Previews: The Economist Magazine – April 8, 2023

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The Economist – April 8, 2023 issue:

The case for an environmentalism that builds

Economic growth should help, not hinder, the fight against climate change

The sheer majesty of a five-megawatt wind turbine, its central support the height of a skyscraper, its airliner-wingspan rotors tilling the sky, is hard to deny. 

What America has got wrong about gender medicine

Too many doctors have suspended their professional judgment

For many Americans, the great tragedy of trans rights is the story of how Republican governors and state legislatures are stigmatising some of society’s most put-upon people—all too often in a cynical search for votes. This newspaper shares their dismay at these vicious tactics. In a free society it is not the government’s place to tell adults how to live and dress, which pronouns to use, or what to do with their bodies.

2022 Views: Architectural Photography Awards List

The Official 2022 Architectural Photography Awards Photo of the Year Shortlist

Alex Nye – Scripps Pier

Scripps Pier in San Diego, CA as photographed by Alex Nye. See more of Alex’s work at AlexNyeArt.com and on Instagram @AlexNyeArt.


Ekansh Goel – Subterranean Ruins

Subterranean Ruins as photographed by Ekansh Goel. See more of Ekansh’s work at studiorecall.in and on Instagram @ekansh_goel.


Gerry O’Leary – Gio Forma (Maraya Concert Hall)

The Maraya Concert Hall as photographed by Gerry O’Leary. Gerry has named this photo “Gio Forma.” See more of Gerry’s work at gerryoleary.com and on Instagram @gerryolearyphotography.


Jason O’Rear – Portal

Entry Portal in Dubai designed by Asif Khan as photographed by Jason O’Rear. See more of Jason’s work at jasonorear.com and on Instagram @jasonorear.


Muhammad Almasri – Dubai Expo’s Kazakhstan Pavilion

Kazakhstan Pavilion at the Dubai Expo as photographed by Muhammad Almasri. See more of Muhammad’s work here or on Instagram @mmalmasri.

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Research: New Scientist Magazine – April 8, 2023

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New Scientist – April 8, 2023 issue:

Come explore the quantum realm – it isn’t as confusing as it seems

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Quantum theory, and the world of subatomic particles and forces it describes, has a daunting reputation for strangeness. And yet, with the right guidance, anyone can enjoy its many wonders

Cancer tumours in mice shrunk thanks to oxygen-sucking battery

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Tomography imaging of a breast cancer tumour in a mouse

By consuming oxygen near to tumours, the battery makes a class of experimental drugs target oxygen-free cancerous cells more effectively

Preview: Iceland Review Magazine – April/May 2023

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ICELAND REVIEW MAGAZINE (APRIL/MAY 2023):

The Dip

FICTION the dip by Örvar Smárason

When my fingers started falling off, it became harder and harder to put my

From the Archive: The Changing Face of Iceland

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From the archive: In this 1971 article from Iceland Review,

Haraldur Sigurðsson delves into the history of Icelandic cartography. Note

Frost

Individually, snowflakes are fragile, easily broken, dissolving into droplets of water at the mere touch of a finger or a breath of air, while en masse, they’re capable of wreaking havoc on the city streets and causing catastrophe when avalanching down a mountainside.

Travel Guides: A Winter Tour Of Grand Canyon National Park In Arizona

DW Travel (April 5, 2023) – The Grand Canyon in wintertime can be a quite unique experience. Follow Eric and Allison from @Theendlessadventure to the US state of Arizona. The traveling couple shows you how beautiful The Grand Canyon National Park is even in a blizzard, with cold temperatures and on icy trails.

Travel: Walking Tour Of Athens, Southern Greece

Tourister (April 5, 2023) – Athens, Modern Greek  Athínai,  Ancient Greek Athēnai, historic city and capital of Greece. Many of Classical civilization’s intellectual and artistic ideas originated there, and the city is generally considered to be the birthplace of Western civilization.

Athens lies 5 miles (8 km) from the Bay of Phaleron, an inlet of the Aegean (Aigaíon) Sea where Piraeus (Piraiévs), the port of Athens, is situated, in a mountain-girt arid basin divided north-south by a line of hills. Greater Athens has an area of 165 square miles (427 square km). The Kifisós River, only a trickle in summer, flows through the western half; the Ilisós River, often dry, traverses the eastern half. 

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – April 7, 2023

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Times Literary Supplement @TheTLS (April 7, 2023) – This week’s @TheTLS, featuring the late Jane Maas on Philip Roth’s great love; David Throsby on consulting firms; an extract from The God Desire by @Baddiel; @LamornaAsh on Max Porter; @funesdamemorius on Mike Nelson; a new poem by Carl Dennis – and more.

Foreign Affairs: Haiti – A Violent & Broken Country

FRANCE 24 (April 5, 2023) – The security situation in Haiti has spiralled out of control since the shock assassination of President Jovenel Moise in July 2021, with the country increasingly beset by violence. Today, unrest has reached such levels that the United Nations is being urged to intervene and there has been a total breakdown of governance.

Haiti country profile - BBC News

 The country is increasingly at the mercy of criminal gangs and half of the population struggles to find food. FRANCE 24’s team travelled to Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, before gangs took full control of the city. They met a writer, a street vendor and a food importer, as well as residents trying to flee abroad.

Haiti is a Caribbean country that shares the island of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic to its east. Though it’s still recovering from a 2010 earthquake, many of Haiti’s landmarks dating to the early 19th century remain intact. These include Citadelle la Ferrière, a mountaintop fortress, and the nearby ruins of Sans-Souci Palace, the baroque former royal home of King Henry I. 

Art Exhibitions: ‘Dosso Dossi. The Aeneas Frieze’ At The Galleria Borghese

Dosso Dossi. The Aeneas Frieze

Dosso Dossi. The Aeneas Frieze

Galleria Borghese – From April 4 to June 11, 2023, the Galleria Borghese brings to fruition its research on landscape painting and the relationship between Art and Nature with Dosso Dossi. The Aeneas Frieze, a never-before-seen exhibition – the first dedicated to the great Ferrarese master’s pictorial cycle-curated by Marina Minozzi.


Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Nicolò Luteri, Tramuschio ?, c. 1487 – Ferrara, 1542) – The Cretan Plague c. 1520-1521

For the first time, five of the ten canvases that made up the frieze created by Dosso Dossi between 1518 and 1520 for the Camerino d’Alabastro of Duke Alfonso I d’Este in Ferrara are being brought together in a single location. The operation, also prompted by enthusiasm for the recent reappearance of some of these paintings, is the result of an ambitious collaboration with the Louvre Abu Dhabi, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and the Museo del Prado in Madrid.

Dosso Dossi (Giovanni di Nicolò Luteri, Tramuschio ?, c. 1487 – Ferrara, 1542) The Repair of the Trojan Ships;
the Building of the Temple to Venus at Eryx and the Offerings at Anchises’s Grave c. 1518-1519

The Frieze, of which only seven canvases have been found to date, was made by Dosso Dossi drawing inspiration from specific episodes of the Virgilian poem taken from the first, third, fifth and sixth books, leaving out, however, the part devoted to the hero’s love story with Dido, that of the wars in Italy and the founding of Rome.

News: Tsai Ing-wen Tours America, China’s Threats, Trump Under Arrest In NY

The Globalist, April 5, 2023: Tsai Ing-wen tours the Americas and China threatens retaliation. Plus: Donald Trump hands himself in and Moncole’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, discusses L’Oréal’s biggest acquisition.