Science Magazine —- January 10, 2025 Issue

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Not Skipping Meals’ – A narrow diet not responsible for extinction of short-faced kangaroos…

Fish could personalize cancer treatments

The first clinical trial of zebrafish embryos acting as cancer “avatars” will start soon

‘Good boring’: How Bluesky is shaping scientists’ discourse

The fast-growing platform may be more equitable than X, but gives scientists a smaller stage

Dogs sniff out truffles—in the name of science

Their keen noses are helping researchers uncover the diversity of the Pacific Northwest’s underground fungi

How a neurotransmitter drives brainwashing during sleep

Pulsating blood vessels push fluid into and out of the brains of slumbering mice

The New Statesman Magazine – Jan 11, 2025

THE NEW STATESMAN (Janaury 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Great Power Gap’ – Why the decline of China, Russia and the U.S. will unleash a new age of anarchy…

The edge of anarchy

Donald Trump’s second term will hasten American decline, at a time when Russia and China are also in crisis. By Robert D Kaplan

The year ahead: Russia is on course to win the war in Ukraine

How did we get here? By Wolfgang Münchau

The year ahead: Will the Musk-Trump bromance endure?

Now the common enemy, the Democratic Party, has been vanquished, their interests may diverge.By Katie Stallard

The Economist Magazine – January 11, 2025 Preview

Donald the Deporter

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (January 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Donald the Deporter‘….

Donald the Deporter

Could a man who makes ugly promises of mass expulsion actually fix America’s immigration system?

The capitalist revolution Africa needs

The world’s poorest continent should embrace its least fashionable idea

How Labour is failing England’s schools

It is fiddling with what works and not yet dealing with what doesn’t

Get tough with Russian sabotage

Russian-linked attacks on undersea infrastructure are rising

Plastic surgery a go-go

Young customers in developing countries propel a boom in plastic surgery

Oldies behaving badly

Why people over the age of 55 are the new problem generation

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News: Future U.S. Military Aid To Ukraine, Lebanon President Election Crisis

MONOCLE RADIO (January 9, 2025): As US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin heads to Ramstein Air Base for the final time, Emma Nelson explores what the future of the country’s support for Ukraine will be.

Plus: can Lebanon overcome its presidential crisis? And are Parisian police really putting on their sirens to get home for their aperitifs?

The New York Times —- Thursday, January 9, 2025

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California Wildfires Threaten Insurers Already Teetering From Climate Shocks

Companies started pulling back from the state as earlier fires made it harder to turn a profit. Experts warn the exodus could grow.

‘Here We Go Again’: Trump’s Territorial Ambitions Rattle a Weary World

A distant era of global politics, when nations scrambled to grab territory, suddenly seems less distant.

A Legacy From Carter That Democrats Would Prefer to Escape

For decades, Republicans have reveled in invoking Jimmy Carter’s name to deride Democrats as weak — mockery that has influenced the way Democrats present themselves to voters.

A ‘Business-Friendly’ Lawyer’s Rise From Lobbyist to Attorney General Pick

Pam Bondi, whom President-elect Donald J. Trump intends to nominate as attorney general, received trips and donations funded by those seeking favors from her Florida office.