Southeast Asia occupies a complex junction of the Eurasian, Indian–Australian, Pacific and Philippine Sea plates, forming one of the world’s most intricate accretionary orogens. Beginning in the ...
When plant biologist Jing-Yi Lu was earning his bachelor’s degree in Taiwan, he began to take note of the local flora. He paid particular attention to the lipstick vines, which, in Taiwan, have short, ...
Geography, demographics, religion, technology, and a state’s institutions determined why certain states exercised power and how different regions developed the way that they did. This piece is the ...