CBC News' Nil Köksal reports on the continuing, sad, and politically necessary search in Cyprus for the graves of the many Cypriots killed in that island's recent history of ethnic war.

There were 84 skeletons, all in one place ( Read more... )

The Guardian's Helena Smith reports on the prospects for peace and eventual reunification in Cyprus. I only hope that the negotiating parties will not decide to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.

After 18 months of intensive negotiations to settle inter-ethnic divisions, Nicos Anastasiades and Mustafa Akıncı will attempt to finesse the ( Read more... )

Worldcrunch's Fabrice Nodé-Langlois reports on the potential impact of Brexit on the vulnerable island of Cyprus, member of the European Union and the Commonwealth both.

Cathi Delaney chooses a shady spot on the terrace to sip a refreshing cup of iced coffee. It's October, but with temperatures well above 30°C (86°F), the nearly 60-year-old ( Read more... )

Bloomberg's "As Brexit Splits Europe, One Divided Island Edges Toward Unity" gives some hope for Cypriot reunification.

It looks like an ordinary summer’s evening on Ledra Street, the pedestrianized thoroughfare of stores and cafes that bisects Nicosia’s old town: Elderly Greek Cypriot men sip coffee as Turkish Cypriot teenagers rush through a ( Read more... )

• blogTO identify five neighbourhoods in downtownish Toronto with cheap rent.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes one paper suggesting Earth-like worlds may need both ocean and rocky surfaces to be habitable.
• The Dragon's Tales reports that Pluto's Sputnik Planum is apparently less than ten million years old.
• Geocurrents begins an interesting regional schema of ( Read more... )

• blogTO notes that the Union-Pearson Express is offering big discounts to attract riders, and observes that free WiFi in the TTC has been extended to Sherbourne and Castle Frank stations.
• The Dragon's Gaze links to a paper suggesting hot Jupiters can form in situ.
• The Dragon's Tales notes Japan wants Australia to buy its naval vessels.
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• Centauri Dreams argues that humans have a deep-seated instinct to explore.
• Crooked Timber looks at how Greek debt is a political problem.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes an unsuccessful search for gas giant exoplanets around a white dwarf and looks at a new system for classifying exoplanets by mass.
• The Dragon's Tales looks at a report that a Patriot missile ( Read more... )

• blogTO shares vintage pictures of Toronto's Ossington Avenue.
• Centauri Dreams reports on the potential discovery of an exomoon of a rogue planet.
• D-Brief notes that stars can apparently form in nebulae of much lower density than previous believed.
• The Frailest Thing quotes Hannah Arendt on the race between success and catastrophe.
• Geocurrents takes a ( Read more... )

• Centauri Dreams' Paul Gilster comments upon Brian Stableford's argument that modern science fiction traces its origins to 19th century France.
• The Dragon's Gaze notes a new study suggesting that 0.5% of G dwarf stars and 0.8% of K dwarf stars have very close-orbiting planets.
• At Eastern Approaches, Joe's Biden's reassurance to Poland that NATO would ( Read more... )

• Dekker Dreyer contributed "Fight or Flight in the Former Eastern Bloc", a brief article inspired by a recent visit to Bulgaria exploring pressures for emigration. Two people are interviewed, one a person who left and the other a person who stayed.
• Greek blogger Constantina Delimitrou, who moved from Greece to Cyprus just in time to catch the ( Read more... )