Ferris Jabr Ferris Jabr is the author of Becoming Earth: How Our Planet Came to Life and a contributing writer for the New York Times Magazine and Scientific American.His work has received the ...

In “Becoming Earth,” author Ferris Jabr reexamines our relationship to Earth, and makes the case that Earth itself is alive. This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate ...

"It's true my son is dead," said Jamila Jabr, the 60-year-old mother of Humam, an army conscript who was killed in combat in 2012. "But the important thing is that Bashar al-Assad is gone.