The EU discusses further sanctions against Russia. Plus: a second person in Iran is executed for their involvement in the protests, the implications for China’s healthcare now that coronavirus restrictions are relaxed and the latest TV news.
Front Page: The New York Times – December 13, 2022
Two Decades After 9/11 Inquiry, a Similar Plan for Covid Stalls in Congress
The 9/11 Commission prompted a national reckoning over the Sept. 11 attacks. But some experts fear that the chance to create an independent panel to investigate the pandemic response is slipping away.
Inflation Forecasts Were Wrong Last Year. Should We Believe Them Now?
Economists misjudged how much staying power inflation would have. Next year could be better — but there’s ample room for humility.
In a Wary Arctic, Norway Starts to See Russian Spies Everywhere
Other European countries are too, blurring the line between vigilance and paranoia.
Mass Migrant Crossing Floods Texas Border Facilities
The arrival of up to 1,000 migrants, the latest big group to have crossed the border, was one of the largest single crossings in recent years in West Texas, which has seen a surge in migration.
Reviews: TheScientist Magazine – December 2022
TheScientist Magazine (December 2022):
2022 Top 10 Innovations
This year’s crop of winning products features many with a clinical focus and others that represent significant advances in sequencing, single-cell analysis, and more.
Implantable Device Zaps Cancer Cells Using Electric Fields
A wireless brain implant inhibits tumor growth in rats, overcoming many design flaws of current devices used to treat glioblastoma.
Review: Scripps California Institute For Biomedical Research (CALIBR) At 10 YRS
Calibr at Scripps Research is celebrating a major milestone, a decade of discovery. Take a look at the past 10 years of scientific innovation, and see what the next 10 years have in store.
The California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr) is a first-of-its-kind, nonprofit translational research institute dedicated to accelerating the next generation of medicines, celebrating its 10-year anniversary in 2022. Affiliated with Scripps Research—among the most innovative institutes worldwide—we spearhead drug discovery from a steady flow of pioneering science.
Our self-sustaining model encourages broad and bold exploration with far-reaching goals, yet rapid transition of our most successful, high-impact programs into the clinic. We pursue audacious and imaginative ideas—bridging scientific and technological advances to develop new medicines for unmet medical needs.
Learn more: https://www.scripps.edu/science-and-m…
Report: Secret Diaries Of 3 Women Protesting In Iran
Both women and men, who want a life free from the strict rules of the Islamic Republic, have been taking part. We know Mahsa Amini’s story, but what about the everyday risks and dangers that women face, as they continue to protest?
Over two and a half months, women have been sending their thoughts as voice notes, writing and drawings to the BBC’s Saba Zavarei. Here are their diaries, with names changed for their safety. This report contains disturbing scenes.
Beverage Science: Inside The Chemistry Of Coffee
Produced by the PBS Digital Studio / American Chemical Society
Design: AI-Generated ‘Gaudí’ Home Appliances
The twentieth-century styles such as neo-gothic, art nouveau, and modernism that characterize Gaudí’s designs are reflected in the AI-generated images through vivid colors and free-flowing coral-like shapes. The digital art series are illustrated through the process of combining popular text-to-image software, Midjourney, and Photoshop for additional editing.
Tours: ‘Hinterhouse’ Glass Cabin In Quebec, Canada
Built all on one level, the cabin has a carport and firewood storage at one end, and then the cabin itself has an open-concept living, dining, and kitchen area, as well as two beautiful bedrooms and a spacious bathroom. The most impressive part of this cabin is that 60% of the house is windows, which takes the concept of indoor/outdoor living to a whole new level.
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – Dec 19, 2022
Shooting Shakespeare with Jean-Luc Godard
The actress and writer recalls working with French cinema’s enfant terrible.
The World-Changing Race to Develop the Quantum Computer
Such a device could help address climate change and food scarcity, or break the Internet. Will the U.S. or China get there first?
The Promise and the Politics of Rewilding India
Ecologists are trying to undo environmental damage in rain forests, deserts, and cities. Can their efforts succeed even as Narendra Modi pushes for rapid development?
Winter 2022: Garmisch-Partenkirchen In Bavaria
Chapters: 00:00 Zugspitze 00:24 Alpspitz Ferrata 00:38 Zugspitze 01:10 Eibsee 01:28 Garmisch Classic 01:55 Kreuzeckhaus 01:58 Eckbauer 02:02 Skitour Stuiben 02:20 Schloss Elmau 03:03 Wamberg 03:16 Eckbauer 03:20 Mittenwald 03:46 Garmisch Partenkirchen
Garmisch (in the west) and Partenkirchen (in the east) were separate towns for many centuries, and still maintain quite separate identities with a rivalery going on between them that is mostly on ironic terms, but not always though…
After a great collaboration with GaPa Tourismus last summer (https://youtu.be/Dt46yJNBiEQ ) we decided to team up again and shoot a winter episode.
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