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Author: Andy Corbley

At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost
ArchivesTravel

At the Center of Everything, Ukraine Is a World Treasure and a Shame if Lost

May 17, 2021December 11, 2023

Long-time reporter on the as-of-yet war of words between the Kremlin and NATO figureheads, Rick Rozoff, must have hardly…

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THC and Cannabis Found to Give Relief to Chronic Itch When Nothing Else Would

May 13, 2021

Pruritus, or chronic itching, is characterized exactly as it’s called, by an unrelenting and sometimes even debilitating sensation to…

War

“End” of Afghan War Doesn’t Mean Generals Don’t Want to Remain Engaged

May 12, 2021

AFGHANISTAN, May 11th, 2021. CENTCOM reports that between 6%-12% of the total military withdrawal in terms of equipment and…

Musings on the Slavosphere
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Musings on the Slavosphere

May 11, 2021June 30, 2023

Ukraine is one of those countries that, like so many parts of Europe, once belonged to one people, and…

War

May 15th is Conscientious Objector Day When Thousands File Taxes Minus the Cost of Military Spending

May 10, 2021

PICTURED: Demonstrators for amnesty for COs, circ. 1946, unknown source. Photo credit: Swarthmore. “War will exist until that distant…

A Sardine a Day Keeps Diabetes Away—Spanish Study
ArchivesNutrition

A Sardine a Day Keeps Diabetes Away—Spanish Study

May 7, 2021December 31, 2023

Spanish cuisine loves small oily fish like sardines and anchovies, and so Diana Rizzolo Ph.D. was unsurprisingly ecstatic when…

Here’s Where to See 17-Year Cicadas Begin Emerging in one of the Most Incredible Wildlife Displays in North America
Earth Sciences

Here’s Where to See 17-Year Cicadas Begin Emerging in one of the Most Incredible Wildlife Displays in North America

May 6, 2021

PICTURED: Two of the 17-year “Brood X” cicadas, which are due to emerge this year. Photo credit: Tracy Lee…

World News

Human Rights Watch Report Says Israeli Guilty of Apartheid — Recommends ICC Investigation At Least

May 5, 2021

PICTURED: A screen capture taken from an embedded video in a HRW official tweet. A report from Human Rights…

Wide and Worthy Kiev (or Kyiv as the Ukraine Language calls it)
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Wide and Worthy Kiev (or Kyiv as the Ukraine Language calls it)

May 4, 2021June 30, 2023

Kyiv! Oh wide and worthy city, forgive me for almost passing you by. As brilliant as any capital city…

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First Quarter Investments in Space Companies Increased 356% Since 2020

May 3, 2021

Partially due to a new financial mechanism, investments in space companies surged in a way few things have since…

L’viv in a Day — According to World at Large
ArchivesTravel

L’viv in a Day — According to World at Large

April 30, 2021September 7, 2023

In a country not known for making positive headlines, a light of modernity, culture, and beauty in Ukraine shines…

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Brown U. Reports $2.26 Trillion and 240,000 Lives Spent in Afghanistan

April 23, 2021

The latest group of researchers attempting to quantify the costs of the Afghan War, launched in the autumn of…

Kyiv’s ‘Podil’ Neighborhood is a Kind of Brooklyn on the Dnieper
ArchivesTravel

Kyiv’s ‘Podil’ Neighborhood is a Kind of Brooklyn on the Dnieper

April 22, 2021September 7, 2023

Only the largest cities in Europe have the honor of being reviewed neighborhood by neighborhood, and Kyiv, the seventh-largest…

Even More Evidence Links Shorter Sleep Duration to Increased Risks of Dementia
Physiology

Even More Evidence Links Shorter Sleep Duration to Increased Risks of Dementia

April 21, 2021

Neurology has shown us that the body has but one onboard mechanism for preventing dementia in our later years:…

Touring the Carpathians — an Almost Perfect Forest I Thought
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Touring the Carpathians — an Almost Perfect Forest I Thought

April 20, 2021June 30, 2023

As I mentioned before and will quickly reiterate again, the Carpathian Mountains is the third longest mountain chain in…

Could this Third Heat-Tolerant Coffee Secure the Industry from a Changing Climate?
ArchivesEnvironment

Could this Third Heat-Tolerant Coffee Secure the Industry from a Changing Climate?

April 19, 2021October 22, 2025

There are hundreds species of coffee, yet only two have been found that have a desirable taste: Coffea canephora…

World News

A Father of Modern Ukraine, NATO, U.S. Draw Line in the Sand With Rhetoric Not Seen Since WWII

April 16, 2021

PICTURED: Ukrainian tanks withdrawing from the eastern regions. Photo credit: OSCE Special Monitoring Mission to Ukraine. CC 2.0. WASHINGTON…

War

White House Starts No-Conditions Afghanistan Withdrawal: After May 1st but Before September 11th

April 14, 2021

WASHINGTON D.C., April 13th 2021. Upon completing a long and rigorous review, the White House has announced that a…

Here I Am (Ukraine) Stuck in the Middle With You
ArchivesTravel Dispatches

Here I Am (Ukraine) Stuck in the Middle With You

April 13, 2021June 30, 2023

Some countries are more eager to see COVID-19 recede into history than others. On the back of immense frustration…

“Dazzling Aten” — a ‘Lost Golden City’ has been Uncovered by Egyptologists
Human Sciences

“Dazzling Aten” — a ‘Lost Golden City’ has been Uncovered by Egyptologists

April 9, 2021

PICTURED: The walls of the lost city of Aten. Photo credit: Zahi Hawass. Released via Facebook. It’s the stuff…

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Interest Payments on the National Debt up 13% Year-over-year with Still 3 Months to Go

Andy Corbley August 17, 2026

With a trimester left of the 2026 fiscal year, the US Treasury has already borrowed more money than in…

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We Should All Probably Eat More Parsley

Andy Corbley August 7, 2026

Americans have a funny way of relegating certain ingredients to specific functions that don’t always serve the overall purpose…

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Central Bank Gold Purchases Continued Through the Yellow Metal’s Worst Month in 18 Years

Andy Corbley July 11, 2026

It’s been the worst performing month for gold since 2008, yet the world’s central banks continue to add tonnes…

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