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Stonehenge: The Machine, the Landscape and the Making of a World

Hawkins's computer was too literal. But his instinct — that Stonehenge handled information — survives every test the sixty years since have thrown at it. An investigation through stone provenance, isotopes, ancient DNA and landscape archaeology, ending with a named, testable hypothesis: the Gathering Engine.

El Niño Explained: 2026 Impact & the Future Prognosis

Ocean temperatures hit a record 21.1°C in August, out of season. El Niño, climate change and what the hottest sea ever measured means for 2027

The Divine Within: Why I Keep Circling the Idea That the Sacred Is an Inside Job

The divine within: a personal reflection on Jung, mysticism, meditation and prayer, and why I still cannot decide whether the sacred is an inside job.

Epitaph for the South-eastern Striped Bandicoot

Earth Voices - News in brief — 10 October 2025 IUCN has officially listed the South-eastern striped (southern barred) bandicoot (Perameles notina) as Extinct (EX)...

Epitaph for the Christmas Island Shrew

News in brief — 10 October 2025 The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) has officially declared the Christmas Island shrew (Crocidura trichura) extinct,...

From Oasis to Desert: The Environmental Catastrophe of the Aral Sea

Abstract A cautionary tale for our times, this essay examines the environmental catastrophe of the Aral Sea, once the world's fourth-largest lake, which has lost...

The Continent’s Veins: A Diagnosis of Australian Rivers and Estuaries

The essay begins with the memory of two rivers: one pulsing with life, the other choked with death. The diagnosis for many of Australia’s...

Farewell Dame Jane Goodall, Pioneer Who Redefined Humanity

Dame Jane Morris Goodall, formerly Baroness Jane van Lawick-Goodall, the English zoologist, primatologist and anthropologist has passed away. Considered the world's foremost expert on...

Through Compound Eyes: Song of a Honey Bee

The world fractures into a thousand hexagonal truths through my compound eyes, each facet catching ultraviolet psalms that your kind cannot fathom. I see...

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