Times Literary Supplement (June 5, 2024): The latest issue features Reading the Raj – E.M. Forster’s ‘A Passage to India’, Way-Out Philosophy, Michelangelo at the British Museum…
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – June 7, 2024
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Culture: The American Scholar – Summer 2024
THE AMERICAN SCHOLAR (June 4, 2024): The latest issue features ‘An Olympian for the Ages’ – Why George Eyser’s feats at the 1904 Games deserve to be celebrated today; Joshua Prager on a forgotten Olympian, Mickalene Thomas and the art of remixing, new poetry from Ange Mlinko, and more…
A Forgotten Turner Classic
Who was George Eyser, the one-legged German-American gymnast who astounded at the Olympic Games?
Femmes Fantastiques
Mickalene Thomas and the art of remixing
We Are the Borg
Is the convergence of human and machine really upon us?
The Singularity Is Nearer: When We Merge with AI by Ray Kurzweil
In the fall of 2014, an MIT cognitive scientist named Tomaso Poggio predicted that humankind was at least 20 years away from building computers that could interpret images on their own. Doing so, declared Poggio, “would be one of the most intellectually challenging things … for a machine to do.” One month later, Google released an AI program that did exactly what he’d deemed impossible.
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – June 3, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – June 3, 2024 ISSUE:
Don’t Expect the Fed to Cut Interest Rates This Year
Where to Find 7% Yields on Preferred Stock
Some preferred stock offers a far better yield than the 4.65% rate on 30-year Treasuries. Here’s what to know.
Rockefeller’s Giant Lives On. Energy Industry Mergers Are Resurrecting Standard Oil.
A series of the mergers and acquisitions are putting together the oil company that was broken up by the Supreme Court in 1911.
The Economist Magazine – June 1, 2024 Preview
The three women who will shape Europe
At a crucial moment they encapsulate the dilemma of how to handle populism
The pro-choice movement that could help Joe Biden win
A backlash against abortion bans is energising the middle ground in America
What penny-pinching baby-boomers mean for the world economy
They are saving like never before. But even that may not bring interest rates down
Research Preview: Science Magazine – May 31, 2024
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After crisis in interstellar space, stream of Voyager 1 data resumes
Before its computer crashed, venerable NASA probe may have entered mysterious new region beyond the Solar System
Theory of sleep as a brain cleanser challenged
Mouse study contradicts landmark finding, but some question its methodology
Mysterious sea urchin plague is spreading rapidly
Pathogen that kills victims within days leaps from Caribbean to Red Sea
Research Preview: Nature Magazine – May 30, 2024
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How does ChatGPT ‘think’? Psychology and neuroscience crack open AI large language models
Researchers are striving to reverse-engineer artificial intelligence and scan the ‘brains’ of LLMs to see what they are doing, how and why.
Found at last: long-lost branch of the Nile that ran by the pyramids
Geological survey reveals the remains of a major waterway that ancient Egyptian builders could have used to transport materials.
Pig-organ transplants: what three human recipients have taught scientists
As researchers mark the loss of the first living recipient of a pig kidney, they share what they’ve learnt about xenotransplantation.
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – May 31, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (May 29, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Kafka’s Century’ – Karen Leeder, Becca Rothfeld, Gabriel Josipovici, Michael Hofmann et al…; Colm Toibin returns to Brooklyn; India under Modi; A Jim Crow insane asylum and Literary cricket…
Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – May 27, 2024
BARRON’S MAGAZINE – MAY 13, 2024 ISSUE:
What China’s Cheap EVs Mean for GM and Tesla
Inexpensive vehicles aren’t a threat to the U.S. auto makers, but better ones might be.How to Build Your Retirement Paycheck—and Make It Last
An income annuity might just be your lock on enough money for life. Here’s how to know.Long read
Treasury Bills Are the Best Place to Park Your Cash. Just Ask Warren Buffett.
Their 5%-plus yield looks attractive—especially with the Federal Reserve unlikely to cut interest rates soon.Long read
Research Preview: Science Magazine – May 24, 2024
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Decoding the Brain
A cell-by-cell look at neuropsychiatric diseases
Mapping the brain’s gene-regulatory maze
DNA sequences are connected to genes and functions in the developing and adult brain
How the German cockroach conquered the world
DNA study implicates medieval warfare and colonial trade
The Economist Magazine – May 25, 2024 Preview
Why paying women to have more babies won’t work
Economies must adapt to baby busts instead
As birth rates plunge, many politicians want to pour money into policies that might lead women to have more babies. Donald Trump has vowed to dish out bonuses if he returns to the White House. In France, where the state already spends 3.5-4% of gdp on family policies each year, Emmanuel Macron wants to “demographically rearm” his country. South Korea is contemplating handouts worth a staggering $70,000 for each baby. Yet all these attempts are likely to fail, because they are built on a misapprehension.
Governments’ concern is understandable. Fertility rates are falling nearly everywhere and the rich world faces a severe shortage of babies. At prevailing birth rates, the average woman in a high-income country today will have just 1.6 children over her lifetime. Every rich country except Israel has a fertility rate beneath the replacement level of 2.1, at which a population is stable without immigration. The decline over the past decade has been faster than demographers expected.
Where next for Iran?
The death of the president changes the power dynamic
Meet Nvidia’s challengers
A new generation of AI chips is on the way
How to save South Africa
The rainbow nation needs an alternative to decline under the ANC
Britain’s election surprise
Rishi Sunak’s election call makes no sense, but is good news
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