Megastructure stretching nearly 1 kilometre long is probably one of the oldest known hunting aids on Earth.
People infected with the virus that causes COVID-19 cleared the virus more quickly if they had high levels of certain immune cells.
The laboratory-grown food uses rice as a scaffold for cultured meat.
Country Life Magazine – February 21, 2024: The ‘The Fine Arts Issue’ – Artists who say it with flowers and the AI debate; Wig law, daffodils and how does your hedgerow grow?….
With the technology powering artificial intelligence advancing so rapidly, what can artists do to protect their original work?
Michael Prodger examines how flowers have inspired artists for centuries, from the ancient Egyptians up to the present day
The periwigs that were a 17th-century status symbol are still a mainstay of our legal system, as Agnes Stamp discovers
They have long been used to contain cattle or define boundaries, but hedges can be beautiful, too, argues Charles Quest-Ritson
Alan Titchmarsh takes a wander with Wordsworth as he dreams of spring daffodils ‘fluttering and dancing in the breeze’
The architect falls under the spell of a gritty, but humorous work
Jamie Blackett is ready to man the barricades to scupper plans for an unwanted national park
John Goodall applauds the restoration of Leighton House in London, which formed the hub of a 19th-century celebrity circle
Mary Miers follows the globe-trotting Sir John Lavery from Ireland to Africa and beyond
An inspiring oil painting was at the centre of a heist with a happy ending, reveals Carla Passino
A protective force in China and Wales, but a symbol of greed and evil in England: Lucien de Guise delves into dragon lore
Hetty Lintell celebrates the best of the Art Deco era with earrings old and new, but always modern
The astonishing King’s Lodge suite at The Connaught is fit for a monarch, finds Rosie Paterson
Amelia Thorpe shares the very best of London Design Week
Tilly Ware meets the wild-seed pioneer ‘nurturing the future’
Ben Lerwill finds the salt of the earth on the coast of Scotland
Melanie Johnson on rhubarb
A real-life couple are in harmony on stage, finds Michael Billington
Times Literary Supplement (February 21, 2024): The latest issue features ‘The Unknown Leader’ – Fintan O’Toole looks for clues in a biography of Keir Starmer; Zelensky on the ropes; Ukraine’s rock star poet; Habermas and social media and The novel of the Year?….
Lawsuits. Unlicensed dispensaries. Corporations pushing to get in. The messy rollout of a law that has tried to deliver social justice with marijuana.
The Florida Republican is among the most brazen and controversial figures in Donald Trump’s G.O.P. He’s also among the most influential.
Representative Matt Gaetz arrived at the White House in the last days of 2020, amid a gathering national crisis. President Donald Trump had lost his bid for reëlection the previous month, and his allies were exploring strategies to keep him in office. Though only thirty-eight years old, Gaetz, the scion of a political family in Florida’s Panhandle, had become one of the Republican Party’s most prominent and divisive figures. His dark hair styled in a kind of bouffant, his lips often curled in a wry smile, Gaetz bore a resemblance to Elvis Presley, or, in the description of a Florida friend, “either Beavis or Butt-head.” He was quick-witted and sometimes very funny, and he loved to taunt his enemies, who were numerous, especially in his own party. “He’s the most unpopular member of Congress, with the possible exception of Marjorie Taylor Greene, and he doesn’t care,” a fellow-congressman told me.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (February 16, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Philip Gefter’s sizzling, “unapologetically obsessive” new book, “Cocktails With George and Martha: Movies, Marriage and the Making of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’” Our critic Alexandra Jacobs calls it “a shot glass filled with one work that, alongside contemporaneous books like Richard Yates’s novel ‘Revolutionary Road’ and Betty Friedan’s polemic ‘The Feminine Mystique,’ showed how the ‘cartoon versions of marriage’ long served up by American popular culture always came with a secret side of bitters.”
With Burton and Taylor as stars and a writer and director feuding, adapting the scabrous play wasn’t easy. “Cocktails With George and Martha” pours out the details.
A story collection from Diane Oliver, who died at 22, locates the strength in Black families surviving their separate but equal surroundings.
In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.
NEW HUMANIST MAGAZINE – SPRING 2024 ISSUE: The new issue features Emma Park on how the culture wars are damaging the sciences, theoretical physicist Tasneem Zehra Husain on why the imagination is key to decoding the universe, and Alom Shaha on what can be gained by thinking like a scientist…
Amid a polarised debate, science and art seem further apart than ever. Emma Park, editor of The Freethinker, explores what humanism has to teach us about the apparent conflict between these ways of thinking and how to bridge the divide.
“While humanities scholars are often (not without justification) accused of being Luddites, those on the science and technology side could also benefit from the knowledge that the humanities have accumulated over the centuries … [And] no intellectual activity worth the name can flourish in a politically repressive environment: freedom of expression and enquiry should be an issue to unite artists, scholars and scientists.”
Metaphors are key to unlocking the secrets of the universe – scientists should do more to harness their power, writes acclaimed physicist Tasneem Zehra Husain.
“Metaphors aren’t only a means of description, they can also lead to revelations. Centuries ago, Newton was able to calculate the gravitational attraction between two objects … [but] would ‘feign no hypothesis’ as to why it was so. He had the equation, but he did not understand gravitation … With Einstein, we finally have a metaphor. When we picture space-time as a dynamic ‘fabric’ … we begin to understand what gravity means.”
Updrafts from dark solar panels could fuel storms
eROSITA telescope shows galaxies’ “clumpiness” matches predicted effect of dark energy, dark matter
It’s dangerous and it’s spreading. Liberals need to find a way to stop it
The ex-president’s invitation to Vladimir Putin to attack American allies is an assault on NATO. Ultimately, that is bad for America
Researchers used artificial intelligence to decipher the text of 2,000-year-old charred papyrus scripts, unveiling musings on music and capers.
Faced with data restrictions and harassment, researchers are mapping out fresh approaches to studying social media’s political reach.
Times Literary Supplement (February 14, 2024): The latest issue features Thinking AI; London literary consequences, A new play in the great tradition, and Household terrors…
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