Category Archives: Previews

Books: TLS/Times Literary Supplement – Oct 21, 2022

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This week’s issue of the TLS, featuring @George_Berridge , Claire Lowdon and Edmund Gordon on new books by Cormac McCarthy, Barbara Kingsolver and George Saunders, respectively; Gabriel Josipovici on Cézanne; @15thcgossipgirl on Chaucer’s innocence; @rinireg on hatred – and more.

Times Literary Supplement – TLS Website

Cover Preview: Scientific American – November 2022

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Antarctica’s Collapse Could Begin Even Sooner Than Anticipated

Two expeditions to the Thwaites Ice Shelf have revealed that it could splinter apart in less than a decade, hastening sea-level rise worldwide

Engineered Metamaterials Can Trick Light and Sound into Mind-Bending Behavior

Advanced materials can modify waves, creating optical illusions and useful technologies

Fossils Upend Conventional Wisdom about Evolution of Human Bipedalism

For most of human evolution, multiple species with different ways of walking upright coexisted

Photography: National Geographic – NOV 2022

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How an obscure statue became our face of a King Tut anniversary

Photographer Sandro Vannini used his decades-long knowledge of Tut’s antiquities to stitch together a stunning image of a guardian statue from 48 perfectly lit pictures.

How was King Tut’s tomb discovered 100 years ago? Grit and luck

King Tut’s mummy hid many treasures. This graphic unwraps them

Egypt’s new billion-dollar museum is fit for a pharaoh

Perspectives: Harper’s Magazine – November 2022

In the Running

The trials of an almost candidate – In January 2019, when I found myself sitting across from Mindy Myers in a cramped D.C. coffee shop, the new resistance was riding high. A diverse lot of Democrats had just taken control of the House of Representatives, positioning themselves to curtail Donald Trump’s devastating abuse of the presidency…

Some Like It Hot

Notes from the Marilyn Appreciation Society

Preview: New York Times Magazine – Oct 23, 2022

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The Problem of Marjorie Taylor Greene

What the rise of the far-right congresswoman means for the House, the G.O.P. and the nation.

Mayor Michelle Wu Wants to Change Boston. But Can Boston Change?

“We can’t take only safe steps,” the groundbreaking mayor says, “that get us to maybe mediocre outcomes.”

Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Oct 24, 2022

Betsy Ross sews a massive dollar bill.

Inside the U.S. Effort to Arm Ukraine

Since the start of the Russian invasion, the Biden Administration has provided valuable intelligence and increasingly powerful weaponry—a risky choice that has paid off in the battle against Putin.

What We’ve Lost Playing the Lottery

The games are a bonanza for the companies that states hire to administer them. But what about the rest of us?

Who Paul Newman Was—and Who He Wanted to Be

He thought his success was just a matter of hard work and good luck. Other people had a different perspective.

Culture: New York Times Magazine – Oct 16, 2022

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The Culture Issue – 10.16.22

The Elusive Power of Cate Blanchett

The actress has stayed one step ahead of audiences by constantly being in motion. In her new movie “Tár,” she’s as inscrutable as ever.

American Culture Is Trash Culture

It’s not just that trash is what Americans want from movies; it’s who we are. So where did it go?

Can Black Literature Escape the Representation Trap?

A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.

Cover Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Oct 17, 2022

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California Is Pushing a Major Progressive Agenda. Will It Work?

A state long known for liberal policies is advancing the most progressive economic and social agenda in a generation. Some companies are moving out.

It’s Time to Snap Up Bargains, Say Big Money Managers

Our latest Big Money poll of professional investors finds many bearish about stocks in the near term, but bullish about the market’s longer-term outlook.

Where to Find Dividends as High as 5%

Their stocks are down, but regional banks have solid businesses, ample capital, and payouts attractive to income investors.

The Market Rebound Fizzled. Here’s Why a Real Bottom Could Form Soon.

Cover Preview: Harvard Magazine – Nov/Dec 2022

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Justice Elena Kagan, in Dissent

Ebbing trust in the Supreme Court, and what to do about it

The Off-Kilter Economy

Reckoning with inflation and its remedies

Energy-Saving, Low-Cost Air Conditioning

Two new technologies could provide an eco-friendly cooling solution.