#Natural

Fifty one years ago, on September 14 1969, the Seaquest drilling rig struck oil for the first time in the North Sea. Brendan McKeown, its superintendent, took a helicopter out
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After months of airBnB hopping with recently expanded family, feel incredibly grateful to be allowed back into #Vietnam to continue Hepatitis research. Currently in quarantine, which is no-nonsense. But I'm
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Before you support #FarmersProstest, heard about “Cancer Train” of Punjab?Poor people suffering from several types of cancers as Rich Farmers use banned pesticides to maximise their profit.Report by @ndtv yet
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It's official: the latest issue of @JournalLevant on #OttomanWaterscapes is now in print, along with my article on cisterns and salt pans. Join me on a two-part journey to the
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#TravelDiariesClimbed the Savanadurga outcrop (~4024 ft), near #Bengaluru yesterday.Touted as #Asia's largest monolith (single rock structure), it is comprised of 2 hills - Karigudda & Biligudda (black & white hill
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After reading the post this afternoon, I read most of it out loud to my wife just now.It was hard, because I was alternately laughing and crying.https://twitter.com/jasoncrawford/status/1352388517209415685 Why does this
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What we know. Massive Cyberattack occurred within the United States between an unknown time frame. This attack was focused on US Military, Government and Classified systems. Many Corporations were affected
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Hoy efeméride del megasismo ibérico de 1755, La peor catástrofe natural de nuestra historia. Tembló el país de cabo a rabo Hilo No sólo España sino toda Portugal y
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[Thread] In a new working paper for @CEIPTechProgram, I trace India’s response to naturally occurring diseases and argue that India needs a full-time agency to deal with biological threats (1/12)https://carnegieendowment.org/2020/12/09/bi
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Real talk."I've lost my job. Don't know what's next.""Rather work elsewhere than endure this pay-cut.""Do I continue paying rent or vacate & go home?""My best friend got sacked! How can
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#BigDickAnon's CIA Fren update: This is One Way Trump Brings Down the House edition.Our guy responds approvingly to an Anon's theory of how POTUS comes out the winner.First the theory.https://archive.4plebs.org/pol/thread/295559988/
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OUR AMAZING COWS...Thread...As many of you following our story here will know we have had some wild weather this winter - snow on the ground since Christmas Eve and over
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Might as well respond to this article that's been going around:https://www.currentaffairs.org/2021/01/the-only-thing-worse-than-a-nimby-is-a-yimby Hey, I'm right here!Anyways, I've seen this confusion around many things. A simpl
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Southern African History:Botswana Kgosi Khama III (1837–1923) was the King of Bangwato people. Ancestry and Youth :During the 18th century, Malope, chief of the Bakwena tribe, led his people
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One of my main grouses about Management is a lack of really innovative ideas that leads to a paradigm shift in thinking. Whenever a concept becomes a Fad like Six
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Indian Expansionism, a thread. When India existed the first time as an independent country after 1947, there were more than 600 independent princely states. Many wished to remain independent, though
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