@TheTLS reviewing Robert Trumball’s From Life to Survival, and discussing those two rude boys of modern thought, Sigmund Freud and Jacques Derrida.
Category Archives: Previews
Preview: Tufts Health & Nutrition Letter – May ’22
Previews: Humanities Magazine – Spring 2022
HUMANITIES: The Magazine of the National Endowment for the Humanities
In This Issue
Dueling: the Violence of Gentlemen
What honor required of men.
Politics and the Psyche
During World War II, François Tosquelles treated patients by addressing the sickness of society
A New Museum For First Americans
Oklahoma
Previews: The New Yorker Magazine – April 25, 2022
Christoph Niemann’s “Virtual Reality”
On the cover of the Innovation & Technology Issue, Christoph Niemann captures the eternal tug of war between the lure of the outside and the joys of technology. Even for a prehistoric cave dweller, the tablet could prove potently absorbing. The dilemma has only grown as the number and variety of technological gadgets has proliferated. We recently talked to the artist about the place of digital tools and good old-fashioned paper and pencil in his creative process.
Cover Preview: Barron’s Magazine – April 18, 2022
Sustainable Investing Failed Its First Big Test. A Reckoning Is Coming.
The popular strategy underperformed last quarter, raising new questions about its rationale—and its future.
The ‘Key-Man’ Risk and Tesla Shareholders’ Nerves
From provocative tweets and colorful media appearances to fantastic takeover bids, Elon Musk has an outsized influence on Tesla stock movements.1 min
Why Twitter Shareholders Should Sell Out to Elon Musk
Under its present management and business model, the stock is unlikely to revisit last year’s $80 peak.4 min
Cover Preview: National Geographic – May 2022
Cover Previews: Nature Magazine – April 14, 2022
- Editorial | 12 April 2022The war in Ukraine is exposing gaps in the world’s food-systems researchRussia’s invasion is the latest threat to the stability of world food supplies. Researchers must act now to halt the cycle of repeated food crises.
- Editorial | 13 April 2022Global science must stand up for Iran’s imprisoned scholarsIranian researchers are at risk as never before. Governments are urging quiet diplomacy. But a new book shows why public campaigns matter.
- World View | 12 April 2022University culture wars over race theory recall 1920s fight to teach evolutionArguments for quality work better than quibbles over facts.
- Adam Laats
- Research Highlight | 04 April 2022The miniature mice locked in an evolutionary battle of the sexesThe African pygmy mouse, which weighs only 3–12 grams, has a complicated sex-determination system that pits males against females.
- Research Highlight | 04 April 2022Your morning coffee is served up by the birds and the beesExcluding the winged creatures from the branches of coffee plants meant fewer flowers and smaller fruit.
- Research Highlight | 06 April 2022Keeping it cool: a laser delicately carves up a crystal without heatingLight-sensitive dye molecules make a crystalline material sliceable.
Previews: Science Focus Magazine – April 13, 2022
The race for the Moon
No human has set foot on the Moon for decades. But an armada of exciting new missions are set to explore the lunar surface once more.
The DNA detective
The consumer genetic testing kits hitting the shelves have allowed scientists to piece together our family trees better than ever before. Geneticist Prof Turi King tells us more.
Fit to burst
Inflation is a pretty useful tool in nature. Zoologist Jules Howard takes a closer look at some of the incredible animals that can blow themselves up like balloons.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Metaverse
What is the metaverse, can anyone visit, and where’s the best place to go?
Boomers Daily 