The articles, the opinions, the stories, the poems and the cartoons Ovi magazine covers for Sunday March 6th, 2022 – National Dentist’s Day
Dentistry has been around for a long, long time, though. In fact, some of the oldest evidence we have of dentistry has been found to be between 13800 and 14100 years old! As far back as 7000BC, dentists were required to help out sufferers of toothache and cavities.
Although without the modern tools we have at our disposal, they had to make do with some weird and wonderful cures – such as beeswax and using flint tools to pick out the decay. Dental cavities were at one point thought to be due to a ‘tooth worm’, which has been found cited in the works of Homer.
#Antarctica: Where Realpolitik and Science Meet by Dr. Binoy Kampmark
A frozen continent. Another potential frontier for conflict and competition. Antarctica is a part of the world were realpolitician meets scientist; the desire for finding exploitable resources meets environmental expectations and fears. Countries have vied for their little slice of ice, sometimes citing reasons of scientific collaboration, and often national self-interest. Much of this culminated in the establishment of the Antarctic Treaty System, comprising four major international agreements beginning with the 1959 Antarctic Treaty and ending with the 1991 Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty.
During the Cold War, it became an area of exceptional interest. The United States and other partners eyed off the Soviet Union, which they wished to exclude from any regulatory regime. In 1950, the Soviet government made it clear that such opposition would be futile; it would be part of any such negotiations.
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Chant of the wild birds in my throat #poem by Abigail George
“My mother never taught me things
(mostly nothings). My mother never told
me that she loved me. My mother
never spoke to me again after she
dumped me at Tara. That godforsaken”
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Worming #030 #cartoon by Thanos Kalamida
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