Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Sept. 26, 2024

Volume 633 Issue 8031

Nature Magazine – September 18, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Hostile Takeover’ – Parasitic wasp targets adult fruit flies to host its offspring…

Black holes as big as atoms might be speeding through the Solar System

Primordial black holes, which are smaller than their better-known cousins, visit the inner Solar System once a decade, simulations suggest.

This ‘scuba diving’ lizard has a self-made air supply

A bubble of air on its snout extends the water anole’s underwater time by more than a minute.

Thalidomide-like drug staunches bleeding from genetic disease

Severe nosebleeds caused by hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia dwindled in people who took a drug used to treat cancer

Reports: Tufts Health & Nutrition – October 2024

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter (September 25, 2024): The new issue features

Healthy Meals with “Nothing” in the House

Stress and Your Health 

The Facts About Sugar Substitutes

Mushroom Mania

Myth of the Month: 
Canola oil is bad for you and should be avoided

Plant Power!

Current Affairs: Prospect Magazine – November 2024

Prospect Magazine - Britain's leading monthly current affairs magazine

Prospect Magazine (September 25, 2024) – The latest issue features ‘A Year Of Darkness’ – Horror and trauma in the Middle East…

The humiliation of trying to survive

Looking back at 7th October and the start of the Gaza war, a Palestinian writer reflects on a year of horror and trauma

Gender and race won’t hold Kamala Harris back

Fragments: when reality falls apart

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – Sept. 27, 2024

Times Literary Supplement (September 25, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Body and Soul’ – Noel Malcolm on Diamaid MacCulloch’s history of sex and Christianity; Jean Genet’s lost drama; Becoming Lucy Sante; Poor little kids and How the compass got its points…

News: Biden Warns UN Of ‘Inflection Point’, Israel -Lebanon Attacks Intensify

Monocle Radio Podcast (September 25, 2024): Joe Biden delivers his final address as US president on “how the world should come together”; attacks across the border between Lebanon and Israel escalate; and why union leaders at Boeing have rejected a “best and final offer”.

Plus: we have the latest on the US election and headlines from the world of technology.

The New York Times — Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2024

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As U.N. Meets, Israel Pounds Targets in Lebanon, Sending Civilians Fleeing

Israel said it was striking Hezbollah targets with “high intensity” to keep the campaign as short as possible, as the Lebanese militants maintained their own cross-border barrage.

Biden Warns the World Is at an ‘Inflection Point’ Amid Global Crises

In his final U.N. speech, President Biden framed his decision to drop his bid for re-election as a lesson that “some things are more important than staying in power.”

These Voters Are Anti-Trump, but Will They Be Pro-Harris?

Democrats see an opportunity to win over right-leaning Americans who have recoiled from Donald Trump. The challenge is coaxing them off the sidelines.

These Maternity Homes Offer Sanctuary, but It Can Feel Oppressive

Unregulated homes are proliferating amid abortion restrictions and a housing crunch. Some limit residents’ movements, contacts and day-to-day decisions.