Arianne Shahvisi – ‘Sex in the Brain’
Jon Day on Hoardiculture
Colin Burrow: Quote Me!
Helen Thaventhiran: T.S. Eliot’s Alibis
Stefan Collini on the Huxley Inheritance
Cover: London Review Of Books – September 8, 2022
Category Archives: Previews
Cover: The New York Times Magazine – August 28, 2022
The 8.28.22 Issue
Can Coco Gauff the Tennis Prodigy Become a Tennis Legend?
Since Coco Gauff went pro at 14, she has played under the weight of high expectations. Now 18, she has her own measures for greatness.
How a Corporate Law Firm Led a Political Revolution
The untold story of Jones Day’s push to move the American government and courts to the right.
Previews: BBC Wildlife Magazine – September 2022
- Cover feature: puffin island. A summer spent with our favourite seabird.
- How many leaves are on a tree?
- Crocodiles of the Caribbean
- Why the world needs mosquitoes
- Amazing ways that animals teach
Cover Preview: Barron’s Magazine – August 29, 2022
How Water Scarcity Threatens the Global Economy
The scarcity of fresh water is rapidly emerging as a global economic threat that could disrupt businesses, crimp profits, and jeopardize growth. Companies, regulators, and investors are starting to react.
The Stock Market Finally Heard Powell’s Message. It Won’t Be Pretty.
Ben Levisohn
Juniper Networks Had Lousy Earnings. It’s AI Strategy Could Help the Stock Break Out.
Ben Levisohn
California Sets the Pace on Zero Emissions. Car Makers, Old and New, Are Cheering.
Al Root
Why Apple Might Push Deeper Into Sports Streaming
Eric J. Savitz
Fed Chief Talks Tough on Inflation. Stocks Listen and Fall Sharply
Art Journals: The 2022 Courtauld News (Digital)
Preview: ‘Frozen Planet II’ With David Attenborough
Global superstar Camila Cabello and legendary composer Hans Zimmer have teamed up on their new track ‘Take Me Back Home’ for the first look at #FrozenPlanet2. And yes, Sir David Attenborough will be back!
Singer-songwriter Camila Cabello and Oscar-winning composer Hans Zimmer have joined forces to write a new song for “Frozen Planet II.” The new track will be featured in the debut extended trailer for the highly-anticipated David Attenborough-narrated series.
A sequel to the 2011 series, “Frozen Planet II” is a six-episode journey through Earth’s icy regions including the North and South poles, produced by BBC Studios’ Natural History Unit. The collaboration on “Take Me Back Home” marks the first time a new song has been written to support a BBC One natural history show.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 26, 2022
Ancient DNA from the Near East probes a cradle of civilization
Studies seek clues to origins of farming, early languages
Global drought experiment reveals the toll on plant growth
Artificial droughts sharply cut carbon storage
Researchers watch how Arctic storms chew up sea ice
Airborne campaign to study summer cyclones could reveal air-ice interactions
Deadly bird flu establishes a foothold in North America
H5N1 has continued to kill wild birds and poultry this summer. The fall migration could bring it back in force
Many-eyed scope will make movies of the stars
Argus Array will combine hundreds of off-the-shelf telescopes to capture fleeting events
FEATURE
Sparkling waters
Tiny Caribbean crustaceans and their bioluminescent mating displays are shining new light on evolution
Preview: The Economist Magazine – August 27, 2022
Are sanctions working?
- China’s changing debt diplomacyTime to work with Western creditors
- Gene tweaking: a new era beginsScience has made a genetic revolution possible
- How diversity training can backfire?Many programmes may do more to protect against litigation than to reduce discrimination
- Streaming wars: dragons v hobbitsA century-old studio wages a big-budget war against a streaming upstart
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – August 25, 2022
- Which glaciers are the biggest? Scientists finally have an answer – The world’s record holders are in Antarctica, regardless of how ‘glacier’ is defined.
- First space rock found inside Venus’s orbit — and it’s jumbo-sized – An asteroid that travels inside the orbit of Venus probably wandered there from further afield.
- Stretchy synthetic nerve helps mice give ball a mighty kick -Device can bridge a nerve damaged by motor-neuron disease or spinal-cord injury.
- Mosquitoes sniff out humans with super-smelling neurons – The biting insects have an odour-sensing set-up superior to that of many other animals.
- Mount Everest’s harsh heights shelter a rich array of life – Scraps of DNA show that living things of all kinds thrive in the thin air above 4,000 metres.
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