The Anthropocene is officially grounded. No, this warning does not pertain to those marvels of science engendering time aloft by engineered finagling of lift, thrust, or flotation—which would include balloons, zeppelins, Continue reading →
There was once a girl who was taken from her settlement by a bear. In the depths of his cave they hibernated. When she was hungry, he brought his paw to Continue reading →
Yucca Flat, Nevada, of the early 1950s is a diorama of modern America. Beneath desert stars a faux suburbia has been constructed, with ranch-style homes, utility poles, and pantries filled with Continue reading →
History and story both were more or less imported into Middle English from the same Old French root, and the division between them has always been very porous. Thus, John of Continue reading →
ALARMED BY FAST-GROWING SCARS of climate change, extinction rates, and ocean acidification, geologists from the International Commission on Stratigraphy—tasked with defining the official Geological Time Scale and known for their glacially-paced Continue reading →