Volcanoes are erupting in The Philippines, but on-fire Australia received some welcome rain. The Iran war cries have been called off and The Donald’s military powers are about to be hamstrung by the Senate. Meanwhile, his impeachment trial is starting, and we’re all on Twitter for a front-row seat.
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02/15/2022
More Places Should Do What Alaska Did to Its Elections
The Alaska Supreme Court recently decided a case that an experienced lawyer told the court was “the most significant case since statehood.”
02/15/2022
A Woman Is Cured of H.I.V. Using a Novel Treatment
She’s the third person ever to be cured. Researchers announced that the new approach holds the potential for curing more people of racially diverse backgrounds.
02/14/2022
It Helped Catch Serial Killers. Can It Stop Elephant and Wildlife Poachers, Too?
Scientists used a genetic investigation technique with the aim of helping turn the tide against illicit hauls of ivory and other animal parts.
02/06/2022
My Trans Journey: A History in 6 Passports
When my mother saw the photo on my first passport, issued exactly one week before my 18th birthday, she said, “You look like you have a secret.”
02/06/2022
How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity
Works written decades ago, often by female Jewish immigrants, were dismissed as insignificant or unmarketable. But in the past several years, translators devoted to the literature are making it available to a wider readership.
02/08/2022
Opinion: English Is a Living Language — Period
I love it whenever I see it: “‘Free Pickup and Delivery,’” “‘Fresh Fish’” and the like.
02/07/2022
House Passes Bill to Nullify Forced Arbitration in Sex Abuse Cases
The bill would ensure that victims have the option of suing in federal, state or tribal court, depriving perpetrators of a secretive process that can weigh heavily in their favor.
01/31/2022
‘Everyone’s Looking for Plastic.’ As Waste Rises, So Does Recycling.
Plagued by plastic pollution, Senegal wants to replace pickers at the garbage dump with a formal recycling system that takes advantage of the new market for plastics.
01/28/2022
After 600 Years, Swiss City at Last Has a Woman on Night Watch
Lausanne has kept a night watch atop its cathedral since 1405, but it never appointed a woman to the role until Cassandre Berdoz, after a long fight, landed a job that was her “childhood dream.”
02/01/2022
A Town That Saved a Mountain, and a Mountain That Saved a Town
After the Ascutney ski resort in Vermont closed because of erratic snowfall and mismanagement, it threatened to take with it the nearby town of West Windsor. The community took the situation into its own hands.
02/02/2022
The Covid Vaccine We Need Now May Not Be a Shot
Nasal vaccines under development around the world may make better boosters by stopping the coronavirus in the airways.
02/02/2022