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  How to Solve It: A New Aspect of Mathematical Method by George Polya, 2014 The bestselling book that has helped millions of readers solve any problem. A must-have guide by eminent mathematician G. Polya, How to Solve It shows anyone in any field how to think straight. In lucid and appealing prose, Polya reveals how the mathematical method of demonstrating a proof or finding an unknown can help you attack any problem that can be reasoned out -- #books #nonfiction #mathematics #ProblemSolving

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  Twilight in Venezuela Dispatches from My Once and Future Country by Rafael Osio Cabrices, 2026 Expert journalist and editor-in-chief of Caracas Chronicles Rafael Osío Cabrices offers a riveting, rigorous, and deeply personal account of the modern history of his country, from the rise of Chávez and the slow erosion of democracy, to the U.S. invasion and capture of Maduro. #books #nonfiction #Venezuela

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  Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/dec/04/thirsty-work-how-the-rise-of-massive-datacentres-strains-australias-drinking-water-supply #AI #water #Australia

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  Reclaiming the Commons by Vandana Shiva, 2020 Reclaiming the Commons: Biodiversity, Traditional Knowledge, and the Rights of Mother Earth lays out the scientific, legal, political, and cultural struggle to defend the sovereignty of biodiversity and indigenous knowledge. #books #nonfiction #biodiversity #India #indigenous

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  Last week a black bear wandered through a library in Mammoth Lakes, California, US. The bear reportedly checked out the new releases, raided the snacks and helped itself to a jar of honey. A spokesperson from the education department said: “We can only assume the new Li-BEAR-ian was looking for a copy of Winnie-the-Pooh, published 100 years ago today!” Photograph: Mono County Free Libraries/Reuters #photography #bears #California

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  We Have No Idea by Jorge Cham & Daniel Whiteson, 2017 A Guide to the Unknown Universe 'This witty book reveals the humbling vastness of our ignorance about the universe, along with charming insights into what we actually do understand' #books #nonfiction #science #astrophysics

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  2034: A Novel of the Next World War by Elliot Ackerman & James Stavridis, 2021 From two former military officers and award-winning authors, a chillingly authentic geopolitical thriller that imagines a naval clash between the US and China in the South China Sea in 2034--and the path from there to a nightmarish global conflagration. #books #fiction #novel #US #China #war

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  Whiteboarding Demonstrators try to get cover from water cannons during clashes with police, as student protesters join a nationwide strike against the Belgian government's austerity measures and budget cuts, in Brussels, Belgium. REUTERS/Yves Herman #photography #protest #students #Belgium

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  A wounded woman sits on the ground at the site of an apartment building damaged during a Russian missile strike, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Kyiv. REUTERS/Yan Dobronosov #photography #Ukraine #Kyiv #women

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  Education is a hot topic https://www.reuters.com/pictures/albanias-education-ministry-catches-fire-student-protests-turn-violent-2026-10-14/ #photography #protests #students #Albania

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  A deforested area of the Amazon rainforest burns during the dry season in the municipality of Autazes, in the state of Amazonas, Brazil. REUTERS/Bruno Kelly #photography #deforestation #wildfires #Brazil #Amazonas

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  Asira al-Qibliya, West Bank Palestinian farmers try to extinguish fires on their land after Israeli soldiers fired teargas at them as they harvested their olives, resulting in the dry fields catching fire, in the village of Asira al-Qibliya. #photography #WestBank

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  Former ICC judge Navi Pillay wins Nobel Peace Prize Pillay, who oversaw a UN report that concluded that Israel committed genocide in Gaza, won "for ‌her efforts to promote peace and international law". https://www.reuters.com/world/navanethem-navi-pillay-wins-2026-nobel-peace-prize-2026-10-09/ #news #ICC #NobelPrize #Gaza

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  Understanding Brain Aging and Dementia: A Life Course Approach by Lawrence J. Whalley, 2015 Lawrence J. Whalley unlocks the mysteries of brain functionality, illuminating the processes that affect the brain during aging, the causes behind these changes, and effective coping strategies. #books #nonfiction #ageing #aging #brain #dementia

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  A drone view of an orangutan hanging on a tree inside a High Conservation Value (HCV) concession area of a palm-oil plantation affected by wildfires, before being rescued in Ketapang regency, West Kalimantan province, Indonesia, September 30. REUTERS/Victor Fidelis Sentosa #photography #AnimalRescue #orangutans #Indonesia

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  Children on top Castellers de Vilafranca form a human tower called a "castell" in Catalan, during a biannual competition in Tarragona, Spain, October 4, 2026. REUTERS/Albert Gea https://www.reuters.com/pictures/towers-humanity-soaring-pyramids-dramatic-tumbles-spains-castells-competition-2026-10-05/ #photography #festivals #Spain #children

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  Rescuers take an orangutan out of an area affected by wildfires in Ketapang, Indonesia. The orangutan was found seeking shelter in a tree before being rescued and treated by Yiari Indonesia Photograph: Victor Fidelis Sentosa/Reuters #photography #AnimalRescue #wildfires #Indonesia #orangutans

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  A Transnational History of the Australian Animal Movement 1970-2015 by Gonzalo Villanueva, 2017 This book offers the first transnational historical study of the creation, contention and consequences of the Australian animal movement. Largely inspired by Peter Singer and his 1975 book Animal Liberation, a new wave of animal activism emerged in Australia and across the world. #books #nonfiction #AnimalMovement #AnimalRights #AnimalEthics #Australia

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  A robotic arm clamping onto a polymetallic nodule—with a delicate, living coral rooted directly to it—is a photograph of an active extinction event in slow motion. It shows the literal mechanism of destruction in the abyssal plain. Those nodules take millions of years to form, and for deep-sea corals, they are the only hard surface to anchor onto in a world of soft mud. Scraping up the nodules means erasing the habitat forever. #photography #MarineLife #DeepSeaMining #nodules #extinction

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  2/ Led by researchers from the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) and the Natural History Museum (NHM) in London, the expedition team sailed out into the central Pacific Ocean to study a remote abyssal region called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone (CCZ). The CCZ is a massive swath of the Pacific Ocean stretching between Hawaii and Mexico at depths of 4,000 to 5,500 meters (13,000 to 18,000 feet). On its pitch-black floor lie trillions of potato-sized rocks called polymetallic nodules. #CCZ

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  Say hello to Barbie Pig, a new type of sea cucumber discovered on the deep-sea floor by a team from the Natural History Museum in London. The frilly-footed fuchsia beauty was filmed by a robot on the Pacific seabed, 5km deep, in an area called the Clarion-Clipperton Zone. A documentary opening next month, How Deep Is Your Love, gives a scientist’s-eye view of the astonishingly biodiverse region. #photography #MarineLife

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  The Structure of Scientific Revolutions 3rd ed. by Thomas Kuhn Thomas S. Kuhn's classic book is now available with a new index. "A landmark in intellectual history which has attracted attention far beyond its own immediate field. . . . It is written with a combination of depth and clarity that make it an almost unbroken series of aphorisms. . . . #books #nonfiction #science

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  A Palestinian digs a cave to live in after Israeli forces demolished their houses, in Masafer Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 23. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma #photography #WestBank #shelter #caves

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  A view of a Palestinian village after it was demolished by the Israeli army, in Masafer Yatta near Hebron in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, September 23. REUTERS/Mussa Qawasma #photography #Palestine #WestBank #domicide #displacement

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  Winners of bird photographer of the year 2026 Overall winner of bird photographer of the year 2026 and gold in the birds in the environment category: Sunball Rocket by Henley Spiers from UK A northern gannet seems to burst through the sun as it pierces down through the water in Shetland, Scotland. Photograph: Henley Spiers #photography #birds

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  #Frankfurt, #Germany A regional train passes a railroad crossing between flooded fields in Nidderau-Eichen, near Frankfurt Photograph: Michael Probst/AP #photography #floods #roads #trains #ClimateDiary

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  The Renaissance of Astronomy by Noel Swerdlow, 2026 The Renaissance of Astronomy provides a comprehensive, technically grounded account of the works of Regiomontanus, Copernicus, Tycho, Kepler and Galileo. There is nothing comparable to it in scope and detail. It is the fruit of a lifetime of study devoted to the subject. #books #nonfiction #astronomy #history #Renaissance #Springer

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  Psychotria viridis (chacruna); confocal image Source: JILL PFLUGHEBER AND STEVEN F. WHITE SACRED PLANTS OF THE AMERICAS Princeton University Press #plants #microscopy #confocal #imaging #photography

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  Mimosa pudica (sensitive plant); confocal image Source: Sacred Plants of the Americas #plants #microscopy #confocal #imaging

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  1/ AARON SWARTZ (1986–2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer, and Internet hacktivist. A co-founder of Reddit, a co-creator of the RSS web feed format, and a primary architect of Creative Commons, Swartz possessed a rare technical genius matched by an unwavering moral compass. He is rightly credited as a martyr and a prodigy, especially in our community, and much of his work focused on civic awareness and progressive activism. #AaronSwartz