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Arts & Culture: The New Criterion – December 2022
Inside the December 2022 issue:
Art a special section
Memories of Clement Greenberg by Pat Lipsky
A library by the book by James Panero
Tudors at the Met by Marco Grassi
Collecting misery by Anthony Daniels
David Smith: a sculptor in full by Eric Gibson
The Spanish Sargent by Karen Wilkin
Pergolesi: a very sharp & mechanical man by Benjamin Riley
New poems by Bruce Bond & John Poch
Cover Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Nov 14, 2022
Inside the November 14, 2022 issue:
A Used-Car Dealer Has Big ESG Backers. Some of Its Low-Income Customers Ran Into Problems.
A Barron’s investigation found pricey cars, registration delays, and other complaints.
The Midterms and the Markets Both Show It’s Time to Get Real
An Inflation Reading Sends Stocks Soaring as if It Were 2020
Tech Companies Won Big in the Midterm Elections. Here’s Why.
Oil Prices Could Jump in December. Energy Stocks Should Get a Jolt.
Inflation Tends to Linger. How Long This Time?
Culture: The New Review Magazine – Nov 13, 2022
Punk poet Patti Smith speaks to @KateKellaway1 about her new photography book @BloomsburyBooks @cyrilzed.
Out of the Blue by Harry Cole and James Heale – the salad days of Lettuce Liz Truss
This biography of Britain’s shortest-serving prime minister was overtaken by events, but its lively style and air of authority illuminates her failings
The Path of Peace by Anthony Seldon review – a trail of painful history
The writer’s vivid account of walking the Western Front Way illuminates the traumas of the first world war while reassessing his own tumultuous life
Previews: The Guardian Weekly November 11, 2022
Benjamin Netanyahu is nothing if not a fighter. Having been ousted as Israel’s prime minister a year ago by an alliance of political foes and now embroiled in a corruption trial (he denies all charges), one might have thought the 73-year-old’s career was up.
The Cop27 climate talks got under way in Egypt, as debate raged over the agenda as well as a furore over hosting the event in a country where political and human rights are a live issue. Environment editor Fiona Harvey explains what the talks – which run until 18 November – can hope to achieve, amid a slew of alarming reports about the rate of global heating.
This week’s magazine went to press too soon to feature news of the US midterm elections – there’ll be plenty on that in the next edition. In the meantime, Leyland Cecco reports from Canada, where there are claims China is operating a chain of clandestine police stations to keep tabs on its diaspora.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Nov 11, 2022
Invasive mosquito adds to Africa’s malaria toll
Anopheles stephensi may dramatically increase the number of people at risk
As Musk reshapes Twitter, academics ponder taking flight
Many researchers are setting up profiles on another social media service known as Mastodon
Scientists on trial after speaking out on harassment
Astrophysicist Christian Ott filed a criminal complaint after job offer withdrawn
Perennial rice could be a ‘game changer’
Long-term study in China shows yields hold up and farmers save money and time
Top Invention Review: Time Magazine – Nov 21, 2022
Intuition Robotics ElliQ
Chaperone robots have helped the world’s elderly overcome loneliness and social isolation worsened by the pandemic. But where most bots need prompting, ElliQ is proactive: the voice-operated AI-powered “personal sidekick” initiates conversation and helps its human companion develop healthy habits—social, physical, and mental.
Phonak Audéo Fit
Hearing aids are often stigmatized as a device for the old or infirm. But the latest hearing aids are anything but old–fashioned: they’re teched out with AI, fitness trackers, streaming capability, and more. Now Phonak is out with the first commercially available hearing aid with a heart-rate sensor. Audéo Fit’s receiver-in-canal device tracks fitness data, such as steps, activity level, and distance walked, while also monitoring the wearer’s heart rate when paired with the MyPhonak app.
Esper Hand
Capitalizing on advances in artificial intelligence and digital signal processing, Esper Bionics’ prosthetic hand is the first AI-powered, cloud-based robotic prosthetic that gets smarter over time. The lightweight device has up to 24 wearable sensors that detect and process muscle activity and brain impulses; machine learning from Esper’s platform enables the hand to act more “intuitively” over time.
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Previews: The Economist Magazine – Nov 12, 2022
The Trump effect
Despite the former president’s efforts, America and its democracy look stronger after the midterms
Imagining peace in Ukraine
How a stable and successful country could emerge from the trauma of Russia’s invasion
Great powers must talk
Refusing to speak is what children do when they are angry
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Nov 10, 2022
A natural experiment shows electric scooters really do cut traffic
A US city’s crackdown inadvertently reveals the vehicles’ value.
Extra-strength mRNA vaccine fends off a bevy of flu strains
A vaccine upgraded to target four influenza proteins instead of the usual one protects mice against a range of viral variants.
How the dinosaur got its long neck: slowly
A Brazilian fossil suggests that the super-stretcher necks of Argentinosaurus and its ilk evolved gradually rather than in a rush.
Sounds of the stars: how scientists are listening in on space
In astronomy, the use of sound instead of light is breaking down barriers to participation and providing insight into the Universe.
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – Nov 12, 2022
How JWST could find signs of alien life in exoplanet atmospheres
The James Webb Space Telescope can peer into alien skies like never before. With six potentially habitable planets within its sights, astronomers are entering a new era in the search for biology beyond our solar system
What age do you really become an adult? And why it’s vital to know
The age at which you are considered an adult differs around the world, but emerging research into the developing brain suggests we may have got the concept of adulthood all wrong. When do we really become a grown-up?
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