Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 9, 2024

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Science Magazine – August 8, 2024: The new issue features ‘Righting Old Wrongs’ – How science is shedding a colonial legacy…

Explosive claim about ancient burials challenged

Controversy over intentional burial by Homo naledi extends to new publishing models

Eliminating a gut microbe could slash gastric cancers

Mammoth study in Chinese villages shows antibiotics that kill Helicobacter pylori reduced cancer risk

Fire-against-fire HIV therapy passes key test in monkeys

A stripped-down HIV genome can interfere with normal virus replication

In sweeping geological theory, mantle waves lift up plateaus

Underground churn from ancient continental breakups can explain highlands in Brazil, India, and South Africa

News: Hamas’s New Leader Yahya Sinwar, Bangladesh Names New Interim Leader

The Globalist Podcast (August 8, 2024): We’re joined by journalist Abeer Ayyoub and Chatham House’s Yossi Mekelberg to learn more about Hamas’s new leader, Yahya Sinwar.

Also on the programme: Muhammud Yunus is named as the interim leader of Bangladesh’s government. We consider how this will affect the nation’s relationship with neighbouring India. Plus: we hear from Monocle’s Julia Lasica in Kyiv, discuss the latest news in aviation and Emma Nelson reports from Paris ahead of day 13 of the Olympic Games.

The New York Times — Thursday, August 8, 2024

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Tim Walz’s Extraordinarily Ordinary Life

The governor of Minnesota hasn’t spent his life striving for the pinnacle of politics. That is how he got there.

In Walz, Harris Sees a Battleground Strategy Dressed in Carhartt

Democrats think Gov. Tim Walz’s cultural ties are needed to talk to rural and working-class voters. But Republicans are not going to let his folksy style obscure a liberal record.

Teens and Tactics Blur in China’s Quest for Gold

A young skater’s emergence signals a pivot in the way an Olympic power defines success. But its handling of the table tennis competition suggests old expectations may persist, too.

Venezuela’s Strongman Was Confident of Victory. Then Came the Shock.

Venezuela’s government believed its control of all levers of power would give the country’s authoritarian president an Election Day victory. A rebellion by its supporters undid the plan.