Four days after catastrophic floods wiped out villages along the Nepal-China border, thousands are still missing. Families look for answers but hear nothing. (Image credit:…
August Food Diary- San Diego Edition
It’s been a little too quiet around here lately- nearly two months, to be exact, and for that, I apologize! But I promise, while I…
Getting aid to Nepal’s flood survivors is the next challenge
The U.S. has pledged 3.5 million in flood aid for Tibet and Nepal, with the first $500,000 distributed by Catholic Relief Services. An aid worker…
Noel Godin, who made powerful people nervous around cream pies, dies at 80
For more than 50 years, Noel Godin went after famous and powerful people with cream pies. His targets included politicians, philosophers, filmmakers and, famously, Bill…
What a Brazilian tradition can teach us about the future of psychedelics
Researchers are looking at new ways to use psychedelics to treat depression. Science journalist Marcelo Leite says there’s also a lot to learn from indigenous…
The Ukrainian women disappearing into Russian prisons
What happens when Russia arrests civilians in the Ukrainian territories it occupies? New Yorker writer Joshua Yaffa followed a group of women through the Russian…