The Globalist Podcast (July 12, 2024): As Israel issues an evacuation order for those in Gaza City, we get the latest on its offensive and the status of ceasefire talks.
Then: we ask whether there’s a renewed push for peace in Sudan and make an assessment on Joe Biden’s political future as this week’s Nato summit comes to an end. All that, plus a flick through the papers and a look at a new documentary pushing the boundaries of generative AI.
Close allies of the president are developing a case for why he should step aside. But Mr. Biden is increasingly isolated.
A brutal heat wave that has gripped the West for days will shift eastward on the weekend, while much of sweltering Houston still lacks electricity.
The bribery case against Senator Robert Menendez has revealed how foreign intelligence officials cultivated casual access to one of the most powerful Democrats in Washington.
Cavalier Johnson, the Democratic mayor of Milwaukee, was one of the biggest cheerleaders for holding the Republican National Convention in the city.
The UK isn’t the global power that it was in 1997. But if the new government makes smart choices, we might still avoid drifting into irrelevance
For months we had been complaining about the damage the Games would inevitably bring to our city
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Feeble government response and lack of industry cooperation hamper U.S. control efforts
Scientists allege irregularities in papers on how honey bees gauge distance
Hardy zircons suggest subduction of ocean crust began 4 billion years ago
“New type of fossil” may boost efforts to bring beasts back
What does Labour’s win mean for British foreign policy?
Joe Biden is failing to silence calls that he step aside
France is desperately searching for a government
Researchers are figuring out how large language models work
The Globalist Podcast (July 11, 2024): After surprise wins for the French left, we examine the tricky question that remains: how to govern?
Also on the programme: we hear from our correspondents in Washington and a security analyst about what’s on the Nato agenda. Plus: we head to South Korea to explore Samsung Electronics’ “indefinite” strike and what it means for the Asian business hub. All that, plus a flick through the morning’s papers and a look at the art world’s battle against AI forgery.
The specter of a second Donald J. Trump presidency injects new urgency into the NATO summit this week. President Biden and other leaders agree Ukraine should have an “irreversible” path to membership.
Time is on President Biden’s side. Every day that he defies pressure to end his re-election campaign, replacing him becomes harder for Democrats.
As health plans increasingly rely on technology to deny treatment, physicians are fighting back with chatbots that synthesize research and make the case.
A century ago, Alice Milliat fought for the inclusion of female athletes in the Olympics. Her contribution, long overlooked, is now being recognized.
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Demand from Brazil itself accounts for more than half of the demand for crops and livestock from the Amazon and the savannah that surrounds it.
‘Amber’ beads dating to the Neolithic period, lasting from the fifth to the third millennium BC, are actually mollusc shells coated with resin and natural pigments.
Immune-system assassins called killer T cells compress target cells, forming a destructive crater.
The location of an injury determines whether ants bite off or preserve a damaged limb.
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Rae Armantrout
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The New Atlantis Magazine (July 10, 2024) : The latest issue features…
Tech ethics needs a breakthrough. The Amish have it.
Fact-checking used to be how journalists policed themselves. Now it’s how they police everyone else.
Strange things in the skies of a clockwork universe
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