Research Preview: Science Magazine – April 19, 2024

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Science Magazine – April 18, 2024: The new issue features ‘Designed To Bind’ – Deep learning for protein and ligand modeling…

Brightest gamma ray burst ever emerged from collapsing star

NASA’s JWST telescope traces burst to a supernova but finds a puzzling lack of heavy elements

Native lizards taught to avoid toxic toads by released toadlets

Exposing monitor lizards to thousands of young cane toads helped them survive once the adult toads invaded

Hiring ban disrupts research at Florida universities

Suit seeks to overturn state law targeting graduate and postdocs from China and other “countries of concern”

Giant planets ran amok soon after Solar System’s birth

Meteorites suggest tumult occurred around the time of the Moon’s formation

The Economist Magazine – April 20, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (April 18, 2024): The latest issue features Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z – They are not doomed to be poor and anxious…

Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z

They are not doomed to be poor and anxious

India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition

The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election

Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran

Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint

The New York Times — Thursday, April 18, 2024

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Miscalculation Led to Escalation in Clash Between Israel and Iran

Israeli officials say they didn’t see a strike on a high-level Iranian target in Syria as a provocation, and did not give Washington a heads-up about it until right before it happened.

Senate Dismisses Impeachment Charges Against Mayorkas Without a Trial

Democrats quickly swept aside the articles of impeachment accusing the homeland security secretary of refusing to enforce immigration laws and breach of public trust, calling them unconstitutional.

Inside the Late-Night Parties Where Hawaii Politicians Raked In Money

After the state passed a law barring government contractors from donating to politicians, fund-raising parties showed just how completely the reform effort failed.