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Can The Ilemi Triangle’s Forgotten Pastoralists Trade Arms for Peace?
In these desiccated plains, anything can become fodder for conflict.
“But this is all we know.”

Kang-Chun Cheng
Feb 1311 min read


Indian Women Dry Fish With the Power of the Sun, in the Palms of Their Hands
As fish-drying process is becoming automated, Indian women are finally reclaiming lost hours for leisure and bonding with their children.

Laasya Shekhar
Feb 56 min read


Perspective: The Copperhead Connection
As I watched the snake crawl off into the darkness, I thought back to the copperhead incident of my youth that happened in those same woods.

Don Lyman
Feb 35 min read


Perspective: Confessions of a Science Communicator
Science communicator Julia Shangguan shares her journey into becoming a scientist and creating visual science comics.

Julia Shangguan
Jan 293 min read


గజరాజులతో పోరాటంలో పేదరికంలోకి దక్షిణాది రైతు
గత దశాబ్ద కాలంగా ఏనుగులు మనుషుల జీవన్మరణ పోరాటంలో జిల్లాలో 6,900కు పైగా ఏనుగుల దాడులు మానవులపై జరిగాయి.

Laasya Shekhar
Jan 265 min read


A Nickel Rush Threatens Indonesia’s Last Nomadic Tribes and Its Forests, Fishermen and Farmers
The energy transition is almost impossible without Indonesia’s nickel supplies. But at what cost?

Garry Lotulung
Jan 1613 min read


मानव-वन्यजीव संघर्ष रोखण्यासाठी भारताने बिबट्यांची नसबंदी करण्याचा प्रस्ताव दिला आहे
“मला खात्री आहे की नसबंदी हा एकमेव उपाय असू शकत नाही.”

Laasya Shekhar
Jan 156 min read


सगरमाथा आरोहण भन्दा आधार क्षेत्रमा सफा पिउने पानी पाउन कष्टकर बन्दै
पर्यटन र क्षेत्रीय प्रदूषणले खुम्बु उपत्यकालाई दूषित बनाउदै गर्दा, अनुसन्धानकर्ताहरू भने जमिनमुनी पिउने पानीको स्रोतहरू खोज्नमा तल्लिन छन्।

Manish Koirala
Jan 67 min read


Here Are Some of the Most Memorable Photos We Took in 2024
The Xylom went to 15 countries this year to report on the intersection of science and society with a distinctly Asian American sensibility.

The Xylom
Dec 31, 20242 min read
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