SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN MAGAZINE (January 21, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A Cellular Revolution’ – Long-overlooked molecular blobs are transforming our understanding of how life works….
MONOCLE RADIO (January 21, 2025): Monocle’s Christopher Cermak joins Andrew Mueller from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s inauguration as he is sworn in as the 47th president of the US. Then: what’s on the agenda for Japan, India, Australia and the US at the Quad meeting? Plus: the World Economic Forum at Davos continues.
In his second inaugural address, the president reprised dark themes from his first and laid out an expansive policy agenda.
For Trump, a Vindication for the Man and His Movement
Donald John Trump took the oath of office again during a ceremony in the Capitol, promising a new “golden age of America” four years after he was evicted by voters.
President Biden used his executive clemency power to protect people targeted by Donald J. Trump, including five members of his family as well as Liz Cheney, Anthony S. Fauci and Mark A. Milley.
A Determined Trump Vows Not to Be Thwarted at Home or Abroad
Wiser about the use of power, the newly sworn-in president suggests that this time he will not take no for an answer, whether in enacting an ambitious domestic agenda or in his expansionist worldview.
Climate change has brought both fiercer rains and deeper droughts, leaving the city with brush like kindling—and the phenomenon is on the rise worldwide. By Elizabeth Kolbert
Traversing the Metropolitan Museum’s Eight Hundred Galleries, One by One
Dan and Becky Okrent spent seven years on the Met Project, a labor of love that took them from ancient Sumer to Synchronism. By Ben McGrath
After the Fires, a Slow Night in Hollywood
The freeways were traffic-free, and so were hotels, where a handful of forlorn locals waited for what would come next. By Sheila Yasmin Marikar
As Donald J. Trump prepares to take the oath of office for a second time, much of the world seems to be bowing down to him and demoralized opponents are rethinking the future.
After 470 days of death, a tentative cease-fire began on Sunday in Gaza. But Palestinians could not be sure that the war had ended, and Israelis fear that many hostages will still remain in Gaza.
After four years in office, President Biden has a long list of accomplishments he takes pride in. But he struggled with inflation, illegal immigration and his own advancing age.
MONOCLE RADIO (January 19, 2025): Emma Nelson is joined by Latika Bourke and Yossi Mekelberg to discuss the week’s news highlights. Plus: Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, reports from Lisbon, Monocle’s security correspondent Gorana Grgić previews the World Economic Forum and a look at Zürich’s newest art exhibition.
The president-elect and his family have a direct and potentially lucrative stake in the sale of a cryptocurrency product that surged in value in the hours after going on sale, days before his inauguration.
After 15 Months of War, Gazans Dream of Returning Home
They daydreamed about the people they would hug as soon as the truce took hold, the graves they would visit and the homes they would rebuild.
A former Army pilot. An aging helicopter. Furious winds. The race to put out the Eaton fire tested Los Angeles County’s night-flying firefighters like never before.
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