Set in the Philippines in 1997, Batacan's richly detailed and deeply unsettling debut won the Philippine National Book Award in its original short form. In this expanded version, Fr. Gus Saenz, whose skills as a forensic anthropologist with a concentration in forensic pathology are often sought ...
The midlist is dying. That sentiment has been a constant in publishing circles for years. Agents, authors, and editors claim corporate publishing has killed the author that was once an industry staple—the moderate success who was a strong seller, if not abestseller. With the "big six" dema...
In the Ebbinghaus illusion, a circle appears larger if it is surrounded by smaller circles. We also added portion size indicators consistent with standard portion sizes (in the USA) for fruit or vegetables (1 cup/236.6 ml), grains or starches (1/2 cup/118.3 ml), and protein (3 oz./85...
During this time he became a well-known literary and arts critic and founded the monthly publication, Munhak Sasang (Literary Thought), which he presided over for many years, exerting a profound influence on the literary and poetic circles of the time. He was a professor at the prestigious ...
The evidence for climate change now seems overwhelming, and smaller endotherms are generally expected to cope better with the gradual warming of the climate because their larger surface area to volume ratios allow more efficient heat dissipation (Gardner et al., 2017). We evaluate the climate ...
Tooting my own horn,Big Talkis a book of 42 Questions in which your friend circles can write in their answers. It tracks with my podcast,QuOTeD – The Question of the Day, in which I ask people one question and then assemble audio montages using their answers. I have thoroughly enjoyed...
This Ottoman-style stone bridge was built in the 16th century, consists of 11 stone arches and a “sofa” designed for passengers to rest on, and spans the Drina River. It even inspired 1961 nobel prize winner Ivo Andrić for his novel The Bridge over the Drina! While we were lost in...
Jeff Harris, VP of portfolio and corporate marketing, Keysight Technologies From its first description by Neil Stevenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, design engineers in high-tech circles have speculated about the futuristic concept of a metaverse. ...
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‘nonlinear vignettes that are slices of life reflecting the human condition’ a lot, and she’ll think you do. Also, you never have to study or even read for the last test of any novel Ms. R. assigns. The answer is, the protagonist always dies, and we learn that humanity is doomed...