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Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – April 26, 2024

Times Literary Supplement (April 24, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Mormon Conquest’ – Seth Perry on a people of the book; Is ‘green growth’ a mirage; Virginia Woolf’s rural retreat; China’s Shakespeare…

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – April 22, 2024

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE – APRIL 22, 2024 ISSUE:

Nvidia Won AI’s First Round. Now the Competition Is Heating Up.

Nvidia Won AI’s First Round. Now the Competition Is Heating Up.

Nvidia’s AI dominance won’t last forever. Big Tech and the rest of Silicon Valley are racing to catch up.

CEO Compensation Rose to Another Record in 2023

CEO Compensation Rose to Another Record in 2023

The 11.4% median increase for 100 top CEOs was well ahead of the 4.3% gain for the average worker.

This Retirement Tax Move Is ‘On Sale’ Now. How to Play It.

This Retirement Tax Move Is 'On Sale' Now. How to Play It.

Switching to a Roth IRA from a traditional IRA could save you money in retirement. Here’s what to know.

Buy U.S. Steel Stock. It Won’t Be Stuck in Deal Limbo Forever.

Buy U.S. Steel Stock. It Won’t Be Stuck in Deal Limbo Forever.

Its merger with Japan’s Nippon is in doubt, but shares still look attractive.

Bonds Are a Minefield. Where to Find 5% to 8% Yields Now.

Bonds Are a Minefield. Where to Find 5% to 8% Yields Now.

After a tough start to the year, bonds should start to perk up. Where to invest for income now.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – April 19, 2024

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Science Magazine – April 18, 2024: The new issue features ‘Designed To Bind’ – Deep learning for protein and ligand modeling…

Brightest gamma ray burst ever emerged from collapsing star

NASA’s JWST telescope traces burst to a supernova but finds a puzzling lack of heavy elements

Native lizards taught to avoid toxic toads by released toadlets

Exposing monitor lizards to thousands of young cane toads helped them survive once the adult toads invaded

Hiring ban disrupts research at Florida universities

Suit seeks to overturn state law targeting graduate and postdocs from China and other “countries of concern”

Giant planets ran amok soon after Solar System’s birth

Meteorites suggest tumult occurred around the time of the Moon’s formation

The Economist Magazine – April 20, 2024 Preview

The Economist Magazine (April 18, 2024): The latest issue features Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z – They are not doomed to be poor and anxious…

Reasons to be cheerful about Generation Z

They are not doomed to be poor and anxious

India’s democracy needs a stronger opposition

The Congress party is set for a drubbing in the world’s biggest election

Israel should not rush to strike back at Iran

Instead it should try a novel response to Iran’s missile attack: restraint

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – April 18, 2024

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Nature Magazine – April 17, 2024: The latest issue cover features ‘Large mammals benefitting from responsible logging through forest certification…

Sea spray carries huge amounts of ‘forever chemicals’ into the air

Long-lived compounds emitted by industry reach the oceans and are then ferried by bubbles into the atmosphere.

An exoplanet is wrapped in glory

Astronomers spot the first planet outside the Solar System to boast a phenomenon reminiscent of a rainbow.

How to supercharge cancer-fighting cells: give them stem-cell skills

The bioengineered immune players called CAR T cells last longer and work better if pumped up with a large dose of a protein that makes them resemble stem cells.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – April 19, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (April 17, 2024): The latest issue features ‘A Heavy Reckoning’ – Shakespeare and War’; Judgment at Tokyo; Iranian women in revolt; Memoirs of a sociopath and A Chilean masterpiece…

Research Preview: Nature Magazine – April 11, 2024

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Nature Magazine – April 11, 2024: The latest issue cover features the environmental challenges now facing insect populations, with climate change emerging as a key factor whose influence has potentially been underestimated

Green space near home has an antidepressant effect

People who had the most vegetation near their residences were the least likely to report depression and anxiety.

Advanced CRISPR system fixes a deadly mutation in cells

Applying a ‘base editor’ allows cells to crank out increased levels of a vital metabolic enzyme.

Baseball-sized hail in Spain began with a heatwave at sea

Climate change is partly to blame for a storm that pounded Girona province with record-breaking hailstones.

Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – April 12, 2024

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Times Literary Supplement (April 10, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Man Into Marble’ – Corin Throsby and Kathryn Sutherland on the real Byron; Anthony Burgess on music; Left in charge at the palazzo; Revolutionary Russia; A shorter Long Day’s Journey and What is lyric verse?…

Finance Preview: Barron’s Magazine – March 25, 2024

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BARRON’S MAGAZINE – APRIL 8, 2024 ISSUE:

Big Pharma Stocks Need a Rethink. Investors Keep Making the Same Mistake.

Big Pharma Stocks Need a Rethink. Investors Keep Making the Same Mistake.

Pfizer’s patent expirations are great for humanity but terrible for investors. It’s a common story across the drug industry.

Bitcoin Wins the Quarter. Energy and Japan Funds Also Scored Big.

Bitcoin Wins the Quarter. Energy and Japan Funds Also Scored Big.

After finally securing approval from regulators, the new Bitcoin ETFs gained an average 42.6%.

Spread the Wealth: Stock Funds That Go Beyond the S&P 500

Spread the Wealth: Stock Funds That Go Beyond the S&P 500

Don’t put all your cards in the Magnificent Seven. These stock funds offer investors true diversification—and that will pay off in more growth opportunities and better protection.

Research Preview: Science Magazine – April 5, 2024

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Science Magazine – April 4, 2024: The new issue features ‘Lucy At 50’ – Fifty years ago in Ethiopia, paleoanthropologists unearthed the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton known as “Lucy” and transformed our views of humanity’s origins.

LUCY’S WORLD

Was Lucy the mother of us all? Fifty years after her discovery, the 3.2-million-year-old skeleton has rivals

Intelligent textiles are looking bright

Flexible fiber electronics couple with the human body for wireless tactile sensing

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