The Hedgehog Review – Fall 2025 Preview

“The Character of Place” and “A Cultural Revolution on the Right”

THE HEDGEHOG REVIEW: The latest issue features ‘The Character of Place’ and ‘A Cultural Revolution on the Right’.

“The Character of Place” and “A Cultural Revolution on the Right”

Double Theme: “The Culture of Place” and “A Cultural Revolution on the Right”

Thematic: The Character of Place

Mourning and Melancholia in Las Vegas

A Tale of Two College Towns

My Charlottesville

Ethel Road Elementary

Made in Allentown

Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – November 2025

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TUFTS HEALTH AND NUTRITION LETTER: The latest issue features….

Seed Oils: The Facts

NewsBites: Diverticulitis and diet; physical activity lowers death risk with diabetes.

Expiration Dates, Explained

Special Report: Added Sugar is Added Sugar

Pumpkin: Beyond Pie

Featured Recipe: Hearty Pumpkin Soup

Ask Tufts Experts: Raw milk

Myth of the Month: Pink salt is healthier than white

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW – NOV/DEC 2025 PREVIEW

MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEW: Genetically optimized babies, new ways to measure aging, and embryo-like structures made from ordinary cells: This issue explores how technology can advance our understanding of the human body— and push its limits.

The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess

A new field of science claims to be able to predict aesthetic traits, intelligence, and even moral character in embryos. Is this the next step in human evolution or something more dangerous?

The quest to find out how our bodies react to extreme temperatures

Scientists hope to prevent deaths from climate change, but heat and cold are more complicated than we thought.

The astonishing embryo models of Jacob Hanna

Scientists are creating the beginnings of bodies without sperm or eggs. How far should they be allowed to go?

How aging clocks can help us understand why we age—and if we can reverse it

When used correctly, they can help us unpick some of the mysteries of our biology, and our mortality.

THE NEW YORK TIMES – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2025

Big Tech’s A.I. Spending Is Accelerating (Again)

Despite the risk of a bubble, Google, Meta, Microsoft and Amazon plan to spend billions more on artificial intelligence than they already do.

The Debate Dividing the Supreme Court’s Liberal Justices

Justices Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson are split over the best approach: investing in diplomacy inside the court or sounding the alarm outside.

Trump’s Call to Resume Nuclear Testing Revives a Cold War Debate

President Trump explained the order by saying other, unnamed nations were testing their own nuclear weapons, even though no country has tested since 2017.

What to Know About Testing U.S. Nuclear Weapons

Executions and Mass Casualties: Videos Show Horror Unfolding in Sudan

Evidence of atrocities emerging from the city of El Fasher stoked fears that the region of Darfur was plunging, again, into a cycle of genocidal violence.