Mongabay: On World Rainforest Day, the world confronts an unprecedented wave of tropical forest loss
On World Rainforest Day, the world confronts an unprecedented wave of tropical forest loss
Forests around the world disappeared at a rate of 18 soccer fields every minute, a global survey found. Fires accounted for nearly half of the losses. By Hiroko Tabuchi and Harry Stevens The planet ...
MSN: The World's Deadliest Forest Is Also One Of The Most Beautiful
I learned to speak Finnish and, watching the current version of Dune, thought it was interesting that Herbert used the word for his antagonists. You see, Finnish can convert words from verbs to nou...
Did Frank Herbert explain why he used the word Harkonnen for his ...
A Rory award for the most gratuitous use of the word "fuck" in a serious screenplay He was forced by the publisher to change this, and chose the innocuous word Belgium instead.
Why is 'Belgium' the rudest word in Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy?
I have seen Dank Farrik being used only in the Mandalorian show and only in scenes where the word sayer either is in trouble or just surprised. This makes me wonder is it an exclamatory word akin t...
We know that Jadis used this word to cast a spell over Charn and this brought about the destruction of everybody there except for her. However, who taught Jadis the Deplorable Word and what was the 'terrible price' she had to pay to learn it?