Dates in the New World
Lots of information coming in from the comments, emails, google books, and my own library. I will try to absorb all this later today and post again tomorrow. Meantime, looks…
Read moreAre there enough mushroom eaters out there?
This week’s Economist reports that Alethia Vázquez-Morillas of the Autonomous Metropolitan University in Mexico City and her colleagues have found that cultivating the right type of mushroom on soiled nappies…
Read moreWhy No UNESCO Intangible Heritage Sites in the US?
The US has only about 20 UNESCO World Heritage sites and none whatever on the Intangible list. Why is this? To begin with, it’s important to realize that these recognitions…
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