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.
Author: Molly Bergen
10/14/2021
Opinion: America’s Next Great Migrations Are Driven by Climate Change
The increasingly frequent and intense floods, heat waves, wildfires and other extreme climate events jolt us into realizing that we don’t have the comfortable distance of 2040 or 2050 by which to mitigate climate change. The future we were meant to evade is here already, decades ahead of schedule.
10/13/2021
Border residents rejoice as US says it will lift travel ban
Beleaguered business owners and families separated by COVID-19 restrictions rejoiced Wednesday after the U.S. said it will reopen its land borders to nonessential travel next month, ending a 19-month freeze.
10/13/2021
Watch: Merck’s Covid pill could transform treatment. Here’s how it works
Earlier this month, study results showed that molnupiravir, Merck’s investigational antiviral pill, cut hospitalization rates of Covid-19 patients by about half.
10/11/2021
It’s Time to Stop Talking About “Generations”
The discovery that you can make money marketing merchandise to teen-agers dates from the early nineteen-forties, which is also when the term “youth culture” first appeared in print. There was a reason that those things happened when they did: high school.
10/18/2021
Opinion: Just How High Could the Dow Go?
Twenty-two years ago this fall, a new book with the provocative title “Dow 36,000,” by James K. Glassman and Kevin A. Hassett, was published to great fanfare — and not a little derision.
10/17/2021
How Decarbonizing Makeup Could Lead to Fossil-Free Aviation Fuel
When Marc Delcourt founded more than a decade ago, he dreamt of transforming the aviation industry by getting rid of fossil fuels.
10/10/2021
Killer whales spotted in Vancouver’s Coal Harbour a sign of return to balanced ecosystem, expert says
An increase in seal and sea lion populations are attracting killer whales closer to shore.
10/05/2021
Vaccines may have prevented a quarter-million Covid-19 cases and 39,000 deaths among seniors
Before vaccines, the San Francisco Department of Public Health needed three whiteboards to capture all the names of senior facilities that had Covid-19 outbreaks.
10/14/2021
Opinion: The underappreciated success of Iraqi democracy
Just weeks after the tragic fall of Afghanistan, something important has happened in the other country in which the United States conducted a great nation-building experiment over the past two decades: Iraq held elections, which were mostly free and fair.
10/14/2021
Nursing schools see applications rise, despite COVID burnout
Nurses around the U.S. are getting burned out by the COVID-19 crisis and quitting, yet applications to nursing schools are rising, driven by what educators say are young people who see the global emergency as an opportunity and a challenge.
10/12/2021
Solving Bali’s Rivers of Trash
As scooters zip across a brick-walled bridge, about five kilometers from the Indian Ocean beaches of Bali, Indonesia, Made Bagiasa scythes young bamboo from the riverbank while Gary Bencheghib loops steel cable around a sturdy mango tree.
10/11/2021