Sequencing the Neanderthal genome was a winner (A Nobel prize for medicine winner) for Svante Paabo, the son of a previous Nobel prize winner.
Baen Books’ annual adventure story contest is open for submissions, closing February 1, 2023. See the article and the site for details.
File 770 shares the first Utopia Awards. Becky Chambers took one for A Psalm for the Wild-Built.
Entertainment Weekly has a long and rather touching article about the second Black Panther film, about Ryan Coogler finding his way back to the film after the loss of his star and friend, Chadwick Boseman.
Speaking of Black Panther 2: Wakanda Forever, here is the second trailer.
The National Book Awards short list was announced.
Nerds of a Feather reviews some short fiction.
I didn’t know Turkmene horses existed until I stumbled across a photo of an Akhal-Teke on social media. I chose the first article, which is skimpy, mostly for the excellent photos. This article has more data.
I'd IMAGINE so, never having read that other book or seen the film....
So, more in the territory of A River Runs Through It than Siddhartha? ;-)
No Buddha mentioned in the book, but he DOES seem to suggest that fly fishing = true happiness....
Big fan of the Corum books. I am currently re-reading them through the audiobooks, just finished the first book.
So, Oliver doesn't entertain the possibility that humans will never be truly happy, whether in primitive, challenging circumstances or in…