The origins of bagpiping
More than 7,000 competitors descend on Glasgow, Scotland, for the World Bagpipe Championships every year. Learn the history behind the world’s oldest and most distinct instruments.
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Africa: How Conspiracy Theories About Covid’s Origins Are Hampering Our Ability to Prevent the Next Pandemic
In late June, the Scientific Advisory Group for the Origins of Novel Pathogens (SAGO), a group of independent experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO), published an assessment of the origins of COVID. The report concluded that although we don’t know conclusively where the virus that caused the pandemic came from: a zoonotic origin…