International Art: Apollo Magazine – December 2024
Category Archives: Reviews
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec. 2, 2024
The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S.
Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy. By Dhruv Khullar
How Old Age Was Reborn
“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth twist the dial too far? By Daniel Immerwahr
How to Make Fuel (or Booze) from Thin Air
Air Company, a startup that has used water and carbon dioxide to make vodka and to power automobiles, taste-tests its product and discusses getting Elon Musk’s business. By Adam Iscoe
MIT Technology Review – The Top Stories (11.24.24)
 Inside Clear’s ambitions to manage your identity beyond the airportThe company that has helped millions of people cut security lines wants to give you a frictionless future—in exchange for your face. Read more →  Google DeepMind has a new way to look inside an AI’s “mind”Autoencoders are letting us peer into the black box of artificial intelligence. They could help us create AI that is better understood, and more easily controlled. Read more →  How this grassroots effort could make AI voices more diverseA massive volunteer-led effort to collect training data in more languages, from people of more ages and genders, could help make the next generation of voice AI more inclusive and less exploitative. Read more →  Who’s to blame for climate change? It’s surprisingly complicated.The world’s biggest polluters, by the numbers.Read more →  The rise of Bluesky, and the splintering of socialYou may have read that it was a big week for Bluesky. If you’re not familiar, Bluesky is, essentially, a Twitter clone that publishes short-form status updates. Read more → |
Politico Magazine – November 24-27, 2024
POLITICO Magazine (November 24, 2024): The latest issue features ;Europe is under attack from Russia’; Why isn’t it fighting back? and ‘Elon and Donald – A love Affair…
Musk gets a leg up from Trump in space battle vs. Bezos
Rivals worry the SpaceX boss will rig the playing field for space exploration in his favor.
World War III has officially begun, Ukraine’s ex-top general says
The former commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army has a grim outlook on the state of the war.
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The New York Times Magazine-Nov. 24, 2024
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE (November 2, 2024): The 11.24.24 Issue features Philip Montgomery on two weeks in the life of Pennsylvania’s Luzerne County before, during and after the election; Emily Bazelon on how the abortion rights movement won in many states in the election; Tomas Weber on how Ozempic is turning people off from eating junk food; and more.
Becoming Trump Country
Luzerne County is one of many counties in Pennsylvania — and across the country — that shifted to the right this year.
Facing Eight Years in Prison, a Director Flees Iran
Facing an eight-year prison sentence, Mohammad Rasoulof had to make the most difficult decision of his life. We spent two weeks there before and after the election to understand what’s driving these changes.
Ozempic Could Crush the Junk Food Industry. But It Is Fighting Back.
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – Nov. 25, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE (November 23, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Google Is Under Siege. It Will Prevail.”
Google Is Under Siege. Why Alphabet Stock Will Win.
The company is facing pressure on two fronts—the government and a host of new AI-powered search rivals. It has the capacity to meet both challenges and continue to prosper.
Bitcoin Never Sleeps. Stock Markets May Be Next as Trump Takes Charge.
Wall Street is making a push for more extended hours in the stock market, and Trump’s incoming regulators are likely to approve. What to know so you don’t lose your shirt.
Holiday Spending Looks Strong. Where to Find Bargains in Retail Stocks.
Retailers are lifting their earnings guidance as shoppers hit the stores. Five names in the bargain bin.
Fed’s Williams Sees Inflation Cooling and Interest Rates Falling Further
John Williams, who heads the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, says 2% is the rate that can best balance the Fed’s employment and price stability goals.
Analysis: What Trump Can & Can’t Do On Day 1 (WSJ)
Video timeline: Chapters: 0:00 Trump’s second term 0:38 Immigration 2:23 Military 3:06 Education 4:34 Energy 5:32 Tariffs 6:48 Checks and balances
For most of Trump’s objectives for his second term, there are limitations including checks and balances within the process or limitations directly from Congress. WSJ explains which of these plans he can carry out on his own, which he’ll need help from Congress for, and what might end up in the courts.
Arts/History: Smithsonian Magazine – December 2024
The Forgotten Colony
What excavations in Bermuda are revealing about one of Britain’s first settlements in the Americas—and the surprising ways it shaped the New World. By Andrew Lawler. Photographs by Nicola Muirhead
The Feminist Behind the Man Behind the Curtain
The untold story of Matilda Gage, the freethinker who inspired her son-in-law L. Frank Baum’s classic novel “The Wonderful Wizard of Oz”. By Evan I. Schwartz
It’s Not Easy Being Seen
Glass frogs use translucence to evade predators. So why are researchers trying to find as many as they can? By Alex Fox
Research Preview: Science Magazine – Nov. 15, 2024
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Prospect of RFK Jr. at HHS alarms biomedical community
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has vowed to scrutinize proven vaccines and slash staff at research and regulatory agencies
China’s hunger for minerals spurs massive geology survey
$1 billion SinoProbe II will map the depths with drill rigs and instrument arrays
Previews: BBC History Magazine – December 2024
BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE – NOVEMBER 21, 2024: The latest issue features ‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
‘Churchill’ – Is he still the greatest Briton?
2024’s Best History Books
Chose by our experts
Who Killed The King Of Scots?
The medieval murder mystery that’s yet to be solved
Pedigrees, pets and piles of poo
A bite-sized history of dogs
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