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
02/10/2022
New plant-derived composite is tough as bone and hard as aluminum
The material could pave the way for sustainable plastics.
03/08/2022
Opinion: The War in Ukraine Puts America’s Problems in Perspective
Heartbroken over what the Russian regime is currently doing to the nation of Ukraine, I can’t help finding myself thinking also of ways we’re taught to think about ourselves as a nation.
03/10/2022
Endurance: Shackleton’s lost ship is found in Antarctic
Scientists have found and filmed one of the greatest ever undiscovered shipwrecks 107 years after it sank.
03/09/2022
New Yorkers With Marijuana Convictions Will Get First Retail Licenses
Officials intend to reserve the first 100 or more retail licenses to sell marijuana in New York for people who have been convicted of related offenses, or their relatives.
03/04/2022
Stronger NATO, more decisive EU: What Putin’s war hath wrought
When a pro-NATO group in Finland began circulating a petition last week demanding a referendum on whether the traditionally non-aligned country should join the U.S.-led transatlantic defense alliance, the response was overwhelming.
03/09/2022
California wants to use electric cars to back up the power grid
A collaboration between GM and PG&E will test-drive powering homes with EV batteries during blackouts.
03/02/2022
Pivot, Reverence, and What’s Behind Big Tech
I’m talking with tech journalist Kara Swisher and NYU professor Scott Galloway, co-hosts of the podcast Pivot, a weekly discussion on the latest news as it relates to the worlds of business and tech.
03/07/2022
What Is a Nation?
Putin claims he is reuniting the Russian people. But nations have never been purely about ethnicity.
03/07/2022
The ‘end of history’ … again?
Beware of those declaring the world order has shifted or disappeared, pushing us toward another costly ‘generational’ conflict.
03/09/2022
Electric field keeps kidney cells powered up while organs are on ice
Organs soon run out of energy while they are between donor and recipient, but an electric field could keep them running and improve survival
03/07/2022
Public health experts sketch a roadmap to get from the Covid pandemic to the ‘next normal’
A new report released Monday charts a path for the transition out of the Covid-19 pandemic, one that outlines both how the country can deal with the challenge of endemic Covid disease and how to prepare for future biosecurity threats.
03/09/2022