulations. The European Union has approved a set of rules—the first such regulation in the world—to regulate crypto assets like cryptocurrencies and tokens in a bid to curb money laundering activities and
A study published in the journal Current Biology investigates how mosquitoes use your body chemistry to select you as their next meal. To unravel the age-old question of why mosquitoes eat some people alive but spare others, scientists built a large, open-air arena in Zambia and piped in the smells of a
The latest ultra-woke ad, produced by Dove, promotes clinically obese women and attempts to change beauty standards in video games. For those wondering why so many major corporations are jumping onto the woke advertising train in recent years despite the fact that they tend to lose customers and money as
Researchers in multiple nations have created what is called a tokamak reactor, which uses enormously powerful magnetic fields to contain the fusion reaction for milliseconds of time. This shows the worldwide race to capture the power of the sun. For decades it has been the modern version of turning lead
US hawks want an Iron Dome for Ukraine, but it would be ineffective as Ukraine’s wartime situation is very different from the conditions where the Iron Dome has been deployed in Israel. Israel has long rejected the idea of sending its Iron Dome missile defense systems to Ukraine, despite the