Preview: MIT Technology Review – November 2024

MIT Technology Review

MIT Technology Review (October 23, 2024): The Food issue November/December 2024 – Is technology helping—or harming—our food supply? Featuring: The ominous rise of superweeds, the quest to grow food on Mars, and the surprising ways your refrigerator may be making your food less nutritious. Plus robots that do experiments, jumping spiders, digital forestry, and The AI Hype Index.

The quest to figure out farming on Mars

white line drawing of an agricultural scene with orchard, barn, crops and farm animals drawn over a photo of the Martian landscape

If we’re going to live on Mars we’ll need a way to grow food in its arid dirt. Researchers think they know a way.

These companies are creating food out of thin air

Exploded view of a burger bun with lettuce, tomato, onion and a cloud floating in a blue sky

A new crop of biotech startups are working on an alternative to alternative protein.

News: Ceasefire In Middle East Ahead Of US Election, Russia’s BRICS Summit Gain

Monocle Radio Podcast (October 23, 2024): Antony Blinken is back in the Middle East – but prospects for a ceasefire appear slim. We also get the latest on the UN Biodiversity Conference in Colombia, find out why a former Peruvian president has been jailed for 20 years and learn how Egypt has managed to eradicate malaria.

Plus: the Rome International Film Festival.

The New York Times — Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024

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For Trump, a Lifetime of Scandals Heads Toward a Moment of Judgment

No major party presidential candidate, much less president, in American history has been accused of wrongdoing so many times.

Hamas’s Guerrilla Tactics in North Gaza Make It Hard to Defeat

Israel has decimated Hamas’s military wing, along with much of Gaza. But the group’s small-scale, hit-and-run approach poses a threat in the enclave’s north.

Abortions Have Increased, Even for Women in States With Rigid Bans, Study Says

A new analysis shows how many women in states with bans are seeking procedures or pills from out-of-state providers.

The Princess and the Justice

Princess Gloria von Thurn und Taxis bonded with Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. over Catholicism and ending abortion. She introduced him to her sumptuous world when he visited her Bavarian palace.