SCIENCE MAGAZINE – JUNE 27, 2025 RESEARCH PREVIEW

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SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Sky Surveyor’ – The Rubin Observatory watches a fast-changing cosmos..

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The Vera C. Rubin Observatory is set to transform astronomy. Its wide and fast survey will discover billions of dynamic objects while building up a deep map of the universe

Microbe with tiny genome may evolve into a virus

With DNA focused almost entirely on replication, newly discovered organism blurs the line between cells and viruses

Congress shows signs of resisting proposed science cuts

Lawmakers reject some cuts, question others

Radio bursts reveal universe’s ‘missing matter’

Mystery signals used to locate gases in the spaces between galaxies

THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW – SUMMER 2025 PREVIEW

Book Review: Creative Destruction: An Introduction, John T. Dalton and  Andrew J. Logan

THE INDEPENDENT REVIEW (June 26, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Corporate America’s Ideological Tilt’….

Corporate America’s Ideological Tilt: An Introduction

Rosolino A. Candela, Caleb S. Fuller

Beyond Interest: What May Motivate DEI

Douglas J. Den Uyl

Philosophy, Law and Culture of Liberal Democracy and the Authoritarian Challenge

By Suri Ratnapala

Reviewed by  Paul Dragos Aligica

Martin Van Buren: America’s First Politician

By James M. Bradley

Reviewed by  Garion Frankel

Capitalism: The Story Behind the Word

By Michael Sonenscher

Reviewed by Richard M. Salsman

THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 28, 2025 PREVIEW

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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features How to win the peace…

How to win peace in the Middle East

After the bombs should come a plan to reset the region

RFK’s loopy approach to vaccines endangers Americans

Donald Trump’s health secretary undermines global public health, too

How the defence bonanza will reshape the global economy

As they spend big, politicians must resist using one pot of money to achieve many goals

Chinese brands are sweeping the world. Good

From fast food to video games, new marques are making their mark

THE NEW YORK TIMES – THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 2025

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Pentagon Offers Details of Planning and Strikes on Iranian Nuclear Sites

In a news conference, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vigorously praised what he called “the highly successful strikes in Iran.”

Centrifuges at Fordo ‘No Longer Operational,’ U.N. Nuclear Watchdog Head Says

The director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency told French radio that there was “no escaping significant physical damage” after the U.S. bombed the Iranian facility.

Trump Bill Slashes the Safety Net That Many Republican Voters Rely On

As they push for big cuts in Medicaid and food stamps, Republicans are making a bet that they can avoid backlash from supporters who depend on those programs.

Growth Claims Behind Big Policy Bill Rarely Pan Out in Reality

A retrospective on four Republican-driven tax-cut packages found that results always come up short compared to predictions of economic booms and lower deficits.

WORLD LITERATURE TODAY – JULY 2025 PREVIEW

WORLD LITERATURE TODAY (June 26, 2025): The latest issue features Writing with Light – The 2025 Puterbaugh Lecture, by Guadalupe Nettel

Gaza Voices

Introduction: Eyes of the Pen, Voices of the Cameraby Yousef Khanfar

Writing on War’s Edgeby Yousri Alghoul

They Call It Displacement—In Reality, It’s Hell (This Is My Story)by Nour Abo-Rokb

This Is What I Haveby Shrouq Mohammed Doghmosh

Nun and War (She and War)by Kifah Salama Al-Ghseen

CREATIVE NONFICTION

Ghost by Basem Nabres

Ringtones of My Mobile Phoneby Omar Hammash