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Tag Archives: March 2023
Front Page: The New York Times – March 10, 2023
Biden’s $6.8 Trillion Budget Proposes New Social Programs and Higher Taxes
The president requested trillions in new spending that has no chance of passing a Republican House, even as he sought to reduce deficits by raising taxes on businesses and the rich.
Biden Moves to Recapture the Centrist Identity That Has Long Defined Him
After two years championing progressive priorities, the president is speaking more to the concerns of the political middle as he prepares to announce a campaign for a second term.
Prosecutors Signal Criminal Charges for Trump Are Likely
The former president was told that he could appear before a Manhattan grand jury next week if he wishes to testify, a strong indication that an indictment could soon follow.
Weeks After Ohio Train Derailment, Health Concerns Mount
In a tight-knit town already skeptical of the government, the lack of concrete information, and the open-ended nature of the crisis, undergird anxiety.
Research Preview: Science Magazine – March 10, 2023
MRI for all: Cheap portable scanners aim to revolutionize medical imaging
But will doctors embrace the grainier, lower-resolution images of the body’s insides?
Hidden hydrogen: Earth may hold vast stores of a renewable, carbon-free fuel
Overlooked by the oil industry, natural hydrogen could power society for thousands of years
Oceans away: Is raising salmon on land the next big thing in farming fish?
Giant tanks full of Atlantic salmon could help meet rising demand while lowering environmental impact
Design: CopenHill Power Plant With A Rooftop Ski Slope In Copenhagen
Produced by Architectural Digest in association with BBC Studios Natural History Unit & Moondance Foundation. #OurFrozenPlanet brings you urgent stories about the effects of climate change around the globe, and accounts of the people dedicated to championing positive change to protect the future of our planet.
Previews: The Economist Magazine – March 11, 2023
How to avoid war over Taiwan
A superpower conflict would shake the world
Europe is witnessing its bloodiest cross-border war since 1945, but Asia risks something even worse: conflict between America and China over Taiwan. Tensions are high, as American forces pivot to a new doctrine known as “distributed lethality” designed to blunt Chinese missile attacks. Last week dozens of Chinese jets breached Taiwan’s “air defence identification zone”. This week China’s foreign minister condemned what he called America’s strategy of “all-round containment and suppression, a zero-sum game of life and death”.
A stubbornly strong economy complicates the fight against inflation
Higher interest rates are not sufficiently slowing global growth
Emmanuel Macron’s vision of a more muscular Europe is coming true
But his allies disagree on its strategies and goals
Papua New Guinea Travel: Secrets Of The Sepik River Basin – ‘A Second Amazon’
It’s a place few outsiders ever get to see. For some time, PNG correspondent Natalie Whiting has been hearing rumours about what’s going on in the remote areas upriver – claims of a logging land grab, police brutality, even killings. She undertakes the journey far up the Sepik River to see for herself what’s happening. In the rainforest of the Upper Sepik a community is divided.
Logging operations and a proposed massive mine site bring hope of economic prosperity for some. But others fear development of the land by international companies means environmental destruction with little benefit. PNG is the world’s largest exporter of tropical round logs but out of sight in the Sepik region some landowners say the logging is happening without proper consent and there are consequences for those who stand in the way.
With a long history of mistrust of big corporations and the promises they make, many of the locals are angry and ready to do whatever it takes to preserve some of the most unspoilt rainforests and waterways on the planet. Read more here: https://ab.co/3Jr8kWE
News: NATO Debates Nord Stream Sabotage, Putin’s ‘Swiss Bank Account’ Trial
March 9, 2023: Defence ministers warn not to jump to conclusions on who was behind the Nord Stream explosions; and the trial of four bankers accused of helping Putin deposit millions of francs in Switzerland kicks off in Zürich.
Plus: India’s luxury-market boom, proposed plans to set a lunar time zone, and the latest segment in our spy series.
Front Page: The New York Times – March 9, 2023
Justice Dept. Finds Pattern of Discriminatory Policing in Louisville
The review, undertaken after a specialized unit killed Breonna Taylor in a botched raid in 2020, paints a damning portrait of a department in crisis.
Biden Will Release Dead-on-Arrival Budget, Picking Fight With G.O.P.
The president’s plans have little in common with the budget Republicans are set to release this spring, as the nation hurtles toward a possible default on its debt.
The Lucrative Post-City Hall Life of an Adams Insider
Frank Carone, who stepped down as Mayor Eric Adams’s chief of staff in December, has found work with two commercial real estate titans, including one seeking a casino.
The Chatbots Are Here, and the Internet Industry Is in a Tizzy
The new technology could upend many online businesses. But for companies that figure out how to work with it, A.I. could be a boon.
Previews: New Scientist Magazine – March 11, 2023
Anaximander review: Did Anaximander create science, asks Carlo Rovelli
Ancient philosopher Anaximander’s discoveries about rain, wind and the cosmos may make him the true force behind modern science, argues physicist Carlo Rovelli in his newly republished first book
Restoring the brain’s mitochondria could slow ageing and end dementia
The surprisingly useful liquids that mop up gases like a sponge
The truth about cats’ domestication and why they really quite like us
Influenza viruses may have originated in fish 600 million years ago
Galaxies’ missing matter may be found – but now there’s too much of it
Changes to surrogacy laws must consider future reproductive technology
The UK’s official swimming rivers are too polluted to swim in
Previews: The Guardian Weekly – March 10, 2023
The Guardian Weekly (March 10, 2023) –
It’s no secret that methane is one of the most potent greenhouse gases, with scientists attributing 25% of global heating to its atmospheric release. A new Guardian analysis by environment editor Damian Carrington lays bare the extent of the problem, identifying more than 1,000 of the world’s worst emitters.
But methane is also a double-edged sword: while it traps 80 times more heat than carbon dioxide, it fades from the atmosphere in about a decade, far faster than the century or more taken by CO2, which is why urgent action to tackle leaks would be so effective in the push to limit global heating. Find out more in Damian’s Big Story report for us this week.
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