An old Norse story tells of a king's man being tossed down a well in 1197. An archeologist teamed up with an evolutionary genomicist to study DNA of a skeleton found in that well.
In 2023, Storm Daniel struck Libya, causing more than 12,300 deaths and was made 50 times more likely and 50 times more intense due to climate warming.
At the turn of the century, a friend, an India cricketer, told me, “If you can make around eight and a half lakh rupees a year, you can be happy.” That’s about 22 lakh today.
Dr. Daniel Levitin has an extensive resume. He is a neuroscientist and Professor Emeritus of Psychology and Neuroscience at McGill University in Montreal.