PHILOSOPHY NOW MAGAZINE (January 31, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Political Philosophy For Our Times’ – Was Machiavelli really so bad?…
T.W.J Moxham reads Slavoj Žižek’s little book of Hegelian horrors.
Amrit Pathak gives us a run-down of the foundations of modern atheism.
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (January 31, 2025): The latest issue features David Runciman on President $Trump; Versions of Hamas and Toril Mok on Vigdis Hjorth…
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (January 30, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Revolt Against Regulation’….
Done right, deregulation could kick-start economic growth
Donald Trump’s chaotic aid freeze makes his country weaker
The Chinese model-maker has panicked investors. But it is good for the users of AI
MONOCLE RADIO (January 31, 2025): Ahmed al-Sharaa has been tapped to be Syria’s transitional president. What does his consolidation of power mean for the country? Plus: Myanmar’s junta prepares for elections and we head to Utah for the Sundance Film Festival. Then: Andrew Mueller tells us what he learned this week.
Clues emerging from the moments before an Army helicopter collided with a passenger jet suggest breakdowns in the system meant to help aircraft land safely at the busy Reagan National Airport.
The administration is showing it doesn’t view the House and Senate as equal partners. So far, Republicans, who hold both majorities, are accepting their new status.
Testifying in a confirmation hearing, Kash Patel, who is nominated to lead the F.B.I., also sought to allay fears about his fitness to serve.
Hamas freed three Israelis and five Thai nationals in exchange for more than 100 Palestinians. But the militant group struggled to control crowds, prompting a delay.
SCIENCE MAGAZINE (January 30, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Living With Tigers’ – Restoring a top predator across India…
Encouraging lab results bolster plans to harness a new kind of particle accelerator in x-ray sources
Surprise finding of few health payoffs complicates push to replace biomass fuel
Breakdown in collaboration leads many scientists to look to domestic projects—and to China
Even in some common species, the genetic variation key to resilience is slipping away
NATURE MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Deposit Accopunt’ – How brine evaporation left sodium salts on the asteroid Bennu…
First estimate of its type shows that cultivated seaweed beds can accumulate as much carbon as some natural ecosys
Myostatin, which blocks muscle development, unexpectedly has an effect on ovulation in female mice.
Seeds, fruit stones and other remnants hidden in a Sydney barracks in the nineteenth century show residents’ deviation from the standard diet.
COLUMBIA BUSINESS MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘AI: The Human Edge’ – The Winter/Spring 2025 Columbia Business Magazine delves into technology’s impact on society, the future of work, and the achievements shaping modern business.
The potential for AI to enhance workplaces is vast—as long as we remember the humans that make this enhancement fully possible.
PROSPECT MAGAZINE (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Labour vs Reform’ ; In Defense of Angela Merkel; Is Elon Musk the new Henry Ford…
Faragism and Starmerism are fronts in a global struggle between insurgent nationalism and cautious defenders of the old political order. For British democracy to triumph, the prime minister must find his voice
Given the pressures of 24-hour news, lobby journalists cannot plausibly understand policy detail. Their skillset is to nose around and cause trouble
Vessels like the Timca are the unnoticed worker ants of our global economy, bringing us the cheap food, clothes and household items we
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (January 29, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Outsider Art’ – The life and work of John Singer Sargent; American Sex; The English country house…
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