Research Preview: Science Magazine – March 1, 2024
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Preview: MIT Technology Review – March/April 2024
The search for extraterrestrial life is targeting Jupiter’s icy moon Europa
NASA’s Europa Clipper mission will travel to one of Jupiter’s largest moons to look for evidence of conditions that could support life.
Inside the hunt for new physics at the world’s largest particle collider
The Large Hadron Collider hasn’t seen any new particles since the discovery of the Higgs boson in 2012. Here’s what researchers are trying to do about it.
Meet the divers trying to figure out how deep humans can go
Figuring out how the human body can withstand underwater pressure has been a problem for over a century, but a ragtag band of divers is experimenting with hydrogen to find out.
London Review Of Books – March 7, 2024 Preview
Death of the Book
By Adam Smyth
Sometimes we ignore a book’s material presence: absorbed, ‘good’ reading is often figured as a forgetting of the material conditions of book, body, room and time, even though these conditions affect how we read. With certain other books it makes no sense to separate text from object.
Bibliophobia: The End and the Beginning of the Book
by Brian Cummings.
Give your mom a gun
By Geoff Mann
There are seventy million more privately held guns in the US – around four hundred million of them – than there are people. AR-15s comprise about 5 per cent of the total, but it is currently the best-selling rifle in the country.
American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15
by Cameron McWhirter and Zusha Elinson.
Gun Country: Gun Capitalism, Culture and Control in Cold War America
by Andrew C. McKevitt.
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Feb 29, 2024
and Bo Xia
Move over, CRISPR: RNA-editing therapies pick up steam
Two RNA-editing therapies for genetic diseases have in the past few months gained approval for clinical trials, raising hopes for safer treatments.
200 years of naming dinosaurs: scientists call for overhaul of antiquated system
Some palaeontologists want more rigorous guidelines for naming species, along with action to address problematic historical practices.
MEGA-CRISPR tool gives a power boost to cancer-fighting cells
A system that edits RNA rather than DNA can give new life to exhausted CAR T cells.
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement-March 1, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (February 28, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Married to Mr. Hardy’ – The writer’s complicated relationships with women; Southern discomfort; a bad deal on Wall Street…
Previews: Country Life Magazine – Feb 28, 2024
Country Life Magazine – February 27, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Britain’s Top Dogs’ – Our favorites, decade by decade…
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – March 4, 2024
INSIDE NORTH KOREA’S FORCED-LABOR PROGRAM
Workers sent from the country to Chinese factories describe enduring beatings and sexual abuse, having their wages taken by the state, and being told that if they try to escape they will be “killed without a trace.”
What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
Disturbances on the sun may have the potential to devastate our power grid and communication systems. When the next big storm arrives, will we be prepared for it?
International Art: Apollo Magazine – March 2024
In the studio with… Manuel Mathieu
The Haitian-Canadian artist surrounds himself with unlikely objects to spark his imagination, books about drawing, and about 25 different types of tea
The clockwork marvels that tell a tale of two empires
These timepieces are fluttering, chiming embodiments of how Britain and China traded with each other in the 18th and 19th centuries
Reel life – how Zineb Sedira found herself through film
At the Whitechapel Gallery, the French-Algerian unspools personal and political histories through imitation sets and empty stages
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Feb 26, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – FEBRUARY 26, 2024 ISSUE:
Counter-Strike Is One of the World’s Most Successful Videogames. How It Also Became a Gateway to Gambling.
Videogame makers have disavowed connections to gambling, while regulators have looked the other way. Meanwhile, young gamers are placing their first bets.
Outback Steakhouse Owner Bloomin’ Brands Is Taking Steps to Boost Sales
The stock is bargain-priced, but that should change as the company focuses on faster service and stepped-up marketing.4 min read
Why More European Firms Are Hopping the Pond to List in the U.S.
Foreign companies are attracted by the bigger market, stronger stock prices and more rapidly growing economy in the U.S.4 min read
The New York Times Magazine – Feb 25, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (February 23, 2024): The new issue features ‘Enemy of the People’ – Tom Sandoval turned last year’s season of ‘Vanderpump Rules’ into the best in reality TV’s history – and ruined his life in the process..
How Tom Sandoval Became the Most Hated Man in America
He turned last year’s season of ‘Vanderpump Rules’ into the best in reality TV’s history — and ruined his life in the proces
Want a Better Society? Try Better Buildings.
An obsession with luxury is transforming cities into bland, isolating landscapes. Architecture should be for creating community.
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