SCIENCE MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Snap Shut’ – Venus flytrap’s fast cell wall softening allows rapid closure.
SCIENCE MAGAZINE ———– JUNE 11, 2026 PREVIEW
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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 13, 2026 PREVIEW
The World Cup paradox
How the rules of both entertainment and soft power are being rewritten
Donald Trump’s least bad option in Iran
He must swallow his pride and accept a deal worse than the pre-war status quo
The Federal Reserve must soon give Donald Trump bad news
Kevin Warsh, the unlucky new chairman, has seen his case for lower interest rates disintegrate
For its own sake, China should change its growth model
It is suffering economic costs for its industrial dominance
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT – JUNE 12, 2026 PREVIEW
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features ‘Forcing our hand?’ – Edward Chancellor on nudge economics….
Hints of evidence
M. John Harrison’s anti-philosophy of the sublime By Nick Holdstock
Who she loved
Mourning a marriage and a creative partnership By Lily Herd
Right question, wrong answer
Cults and the longing for community By Harrison Hill
Hidden persuaders
When behavioural economics meets politics By Edward Chancellor
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY —- JUNE 12, 2026 PREVIEW
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘How the World Cup beacame an $80bn behemoth’
It’s long been a golden rule of sport that football World Cups get bigger and badder every four years. The latest edition of the tournament, however, may put that universal law to the test after a six-week journey through Trump’s America, which is expected to generate $80bn of global economic output through its full timeline.
As the world’s biggest sporting event meets the world’s biggest market, it’s hard to see how even the World Cup can get much more bloated than this. But if anyone can make it happen it’s Gianni Infantino, the opportunist Fifa overlord who has schmoozed with the planet’s most divisive leaders to extract maximum gains from his travelling global roadshow. As Barney Ronay says in his tournament scenesetter for our cover story this week, welcome to the heart of darkness.
The big story | How the murder of Henry Nowak shook Britain
The aftermath of a tragedy revealed a country grappling with how easily such events can be co‑opted into a far-right rallying cry. Libby Brooks reports
Technology | Can autonomous AI killer drones be taught morality?
While the technology is set to play a growing role in modern warfare, there remains an unresolved ethical challenge. Dan Milmo and Aisha Down size up the terrain
Feature | Hello, goodbye: inside the final Beatles tour
By the mid-1960s, the Beatles were ready to quit touring for good. A new collection of pictures by rock photographer Jim Marshall captures their last gigs. With a foreword by Ian Leslie
Opinion | Trump’s failure to maintain ceasefires is part of the new world disorder
The US president brags about ending wars but look at Ukraine, Gaza, Iran and Lebanon to see what his casual disregard for diplomacy and obsession with instant results have achieved, argues Simon Tisdall
Culture | The ruthlessness and redemption of Rupert Everett
The 67-year-old actor lied to his partners, disrespected his audiences and betrayed his friends. But has this indiscreet, unreliable heartbreaker finally grown up and settled down? Simon Hattenstone went to find out
THE NATION MAGAZINE – JULY/AUGUST 2026
On “The Nation” and Empire
Our magazine has refused to accept what contributor Gore Vidal once described as the “cozy unremitting war” that puts this country in a state of conflict, year after year. Katrina vanden Heuvel for The Nation
Tom Paine’s Fight
The pamphleteer’s insistence that America live up to its revolutionary vows still rings true 250 years later. John Nichols
Can America Experience a New Birth of Freedom?
Five progressive leaders offer a powerful reminder of the country’s unfinished journey.
Bernie Sanders’s Revolution
The senator may be remembered as a bridge between the promise of America and the fulfillment of that promise. Jeet Heer
THE YALE REVIEW JOURNAL – SUMMER 2026 PREVIEW
THE YALE REVIEW (March 11, 2025): The latest issue features a central folio, “What Was AI?,” exploring artificial intelligence through essays from Lauren Oyler, Christopher Sorrentino, and Melanie Mitchell. The issue also includes new memoirs and essays from Annie Ernaux and Namwali Serpell, alongside a visual portfolio by Vera Molnár.
Jagged Intelligence
The dangerous unknowns at the heart of LLMs by Melanie Mitchell
Reading the Declaration of Independence as Holy Text
How the American creed emerged—and evolved—over 250 years by Kathryn Lofton
Is the Twenty-First Century a Creative Void?
Critics mourn a bygone cultural era. But nostalgia for the new isn’t new by Audrey Wollen
The Birthday Party No One Wants
Why Americans aren’t celebrating the semiquincentennial by Samuel Moyn
I am back in writing hell. As if each time I start writing, I have to go through the same hell again. Annie Ernaux Unpublished journal entries
SMITHSONIAN MAGAZINE – SUMMER 2026 PREVIEW
George Washington Steps Down
George Washington’s announcement that he wouldn’t seek a third presidential term helped define modern statesmanship: The Republic had no need for a king, even an American one. Writing from Europe, John Quincy Adams prayed the president’s retirement might “serve as the foundation upon which the whole system of [America’s] future policy may rise.” Washington’s decision set an informal precedent that largely held until term limits were codified by the 22nd Constitutional Amendment, ratified in 1951. Still, at the time of his farewell address, Washington’s opponents had serious complaints. Though Washington belonged to no party, he was associated with the Federalists—and many Anti-Federalist thinkers chastised the outgoing president for disparaging his ideological rivals while claiming neutrality. This dispute played out in newspapers and pamphlets—back when publishers always chose a side.
Among All the Great Things Benjamin Franklin Invented or Discovered, His Alter Egos Gave Him the Most Freedom
Silence Dogood. Richard Saunders. Benevolus. Sidi Mehemet Ibrahim. All were pen names that allowed Franklin to say things he couldn’t have otherwise said
Harriet Beecher Stowe Wrote a Work of Fiction That Seemed So Real That It Changed the History of the Country
To fight against slavery, the author collected true stories then picked up a pen and distilled them into “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE – JUNE 15, 2026 PREVIEW
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features ‘Barry Blitt’s “Out Cold” – The South Lawn octagon.
Andrew Tate’s Empire of Abuse
How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting women. By Heidi Blake
For the Nation’s Birthday, Making It Harder to Become an American
The Trump Administration has chosen to honor the Semiquincentennial of a nation of immigrants with a vision that sends the country back in time. By Jonathan Blitzer
For People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony
The neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound—and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion. By Sloane Crosley
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE- JUNE 7, 2026
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 6.7.26 Issue features Wesley Morris on the director Steven Spielberg; Adam Iscoe on prediction markets; Juan Arredondo documents a family deported to Colombia; and more.
Raphael Warnock Says the Supreme Court Has Done ‘Violence’ to Democracy
The Democrat from Georgia on what he sees as the moral issues of our time. By David Marchese
From Cow-Milking Robots to Weed-Zapping Lasers, Farmers Are Embracing A.I.
We asked three farmers to tell us how new technology is revolutionizing the way they work. By Coralie Kraft and Spencer Lowell
Scott Pelley on the Bari Weiss Era and His Last Days at ‘60 Minutes’
Lulu Garcia-Navarro sits down for an exclusive interview with the now-former CBS News correspondent.
Why We Still Need Steven Spielberg
Hollywood is struggling, but Spielberg insists that the big screen is still the best place to work out our collective dreams, fears, joys and sorrows.
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE – JUNE 6, 2026 PREVIEW
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The rise of Gen-Z socialism‘….
How to fight back against Gen-Z socialism
The me-first doctrine is a threat to prosperity
India’s surprise baby bust is a warning to the world
It is not just rich places that are becoming less fertile
Europe needs Ukraine’s help just as badly as the other way round
The EU should start drafting a full accession treaty now
America’s decaying Treasury market needs a fix
High debt, disjointed markets and pugnacious trade policy all threaten the world’s safe asset
How to make football more exciting
The World Cup is wonderful. It could be even better
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