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The Scientist Magazine – March 2025 Issue

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THE SCIENTIST MAGAZINE (March 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Peto’s Paradox’ – How gigantic species evolved to beat cancer…

Peto’s Paradox: How Gigantic Species Evolved to Beat Cancer

Scientists dive into the genomes of whales, elephants, and other animal giants looking for new weapons in the fight against cancer.

DNA Profiling: Tracing Killers and Solving Mysteries Using Genetic Clues

Every DNA fragment tells a story. Forensic experts use these genetic breadcrumbs to solve old mysteries and modern crimes.

Generation X and Millennials Face a Steep Rise in Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer Cases

Younger individuals are developing colorectal cancer earlier in life compared to older generations, and scientists don’t know why.

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Los Angeles Review Of Books – Spring 2025

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LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS (March 11, 2025): The Spring 2025 issue features…

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Features
The Pool at The LINE by Maya Binyam
Dark Waters and Sorcerer by Sam Bodrojan

Nonfiction
Points of Entry: On Lebanon and broken glass by Mary Turfah
Rising from Her Verses: The poetry and politics of Julia de Burgos by Sophia Stewart
Mann Men: Exploring an oeuvre of men in crisis by Clayton Purdom
Jolted out of Our Aesthetic Skins: Mario Kart and fiction in Las Vegas by Simon Wu
Beautiful Aimlessness: The cultural footprint of Giant Robot by Oliver Wang
In Its Purest Form: Reading Lolita on its 70th anniversary by Claire Messud
Perfect Momentum: How to crash someone else’s car by Dorie Chevlen

Comic
Mafalda by Quino, translated by Frank Wynne

Fiction
The Tragedy Brotherhood by O F Cieri
The Eagle’s Nest by Devin Thomas O’Shea

Excerpt
The Heir Conditioner: from Mother Media by Hannah Zeavin

Poetry
Minister of Loneliness by Ansel Elkins
Iterations by Tracy Fuad
Moon over Brooklyn by Daniel Halpern
You by Laura Kolbe
Third Act by Tamara Nassar
Still, my brother’s flag flies by Jorrell Watkins

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Literature & Ideas: The Yale Review – Spring 2025

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THE YALE REVIEW (March 11, 2025): The latest issue features…

Finding the Real in Photorealism

Do we want art to transform our lives?

“Channel, 2019–24”

Capturing Los Angeles in crisis by Sasha Rudensky

Instagram

Is life online real? by Jesse Damiani

Storytelling

Is narrative real? by Mona Oraby

Business, Magazines, Management, Reviews

MIT Sloan Management Review – Spring 2025

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MIT SLOAN MANAGEMENT REVIEW (March 11, 2025): The spring 2025 issue focuses on innovation, developing KPIs, building a learning culture collaborating on climate initiatives, and more.

Lessons Learned From Outside Innovators

Outsiders can spark new thinking by challenging norms and spotting overlooked opportunities.

How Remote Work Changes Design Thinking

Replacing onsite design-thinking sessions with virtual ones fundamentally changes the innovation process and outcomes.

A New Machine Learning Approach Answers What-If Questions

Causal ML enables managers to explore different options to improve decision-making.

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London Review Of Books – March 20, 2025 Preview

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LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (March 11, 2025): The latest issue features Mussolini to Meloni; A trip to Mar-a-Lago; The Brothers Grimm and Europe’s Holy Alliance…

Airborne

Sophie Cousins

Tuberculosis is the world’s most deadly infectious disease, killing more than a million people a year and infecting many millions more, even though treatment in the form of antibiotics has existed for seventy years.

On Edward Said and Late Style

On Sunday, 9 March, at Southbank Centre’s Queen Elizabeth Hall, the City of London Sinfonia and the London Review of Books will be collaborating on an evening of music and readings inspired by Edward Said’s last, posthumous book, On Late Style: Music and Literature Against the Grain.

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The New Yorker Magazine – March 17, 2025 Preview

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An illustration of chefs and staff preparing food in a kitchen.

THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE (March 10, 2025): The latest issue cover features Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “Masterpiece” – Delicious forms of innovation.

The Unchecked Authority of Greg Abbott

The Texas governor gained national attention by busing migrants to Democratic cities. Jonathan Blitzer reports on how he’s paving the way for President Trump’s mass-deportation campaign. By Jonathan Blitzer

Trump’s Agenda Is Undermining American Science

Research funded by the federal government has found useful expression in many of the defining technologies of our time. This Administration threatens that progress. By Dhruv Khullar

How the Red Scare Reshaped American Politics

At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded—and from how it came to an end? By Beverly Gage

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The Nation Magazine – April 2025 Preview

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THE NATION MAGAZINE (March 9, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Are Men Ok?’ – According to Richard V. Reeves, American society is failing to address the needs of men and boys. Are his solutions the flip side of feminism – or just another form of backlash?

The Cruel World of Stephen Miller

How to Fight Trump

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The American Scholar – Spring 2025 Issue Preview

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THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR (March 8, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Tiger, Tiger’ – Searching for the elusive big cat means learning to see the world anew…

Tiger Mom

At a forest preserve in India, a writer sees the world anew and learns how to focus her son’s restless mind By Elizabeth Kadetsky

Asteroid Hunters

The scientists and engineers who defend our planet day and night from potentially hazardous space rocks By Jessie Wilde

American Carthage

Echoes from the ancient conflicts between Hannibal’s city and Rome continue to reverberate well into the present By Charles G. Salas

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The New York Times Magazine – March 9, 2025

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THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (03/07/2025): The 3.9.25 Issue features David Enrich on the attack on The New York Times v. Sullivan ruling and its protections for the press; Ruth Margalit on the activist Einav Zangauker, whose son is captive in Gaza; Jonah Weiner on the director Bong Joon Ho; and more.

The ‘Parasite’ Director Brings Class Warfare to Outer Space

Bong Joon Ho has turned his funny-sad excavations of life under capitalism into unlikely blockbusters. With “Mickey 17,” he’s bending a whole new genre.