Raw Milk vs. Armed Assailant

Written by John Leake

On one and the same day, I received e-mails directing my attention to two stories about life in rural America—one in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and one in Chenango County, New York—the latter being located 200 miles north of the former.

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The Cause of Interglacials

Written by Koen Vogel

What’s caused our current interglacial?

Numerous theories exist on what caused our current interglacial. Most explanations greatly oversimplify the cause to a “temperatures increased, so ice melted”, and fail to consider when, how or why the ice melted where it did, and why it didn’t somewhere nearby. For example, during the Oldest Dryas some ice sheets melted vigorously in both the Northern Hemisphere (e.g. western Canada) and in the Southern Hemisphere (Patagonia), while others didn’t and still haven’t (Greenland, Antarctica).

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The Kola Superdeep Borehole’s Legacy and Future Implications

Written by Dr. Matthew Wielicki

The Kola Superdeep Borehole, an ambitious Soviet project, stands as a remarkable testament to human curiosity and engineering prowess. Initiated in 1970 during the Cold War era, this project aimed not only to surpass the United States in the space race but also to achieve a groundbreaking feat in the exploration of Earth.

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