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The Economist Magazine – January 18, 2025 Preview
THE ECONOMIST MAGAZINE (January 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘The Trump Doctrine’ – America’s new foreign policy…
Donald Trump will upend 80 years of American foreign policy
A superpower’s approach to the world is about to be turned on its head
Much of the damage from the LA fires could have been averted
The lesson of the tragedy is that better incentives will keep people safe
Rising bond yields should spur governments to go for growth
The bond sell-off may partly reflect America’s productivity boom
The Guardian Weekly – January 17, 2025 Preview
THE GUARDIAN WEEKLY (January 16, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Facing Facts’ – Facebook, Trump and the war on truth…
More than 3 billion people worldwide log on to Meta’s apps every day, the sort of reach most aspiring global megalomaniacs can only dream of. It’s also one of the main reasons why the decision by Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta – the company behind Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Threads – to scrap its third-party factcheckers in the US is so significant.
That Zuckerberg, who has been under huge pressure from US president-elect Donald Trump, made the decision is hardly surprising. But it should be another worrying moment for anyone who is concerned about the survival of objective truth.
Spotlight | The devastation of Los Angeles
Gabrielle Canon reports from Pacific Palisades, where the traumatised and displaced have been picking over the wildfire-ruined remains of beloved homes and communities
Feature | Caroline Darian interview
The daughter of Dominique and Gisèle Pelicot is coming to terms with being the child of both victim and perpetrator in the biggest rape trial in French history. Angelique Chrisafis hears her story
Feature | The deadliest beings on the planet
Microscopic bacteriophages are everywhere – it’s estimated that they can infect and destroy between 20% and 40% of all microbes every day. But some scientists believe phages can help in the f ight against superbugs. By Jackson Ryan
Opinion | We forget Sudan at our peril
Almost two years into a civil war, Sudan is facing anarchy, famine, genocide – and ambivalence from the rest of the world, writes Nesrine Malik
Culture | By a thread – the art of Doris Salcedo
The Colombian artist Doris Salcedo transforms collective grief into art, confronting the scars of conflict and displacement with delicate yet powerful creations. Tim Adams spoke to her
Science: Nature Magazine – January 16, 2025 Preview
NATURE MAGAZINE (January 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Punk Rocks’ – Spiky 3D fossils add to the diversity of ancient molluscs…
Male spiders smell with their legs
Sensory organs on the walking legs of the male wasp spider can catch the scent of a female in a mood for romance.
Particle accelerators get an assist from AI co-pilots
Large language models can propose fine-tuning adjustments for an electron accelerator in Germany.
How the brain cleans itself during deep sleep
Blood vessels in the brain rhythmically constrict and dilate to drive waves of cleansing fluid through the organ.
Cosmic carnage: planetary rubble spotted at a dying star
Dust cloud is thought to be the first debris disk to be seen around a planetary nebula.
London Review Of Books – January 23, 2025 Preview
LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS (Janaury 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Reagan’s Make-Believe’….
Reagan’s Make Believe
Reagan: His Life and Legend
by Max Boot.
That Shape Am I
On Mysticism: The Experience of Ecstasy
by Simon Critchley.
T.J. Clark: A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle
Matt Foot: Short Cuts
Jackson Lears: Reagan’s Make-Believe
Nicole Flattery: Candy Says
Brian Dillon: At the Whitechapel
Jonathan Parry: Snobs, Swots and Hacks
Stefan Collini: Karl Polanyi’s Predictions
Commentary Magazine – February 2025 Issue
COMMENTARY MAGAZINE (January 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A Clockwork Blue’ – How the left has come to excuse away and embrace political violence….
A Clockwork Blue: How the Left Has Come to Excuse Away and Embrace Political Violence
by Noah Rothman
Democrats displayed more depression than anger in the weeks following Donald Trump’s 2024 victory. Alas, partisans on the progressive left and their camp followers among conventional liberals could avoid succumbing to nihilism for only so long. An occasion to indulge their negative passions came along soon after the election in an act of cold-blooded murder on a predawn December morning in midtown Manhattan.
Media Don’t Matter
The Tradwife Dilemma
The American Exception
Times Literary Supplement – January 17, 2025 Preview
TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT (January 15, 2025): The latest issue features ‘Bloomsbury treasures’ – Newly discovered poems and photographs…
Foreign Affairs: A Race To Lead The Quantum Future
Foreign Affairs Magazine (January 12, 2025): How the Next Computing Revolution Will Transform the Global Economy and Upend National Security
Over the last several years, as rapid advances in artificial intelligence have gained enormous public attention and critical scrutiny, another crucial technology has been evolving largely out of public view. Once confined to the province of abstract theory, quantum computing seeks to use operations based on quantum mechanics to crack computational problems that were previously considered unsolvable. Although the technology is still in its infancy, it is already clear that quantum computing could have profound implications for national security and the global economy in the decades to come.
The New York Times Book Review – January 12, 2025
THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW (January 12, 2025): The latest issue features ‘A Deal With The Devil’ – A.N. Wilson’s new biography of Goethe approaches its subject through his masterpiece and life’s work, the verse drama “Faust”.
3 New Thrillers Fueled by Obsession and Blackmail
Our columnist on the month’s most exciting releases.
A Sex Tape, a Senate Race and a Centuries-Old Family Curse
The scion siblings at the center of Sara Sligar’s Gothic thriller “Vantage Point” try desperately to outrun the calamity that is their inheritance.
In a Dystopian Nepal, an Earthquake’s Aftershocks Are Mostly Political
Samrat Upadhyay’s new novel, “Darkmotherland,” is a sprawling epic in which a natural disaster gives way to an authoritarian takeover.
World Economic Forum: Top Stories Of The Week
World Economic Forum (January 11, 2025): This week’s top stories of the week include:
0:15 What do the jobs of the future look like? – The world of work is changing fast. While 92 million jobs may disappear over the next 5 years, nearly 170 million new ones will emerge, driven by new technology and the energy transition. What are these new jobs and which sectors will see the greatest changes? Find out in the 2025 Future of Jobs Report.
1:40 Here’s how factories are changing – Chindarat Ninnama tells us the story of how data and digital tools transformed her factory job into a career brimming with new opportunities. A shortage of workforce talent is a major barrier to the digital transformation of manufacturing. Western Digital is part of the World Economic Forum’s Frontline Talent of the Future initiative, which has built a playbook of solutions to address this
5:28 Global cooperation has flatlined – The world is facing a perfect storm of challenges, with global security at a crisis point and competition escalating. The climate crisis has intensified, with 2024 recorded as the hottest year ever. Economic growth remains sluggish, with the IMF projecting global growth of just 3.2% in 2025—and only 1.8% in developed economies.
7:47 These are the most essential skills for work – The jobs of tomorrow will require a new set of skills. The latest Future of Jobs report surveyed company executives on the most in-demand skills of the workplace – both today and in 2030. Find out what the ‘hirers’ of the future are looking for.
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