Learn how studying DNA-based age markers in people with HIV helps us understand how GLP-1 drugs could slow molecular clocks.
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THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘Degradation in progress’…
What the degraded institution means for America
Earth is absorbing a lot more sunshine
America’s president looks bereft of good options for solving the stand-off in the Gulf
Antagonism between the sexes does nothing to address China’s demographic problems
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY: The latest issue features ‘Andy Burnham’s path to No 10″…
Andy Burnham is to become Britain’s seventh prime minister in a decade, having secured the Labour leadership with the landslide support of his party’s MPs.
The former Manchester mayor is now set to replace Starmer as Labour leader on Friday before walking through the doors of No 10 and becoming prime minister next Monday.
For our big story this week, Daniel Boffey looks at how Burnham charted the route from school politics to No 10, while Jessica Elgot runs through the bulging in-tray awaiting him when he steps into the new role. And Gaby Hinsliff examines how the PM-in-waiting might fare on the global stage, asking whether, unlike Keir Starmer, he has the skills to deal with Donald Trump.
Spotlight | A revolution in ruins
Discontent with Venezuela’s Trump-backed government is mounting as Chávez heirs struggle to respond to the earthquake disaster, writes Tom Phillips
Science | We’re going on a water bear hunt
Scientists hope DNA sequencing tardigrades – tiny yet virtually indestructible creatures – could help us understand the secrets of their superpowers. Patrick Barkham reports
Feature | The battle of the Bell hotel
Tim Burrows visits the town of Epping in Essex to hear from local people about the impact of last year’s far-right protests that centred on a hotel housing asylum seekers
Opinion | The real source of Trump’s power exposed
The Nato summit showed the US president’s willingness to violate all norms, rules and laws – and leave everyone else to pick up the pieces, argues Robert Reich
Culture | Never-ending story
With Christopher Nolan’s take on the Odyssey set to break box office records, Charlotte Higgins asks why a poem from 600BC holds a vice-like grip on pop culture
THE NEW YORKER MAGAZINE: The latest issue cover features Jonathan Blitzer on ICE’s biggest detention center, Zach Helfand on steroids, Jessica Contreras on a family intertwined with A.I., and more.
Under a new proposal, Administration officials could deny government grants to any group or project on the ground that it didn’t fit the President’s agenda. By Elizabeth Kolbert
A single mom, her two daughters, and the chatbots that fill in the gaps. By Jessica Contrera
On a military base in West Texas, where the government has built a sprawling tent complex to hold thousands of immigrants, deprivation and dire conditions are part of the design. By Jonathan Blitze
New books, articles, and shows lament a crisis of connection among American men. But the picture of friendship that emerges can feel romanticized and brittle. By Katy Waldman
THE NEW YORK TIMES MAGAZINE: The 7.12.26 Issue features Pamela Colloff on the death penalty in Florida; Madelein Schwartz on positive parenting in France; Helen Ouyang on A.I. writing summaries of patient exams for doctors; and more.
In most of the country, executions are a thing of the past. But one state has been carrying them out at a record pace.
As positive parenting takes over France, one psychologist’s call for a return to discipline has set off a furious debate. By Madeleine Schwartz
For generations, writing up a summary of a patient exam was a vital step for physicians trying to make an accurate diagnosis. What happens when A.I. does it for them? By Helen Ouyang
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his allies promised public-health libertarianism. The idea couldn’t survive once they took power. By David Wallace-Wells
Arrival of H5N1 virus on Australian mainland triggers ambitious vaccination program
Colonists likely introduced the disease to a more populous continent than many imagined
New president of the beleaguered National Academy of Sciences discusses its future and the precarious state of U.S. science under Trump
A growing number of theories propose Uranus and Neptune are rocky worlds
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE: The latest issue features ‘The man who would change Russia‘…
A leading oligarch speaks out, warning of the looming disaster facing his country
The grubby scheme contains the seeds of a good idea
Andy Burnham’s plan is no way to ease the housing crisis
One simple vaccination may dramatically reduce the risk of dementia
Stop lowering the age of criminal responsibility
THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS: The latest issue features…
America’s centennial in 1876 was celebrated with a grand exhibition that projected an image of national unity and inventiveness in the anxious aftermath of civil war and recession.
Centennial: The Great Fair of 1876 and the Invention of America’s Future by Fergus M. Bordewich
Peter Magyar’s landslide electoral victory in April made clear that after sixteen years, Hungarians were tired of Viktor Orbán.
Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff’s Muskism examines how Elon Musk became the world’s first trillionaire, by selling a vision of the future that very few people would want to inhabit.
Muskism: A Guide for the Perplexed by Quinn Slobodian and Ben Tarnoff
Though a mystery to Darwin in his lifetime, the constant mutation of our genes is what allows for life’s magnificent diversity.
Beyond Inheritance: Our Ever-Mutating Cells and a New Understanding of Health by Roxanne Khamsi
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT: The latest issue features Allen Ginsberg at 100; Shere Hite and the female pleasure principle; Shakespeare’s politics…
The Iranian regime’s long confrontation with America By Azadeh Moaveni
Poet, counterculture critic and self-promoter By Douglas Field
Do objects exist independently of human experience? By Emily Herring
How Shere Hite put women’s pleasure first By Angela Saini
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