ArtReview

The Year AI Captured Art

In the cursed year 2025, art staged the increasing centrality of a technological revolution that most people didn’t ask for ...

BBC presenters these days lack gravitas – there’s a reason for this

In the latest manifestation of its definition of public service broadcasting, the BBC is allowing David Dimbleby, one of its ...
The Australian

The BBC’s Civilisations series is proof that we are fuelling our own brain rot

The review, quite reasonably, compared the show with the 1969 series, Civilisation, hosted by Kenneth Clark. Somewhat less reasonably, the reviewer described Clark as “a Tory politician”, conflating ...
Yahoo

Civilisations is an intelligent history series, if you ignore the BBC’s condescending tone

The first thing to say about Civilisations: Rise and Fall (BBC Two) is that it has nothing to do with Sir Kenneth Clark’s 1969 series Civilisation, despite the BBC telling us otherwise. In ...
The Escapist

Civ VII’s first DLC, Tides of Power arrives today – well sort of

Civilization VII had a rocky start to life, but we are still super confident that eventually it will get there. The devs are already making large changes to the original vision for the game, which, ...
Reuters

Cradle of civilisation at risk of erosion in Iraq due to climate change

UR/BABYLON, Iraq, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Iraqi officials are sounding the alarm to save monuments of the cradle of civilisation, with thousands of years of history at risk of disappearing as Iraq's ...
Science Daily

Ancient tides may have sparked humanity’s first urban civilization

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early communities harnessed predictable tides for irrigation, but when deltas ...
MIT Technology Review

Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization

Marcin Jakubowski is compiling a DIY set of society’s essential machines and making it open-source. You live in a house you designed and built yourself. You rely on the sun for power, heat your home ...
KCCI Des Moines

Ankeny nurse charged with possession of child pornography

SOCIETY. NEW AT SIX A REGISTERED NURSE FOR DISABLED CHILDREN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER POLICE FOUND THOUSANDS OF VIDEOS AND IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN HIS POSSESSION. KENNETH CLARKE, OF ANKENY, IS ...
The San Bernardino Sun

George Kenneth “Ken” Clark OBITUARY

George Kenneth Clark, affectionately known as Ken, passed away peacefully on July 19, 2025, with his beloved wife, Rachel, by his side. Born in Louisville, KY, as one of 13 children to Elonzo and ...
Futurism

Expert Says Collapse of Human Civilization Looks Like the Most Likely Scenario

New research is warning that the most likely outcome is that human civilization is poised for collapse. As The Guardian reports, a sweeping new historical survey that analyzes 5,000 years and the ...