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Is it the humidity, or just the heat?
Scientists debate the role of humidity in rising heat deaths
Research Preview: Science Magazine – August 2, 2024
Tag Archives: Magazines
The Economist Magazine – August 3, 2024 Preview
Chinese companies are winning the global south
Their expansion abroad holds important lessons for Western incumbents
The Middle East on the brink
Stepping back starts with a ceasefire in Gaza
Taxing tourists
Visitors are a boon, if managed wisely
Venezuela’s stolen election
Peaceful protests and judicious diplomacy offer some hope
The cynic’s guide to industry awards
Expect lots of booze, sweat and plexiglass
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – August 5, 2024
Kamala Harris Isn’t Going Back
Fifty years after Shirley Chisholm ran for the Presidency, we find ourselves yet again questioning the durability of outmoded presumptions about race and gender. By Jelani Cobb
The Republican National Convention and the Iconography of Triumph
In Milwaukee, with a candidate who had just cheated death, the resentment rhetoric of Trump’s 2016 campaign gave way to an atmosphere of festive certainty. By Anthony Lane
Gillian Anderson’s Sex Education
She became famous playing buttoned-up Agent Scully. But in midlife her characters often have a strong erotic charge—and now she’s edited “Want,” a book of sexual fantasies. By Rebecca Mead
Research Preview: Science Magazine – July 26, 2024
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U.S. back in the race to forge unknown elements
Atoms of element 116 show path to create element 120 and extend the periodic table
Fully built water-hunting Moon rover killed by NASA
VIPER cancellation shocks planetary scientists and puts commercial lunar delivery program on edge
Can scientists help corals by killing starfish?
Culling crown-of-thorns boosted coral cover on Australia’s Great Barrier Reef
Burned-up satellites are tainting the atmosphere
As private fleets grow, so do concerns about ozone-destroying effects of metal particles
The Economist Magazine – July 27, 2024 Preview
Can Kamala Harris win?
Joe Biden’s vice-president has an extraordinary opportunity. But she also has a mountain to climb
A global gold rush is changing sport
Fans may be cooling on the Olympics, but elsewhere technology is transforming how sport is watched
Don’t stop the buck
MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar
It is hard to cast America as a victim of the global financial system
- The lost leader – Germany’s failure to lead the EU is becoming a problem
- Don’t stop the buck – MAGA Republicans are wrong to seek a cheaper dollar
- Your summer reading – Packing for a holiday? Take these books published in 2024
Research: New Scientist Magazine – July 27, 2024
What is the optimal amount of exercise and how much is too much?
If your gym instructor is an iPad, what is lost – and gained?
How to use psychology to hack your mind and fall in love with exercise
How fast do we get out of shape and is there a way to slow the loss?
How much exercise do children really need – and what type?
Watch bees defend their nest by slapping ants with their wings
Zombie galaxy came back to life after 20 million years
Chinese nuclear reactor is completely meltdown-proof
Shock discovery reveals deep sea nodules are a source of oxygen
Universe’s missing matter may be explained by galaxies leaking gas
Arts/Books: Times Literary Supplement – July 26, 2024
Times Literary Supplement (July 24, 2024): The latest issue features ‘Generation Anxious’ – Jonathan Haidt’s bleak vision of modern childhood; Rebuilding broken Britain; The woman who stalked the world; German Expressionism at Tate Modern and Twisters..
Preview: The New Yorker Magazine – July 29, 2024
Where Do Republicans and Democrats Stand After the R.N.C.?
Biden imperilled his candidacy at the debate because of his inability to speak coherently. At the convention, Trump was doing something similar, and couldn’t stop. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
Will Hezbollah and Israel Go to War?
Months of fighting at the border threaten to ignite an all-out conflict that could devastate the region.
Should We Abolish Prisons?
Our carceral system is characterized by frequent brutality and ingrained indifference. Finding a better way requires that we freely imagine alternatives. By Adam Gopnik
Cultural Views: The Drift Magazine – July 19, 2024
The Drift Magazine (July 19, 2024): The latest issue features Maybe fortresses come to violence like an addiction. Maybe the water is just water. The tide abandons what it leaves. We have absolutely no way of controlling the cane toad. “I love anyone who hears my screams.” You ever cry with that knowledge? Do they kiss on the mouth? What will the bears say? I am not yet a trampoline. No doors exist and nobody’s home. Simply because they are eternally young, beautiful, and dead.
Editors’ Note|Walled Off
“History as It Is Happening”|An Interview with Rachel Kushner
The Fortress University|Protesting and Policing on Campus
Time and Time Again|Proust in the Age of Retranslation
The Ink in the Inkwell|Literature of the Black Resort Town
No Atlanta Way|Stop Cop City Meets the Establishment
History Today Magazine – August 2024 Preview
A Dangerous Game on the Jacobean Stage
For nine days Thomas Middleton’s A Game at Chess was the greatest box office phenomenon of the English Renaissance. Then a warrant was issued for his arrest.
Japan, the West and the Treaty of Versailles
At the outset of the 1919 Paris Peace Conference Japan enjoyed a seat at the top table, but the vexed issue of racial equality set it and its notional Western allies on different paths.
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