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The 10 ideas we write about are all paradigm shifts, all new ways of thinking about things that we deal with every day. The first piece contains the largest idea of all and perhaps the simplest: economist Jeffrey Sachs' notion that we can find solutions to the century's most...
Last November, Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) unveiled the newest addition to its collection: a marble statue of the goddess Eirene, which, at nine feet tall, towers above visitors. Created around 2000 years ago, "Eirene" is an awe-inspiring piece of Greek antiquity, which constitutes a...
Nebuchadnezzar's magnificent city required abundant cheap labor, much of it provided by Jewish captives. In 601 B.C., Jehoiakim, King of Judah, forged an alliance with Egypt, which was embroiled in ongoing skirmishes with Babylon; as retribution, Nebuchadnezzar laid siege to Jerusalem, raiding Solomon's Temple and seizing 10,000...
Heavy rainfall on Saturday night caused a drainage pipe to burst in Pusey Library, resulting in water damage of many valuable holdings. The 19-person Library Collection Emergency Team promptly responded to the disaster—which harmed an array of objects, from sketches of costumes and set designs, to...
The city's planning department has, over the past five years, steadily fed Google a wealth of information about its buildings, property lines, utilities and streets. The result is earth.nanaimo.ca, a clearinghouse of city data viewed through the robust and freely available Google Earth 3D mapping program. The site sorts...