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Research Preview: Science Magazine – March 15, 2024

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Science Magazine – March 15, 2024: The new issue features ‘Fast Moving Magma’ – A large diking event preceded Iceland’s recent eruptive episodes…

Efforts to screen kids for type 1 diabetes multiply

Blood tests can detect the disease process early, avoiding complications and aiding treatment

‘Damning’ FDA inspection report undermines Alzheimer’s drug

Inspectors faulted analyses of clinical trial samples by Hoau-Yan Wang for drug developer Cassava Sciences

Seafloor fiber-optic cables become sensor stations

“Smart cables” will detect earthquakes, tsunamis, and global warming

‘I’m not Tony’: Anthony Fauci’s heir vows new direction at NIAID

Jeanne Marrazzo, an HIV prevention researcher, sees need for more “holistic” approach to community health problems

News: Putin Seeks 5th Term In Russia Elections, Japan-Ukraine Military Support

The Globalist (March 15, 2024): We discuss this weekend’s presidential election in Russia, which will grant Vladimir Putin another six-year term.

Plus: US efforts to involve Japan in providing additional military support to Ukraine, the future of government in the Netherlands and theatre news.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – March 14, 2024

Volume 627 Issue 8003

Nature Magazine – March 13, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Burning Question’ – How drought conditions are driving overnight fires in North America…

A better way to charge a quantum battery

Batteries that store photons in atoms or molecules could retain their efficiency with wireless charging.

Geologists reject the Anthropocene as Earth’s new epoch — after 15 years of debate

But some are now challenging the vote, saying there were ‘procedural irregularities’.


Will these reprogrammed elephant cells ever make a mammoth?

The de-extinction company Colossal is the first to convert elephant cells to an embryonic state, but using them to make mammoths won’t be easy, say researchers.

News: Rise Of The Far-Right In Portugal Elections, Cease-Fire Talks In Gaza

The Globalist (March 11, 2024): We get the latest results from Portugal’s elections and ask what’s next for the nation’s government as the far-right gains ground.

Plus: we discuss the likelihood of a ceasefire in Israel and Gaza before Ramadan, get the headlines from the Balkans and find out who wins big at the 2024 Academy Awards.

Sunday Morning: Stories And News From Zürich 

Monocle on Sunday, March 10, 2024: Eemeli Isoaho, Juliet Linley and Benedikt Germanier join Monocle’s editorial director, Tyler Brûlé, to discuss the weekend’s hottest topics.

We speak to Monocle’s senior foreign correspondent, Carlota Rebelo, for the latest on Portugal’s elections and Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, joins us from London. Plus: authors Alex Dahl and Thomas Enger join Tyler in Zürich to discuss Norwegian crime fiction.

Saturday Morning: News And Stories From London

Monocle on Saturday, March 9, 2024: US lawmakers have passed a bill that would remove TikTok from app stores – but will the ban go ahead?

And does dark matter actually exist? Join Vincent McAviney and Yassmin Abdel-Magied for this as well a background on the potential ceasefire in Sudan during Ramadan. Plus: Monocle’s Tomos Lewis interviews the CEO of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences ahead of the celebrations tomorrow and the director of the London Book Fair, Gareth Rapley, joins us to discuss next week’s event.

Reviews: ‘The Week In Art’

The Week In Art Podcast (March 8, 2024): To coincide with International Women’s Day on 8 March, the South London Gallery is opening the exhibition Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest.

Activism and photography have long gone hand in hand but this collaborative exhibition, organised with the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A), attempts to capture a new chapter in this distinguished history, with a particular focus on feminism across the world. We talk to Sarah Allen, the head of programme at the South London Gallery, and Fiona Rogers, the V&A’s Parasol Foundation curator of women in photography, about the show. The financier, philanthropist, collector and leader of cultural organisations Jacob Rothschild died last week at the age of 87.

We talk to Anna Somers Cocks, the founder of The Art Newspaper, who interviewed Lord Rothschild on numerous occasions, about his impact on the visual arts and heritage. And this episode’s Work of the Week is Adelphi, made in 1967 by Robert Ryman. It is one of around 50 pieces by Ryman in the exhibition The Act of Looking, which opened this week at the Musée de l’Orangerie in Paris. Guillaume Fabius, the co-curator of the show, joins us to discuss the painting.

Acts of Resistance: Photography, Feminisms and the Art of Protest, South London Gallery, London, 8 March-9 June.

Robert Ryman: The Act of Looking, Musée de l’Orangerie, Paris, until 1 July.

News: Joe Biden’s State Of The Union Address, Israel-Hamas Ceasefire Talks

The Globalist (March 8, 2024): We review Joe Biden’s final State of the Union address before the US presidential election in November.

Plus: Latvia becomes the first EU country to ban agricultural products from Russia and Belarus, the latest on the ongoing Israel-Hamas ceasefire talks and David Cameron’s trip to Berlin.

News: EU Conservatives Endorse Von Der Leyen, Venezuela Election Date

The Globalist (March ,7 2024): The latest developments from the European People’s Party Congress in Bucharest with Nina dos Santos.

Plus: can Venezuela’s opposition navigate the presidential election’s tight deadlines? Adam Hancock reports from Kuala Lumpur ahead of the 10-year anniversary of the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – March 7, 2024

Volume 627 Issue 8002

Nature Magazine – March 6, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Flood Warning’ – Sinking land and rising sea pose increased threat to US coastal cities.

Megafires are here to stay — and blaming only climate change won’t help

It’s not just global warming that’s driving the growth in destructive wildfires. Better land management is the first step to mitigating the risks.

Submerged volcano’s eruption was the biggest since the last ice age

Some 7,300 years ago, the Kikai volcano in Japan produced up to 457 cubic kilometres of ash and other debris.

‘Breakthrough’ allergy drug: injection protects against severe food reactions

A study suggests that the asthma treatment omalizumab can reduce the risk of dangerous allergic reactions to peanuts and other foods.