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The New York Times Magazine – Dec. 22, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (December 21, 2024): The 12,22,24 issue features ‘Escape From Gaza’…
For a Desperate Few, a Hectic Escape From Gaza
The war is nearly impossible to flee — except for a small number of sick and wounded who are offered a dramatic path to safety. By Nicholas Casey
Is Mikhail Baryshnikov the Last of the Highbrow Superstars?
Fifty years since he left the Soviet Union, he insists on using his huge fame to bring attention to difficult, esoteric art. By Jason Diamond
Another New Twitter? Good Luck With That.
Users are now flocking to Bluesky. But every social media platform becomes a wasteland in the end. By J Wortham
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Dec. 23, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE (December21, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Buy Now, Cry Later’…
She Blew Her Life Savings. How Tech Hooks Shoppers.
The rise of affiliate links, Buy Now buttons, and other technology has made it easier than ever to binge, often with dire consequences.
Sell Costco Stock. It’s No Bargain.
The company is firing on all cylinders, but its valuation has become concerning. Shares now trade for 53 times projected earnings.
Farewell to the Smooth Ride for Stocks. How to Prepare Your Portfolio for a Bumpy 2025.
Trump’s policies are a wild card for markets. Making these portfolio moves could help smooth your ride.
The Super-Rich Invest in Some Wild Things. A 20% Return Is Very Real.
Some wealthy families look elsewhere to invest as private-equity funds become too big. The strategies aren’t for the average investor.
The New York Times Magazine – Dec. 8, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (December 14 2024): The 12.15.24 issue features ‘The Silence of Alice Munro’…
What Alice Munro Knew
The Nobel-winning author’s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?
Opioids Ravaged a Kentucky Town. Then Rehab Became Its Business.
In Louisa, an unbearable social crisis has become the main source of economic opportunity.
Could This Tiny School Break Down the Wall Between Church and State?
Officials in Oklahoma are laying the groundwork to push Christianity into public schools.
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Dec. 16, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE (December 7, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Outlook 2025’….
Stocks Could Gain Another 20% in 2025. Embrace the Bubble.
Wall Street’s market forecasts are too tepid. The S&P 500 could rally next year on a combination of AI growth and deregulation. But investors should prepare for a wilder ride.
The Economy and the Fed Could Shine in 2025. It All Depends on Inflation.
The Federal Reserve could find it harder to balance growth and inflation next year, given the incoming Trump administration’s policies. So far, the forecast looks sunny.
Millennials Are Scared of Buying a Home. They Might Have a Point.
Millennials see real estate as a speculative asset. That makes them less apt to buy than their parents did at similar ages.
Trump Aims to Slash Government Spending. What It Could Mean for Social Security.
Wringing savings from the program could result in worse customer service. What you need to know.
Research Preview: Science Magazine-Dec. 13, 2024
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The long shot
An injectable HIV drug with a novel mechanism shows remarkable ability to prevent infection
Mantle waves sculpt the continents
When the forces of plate tectonics tear continents apart, it’s an incredibly violent process, unfolding in slow motion. It was also thought to be very local: Magma from hot, rising mantle rock seeds volcanoes along the rift zone, while the far-removed cold interiors of continents remain intact.
Multicellularity came early for ancient eukaryotes
Microscopic algalike fossils from China reported early this year astounded evolutionary biologists with their extreme age. Dated at 1.6 billion years old, the specimens suggest one of the hallmarks of complex life—multicellularity—arose far earlier than previously thought.
A new type of magnetism emerges
For 98 years, physicists knew of two types of permanently magnetic materials. Now, they’ve found a third. In familiar ferromagnets such as iron, unpaired electrons on neighboring atoms spin in the same direction, magnetizing the material so that, for example, it sticks to a refrigerator. Antiferromagnets such as chromium have zero overall magnetism, but they possess an atomic-scale magnetic pattern, with neighboring electrons spinning in opposite directions. Novel altermagnets—hypothesized 5 years ago—share aspects of both.
Commentary Magazine – January 2025 Preview
The Anti-Woke King of Hollywood Lets Loose
Taylor Sheridan’s shows explain how and why we got Trump again by Rick Marin
Israel Chose, and the World Changed
The Trumpmoon
The Times Will Stop at Nothing
The Economist Magazine – December 14, 2024 Preview
How the new Syria might succeed or fail
The end of the house of Assad. Much will go wrong. But for now, celebrate a tyrant’s fall
What Spain can teach the rest of Europe
Our number-crunching suggests it was the best-performing rich economy in 2024
America’s searing market rally brings new risks
Financial innovation is just as much to blame as the technological sort
Multilateral institutions are turning away from the poorest countries
Even bail-outs are getting expensive
Politics: The Guardian Weekly-December 13, 2024
The Guardian Weekly (December 11, 2024): The new issue features The fall of Syria’s brutal dictatorship. Plus The best books of 2024.
Not even the most optimistic of rebels could have predicted the rapid collapse, last weekend, of the Assad dynasty that ruled Syria with an iron fist for more than 50 years. Yet while there was relief and joy both inside Syria and among the nation’s vast displaced diaspora, it was also accompanied by apprehension over what might come next.
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Spotlight | Russia and Ukraine wait warily for Trump transition
The idea of the US president-election as a saviour for Ukraine, as unlikely as it may seem, holds an appeal for an exhausted nation without a clear path to victory. Shaun Walker and Pjotr Sauer report
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Environment | The jailed anti-whaler defiant in face of extradition threat
Capt Paul Watson talks to Daniel Boffey about his arrest on behalf of the Japanese government, his ‘interesting’ Greenland prison, and separation from his children
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Feature | The growing threat of firearms that can be made at home
One far-right cell wanted to use 3D-printed guns to cause ‘maximum confusion and fear’ on the streets of Finland. Could the police intercept them in time? By Samira Shackle
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Opinion | Farage is lying in wait. Britain can’t afford for Starmer to fail
It is not enough for the Labour leader’s ‘milestones’ to be achieved. Voters must feel the improvement in their daily lives, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Culture | The best books of 2024
From a radical retelling of Huckleberry Finn to Al Pacino’s autobiography, our critics round up their favourite reads of the year
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – Dec. 12, 2024
Do you drink coffee? Ask your gut
Largest study of links between consumption of the beverage and gut diversity finds coffee-loving bacteria.
Has Venus ever had an ocean? Its volcanoes hint at an answer
Chemistry of the planet’s atmosphere suggests that its interior has never held water.
Ancient stacks of dishes tell tale of society’s dissolution
Artefacts from a Mesopotamian archaeological site suggest that people in the region founded and later rejected an early form of the organized state.
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