Here we go again. On Wednesday, Donald Trump, while spending a day off from his criminal trial in Manhattan on the road in the swing states of Wisconsin and Michigan, gave an interview to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He was asked a question that, until Trump entered politics, never really needed to be asked in American public life: Win or lose, will you commit to accept the results of the 2024 election? “If everything’s honest, I’ll gladly accept the results,” Trump told the newspaper. “If it’s not, you have to fight for the right of the country.” In other words: no.
Given that Trump has done this before in calling forth a violent movement to block the last election, you’d think his warning of another “fight” would be major national news. You would be wrong. By Thursday morning, the Times had published a brief story about his refusal to unconditionally accept this year’s election results, but there were no breaking-news alerts that I saw or big headlines on the front page. Politico’s dispatch from the battleground tour with Trump, meanwhile, was headlined “Trump, Free from Court, Finds ‘a Little Fun on the Campaign Trail.’ ” (The Washington Post and Politico each eventually posted stories on the interview on Thursday.) I get that it can be hard to figure out which threats to focus on from Trump, whose brand of entertainment-cum-demagoguery demands that he produce ever-more-alarming rhetoric in order to stay relevant nearly nine years into the show. But, seriously, did 2020...
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As the sun sets and the sweltering heat gives way to a balmy evening, there's one sound that fills the air, both beloved and bothersome: the rhythmic symphony of chirping crickets. However, human-generated noise can mask the harmony of the cricket song, prompting researchers to question whether it is also drowning out the melody.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill Wednesday banning and criminalizing the manufacture and sale of lab-grown meat in the state.
The legislation joins similar efforts from three other states — Alabama, Arizona and Tennessee — that have also looked to stop the sale of lab-grown meat, which is believed to still be years away from commercial viability.
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An orangutan has been seen applying the leaves of a plant commonly used in traditional medicine to a cut on its face, seemingly to hasten healing. It is the first case in the scientific record of a non-human animal using a plant with proven therapeutic properties on an open wound.
There have been several previous reports of great apes attempting to self-medicate in other ways. Gorillas, chimpanzees and bonobos, for example, sometimes swallow whole leaves from Aspilia plants to get rid of intestinal parasites. In 2022, a community of chimpanzees in Gabon was seen putting insects onto their open wounds, potentially as a form of first aid.
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Imagine walking through a dusty, arid landscape when you stumble upon a seemingly ordinary rock. Its rough exterior might not catch the eye, but what lies within surely will. Geodes are one of nature’s most spectacular treasures, offering a glimpse into the geological processes that shape our Earth.
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My Ghibli childhood, according to my mother, began when I was three. One day, seeing me and my sister bored and listless, she put aside some sheet music that she had been practicing—she had quit her career as a pianist to raise us—and began to play the score to “My Neighbor Totoro.” There it was, the wind that blew across Hayao Miyazaki’s films, the spell that tinted ordinary life. When we moved to the States, my grandmother would send us VHS tapes of Miyazaki movies from Japan. Over the years, the stack of tapes grew taller, standing next to the TV like a plastic babysitter. Each time a film ended, I would press Stop and Rewind, and the tape would snap out, hot, like my sister’s cheek when she was asleep.
Miyazaki’s films have long been a kind of collective hearth, emanating their own theory of comfort. Comfort is woven into the very texture of their worlds: the plushness of the grass, the snap of the floors, the careful detail lavished on warm, nourishing foods like ramen and porridge and eggs on toast. If there is a secret room or garden, as there often is, the space is padded with hundreds of cushions (“Spirited Away”), amulets (“Howl’s Moving Castle”), or well-thumbed books (“Whisper of the Heart”). But comfort emerges not simply from Miyazaki’s womblike settings. It has to do with his characters themselves—characters who are introduced while soothing a raging insect, sucking blood from a wolf’s wound, or delivering a pacifier to a crying child. These people act with a tender determination, anchored by the belief that to be in the world is to learn to care for something other than...
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Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have developed lubricant additives that protect both water turbine equipment and the surrounding environment.
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What if we could help the global plastic waste problem and the transportation industry with the same technology?
A team of scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames National Laboratory is doing just that. The team, led by Aaron Sadow and Wenyu Huang, recently developed a chemical conversion process that makes diesel out of plastic waste.
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According to the United Nations, an estimated 243 million children in the Asia-Pacific region have been “exposed to hotter and longer heatwaves,” putting them at risk of a “multitude of heat-related illnesses, and even death.”
“Young children are at greatest risk of heat-related mortality and illnesses, including chronic respiratory conditions, asthma, and cardiovascular diseases,” UNICEF said in a statement last month.
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Receiving two vaccine doses against measles as a child may not always lead to lifelong immunity, despite what is commonly thought, according to a modelling study. Even so, this remains the best way to safeguard against the illness.
The level of protection seems to fall by a very small amount per year, which could explain why a growing number of people are catching measles despite having had two vaccines against it…
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Winding through the South Carolina low country, the Cooper River is a reed-lined haven for sportfish and shorebirds. The waterway originates in Berkeley County's Lake Moultrie. From there, it proceeds all the way down to Charleston, where it merges with the Ashley and the Wando to form that city's world-famous harbor. (Ever hear of Fort Sumter?)
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The new Hulu documentary charts the rise of one of the earliest reality-TV stars and the ethically queasy production choices that cemented his fame—but it’s elevated by its interest in what came afterward.
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A research team at the University of Pittsburgh led by Alexander Star, a chemistry professor in the Kenneth P. Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences, has developed a fentanyl sensor that is six orders of magnitude more sensitive than any electrochemical sensor for the drug reported in the past five years. The portable sensor can also tell the difference between fentanyl and other opioids.
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As greenhouse gases go, nitrous oxide (N2O) is a doozy. With a global warming potential 273 times that of carbon dioxide, mitigating N2O could make a big difference. But before mitigation can happen, it's important to understand where the compound is coming from.
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A wounded orangutan was seen self-medicating with a plant known to relieve pain. It's the first time an animal has been observed applying medicine to a skin injury.
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An analysis of the 2021 German federal elections has found that for every 200,000 times a politician's social media adverts were viewed, their vote share increased by 2.1 per cent - a potentially low-cost way of swinging elections
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A rhombus is a parallelogram shape with two pairs of parallel sides and four equal sides. These four sides of equal length also define the rhombus as an equilateral quadrilateral. Etymologically, the name of this shape stems from the Greek word "rhombos," which roughly translates to "spinning top."
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Classic American drama is haunted by monstrous mothers. Vain, vampiric mamas prowl through plays from Tennessee Williams’s “The Glass Menagerie” to Eugene O’Neill’s “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” from Edward Albee’s “Three Tall Women” to Sam Shepard’s “Buried Child.” For those guys, mothers are either harpies or sirens—villains or traps. Yet, suddenly, this season we’re surrounded by richly human mothers, each with a compassionately observed interiority. (It’s maybe not a coincidence that 2024 has been a bumper year for women’s writing on Broadway.) In fact, Paula Vogel’s “Mother Play,” Shaina Taub’s musical “Suffs,” and Amy Herzog’s “Mary Jane” all happen to contain a long moment during which we are invited to simply sit and study a woman’s face. In a world where we don’t fear mothers as Medusas, perhaps we’ll choose to look at them forever.
In the autofictional “Mother Play,” at Second Stage’s Hayes Theatre, Celia Keenan-Bolger stars as Martha, a lightly disguised version of Vogel, and Jim Parsons portrays a version of the playwright’s brother Carl, who died of complications from AIDS in 1988. The play, which begins by flashing back to the early sixties, follows Martha and Carl for four decades as they deal with their hard-drinking, self-regarding single mom, Phyllis, played with a wonderful, lurching grace by Jessica Lange. Vogel’s work is subtitled “A Play in Five Evictions,” referring both to Phyllis’s struggle to keep her family housed in tenement apartments—the projection designer Shawn Duan puts images of scuttling cockroaches on fridges and trash cans—and to her vicious expulsion of sweet, bookish Carl after he tells her that he’s been sleeping with men.
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Seagull species that have bigger brains are more likely to nest on coastal cliffs and may also be better adapted to breed in urban environments such as on the roofs of buildings.
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It is often thought that immigration threatens the solidarity on which redistribution relies. But looking at the post-war period, Ph.D. candidate Emily Anne Wolff finds that this is not the case.
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Kate Biberdorf, known as Kate the Chemist, returns to Studio 1A with some fun (and easy to clean) experiments for kids to try at home, including how to make a rain cloud in a jar, a self-pouring chain and more.
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"" Angel with wings Pixabay In our journey through life, we often encounter unexplainable coincidences that seem to hold deeper meaning. One such phenomenon is the appearance of angel numbers, repeated number patterns that carry specific messages from the spiritual realm. One such angel number is 6666, which is often misunderstood and associated with negativity. However, in reality, angel number 6666 embodies unconditional love, support, and the importance of balance and harmony in our lives.
What are Angel Numbers? Angel numbers are repeated digits or number patterns that are believed to carry messages from the divine realm. Each angel number has its own unique symbolism and interpretation. For example, the repetition of the number 1111 often signifies spiritual confirmation, while 777 may indicate positive outcomes and good luck. Angel number 6666 is no exception and holds its own powerful meanings and messages.
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At the end of April, David Satterfield, the Biden Administration’s envoy for humanitarian aid in the Middle East, announced that the flow of food and medicine into Gaza had been improving. Satterfield’s comments came after months of requests from President Biden—who has been supporting the Israeli government militarily and diplomatically—for Israel to allow additional aid into the territory. More than thirty-four thousand Gazans have already been killed in Israel’s military campaign, and the enclave remains at serious risk of famine—a risk that Satterfield acknowledged. (Several weeks ago, Save the Children, a humanitarian group, reported that twenty-seven Gazan children have died from starvation and health conditions related to malnourishment.) The situation is especially dire in the northern part of Gaza, where around three hundred thousand people still live. The majority of the population is now in the south.
Almost eight months into the war, I wanted to understand how much aid is actually reaching Gazans. I recently spoke by phone with Arif Husain, the chief economist of the United Nations World Food Programme, which both collects data on where people are in need of food and helps to provide food to needy populations. Our conversation, edited for length and clarity, is below.
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The global demand for palm oil—the most widely consumed vegetable oil on the planet, in everything from instant noodles to lipstick—is driving worldwide tropical deforestation. While many studies have shown the loss of biodiversity when rainforests are converted to oil palm plantations, researchers at the University of Massachusetts of Amherst are the first to show far-reaching and wide-ranging disturbances to the watersheds in which such plantations occur.
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A citizen science project reveals that most boat users along the North-East coast in the U.K. do not disturb dolphins and are often rewarded with close-up encounters.
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LONDON — She looks pretty good for 75,000 years old.
Particularly given that her skull was smashed into 200 pieces, possibly by a rockfall, before it was meticulously pieced together by scientists over the last six years.
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The record-breaking heat of 2023 has seen a rare disagreement break out between climate scientists, with some saying it shows Earth may have entered a new period of warming
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Angel number 828 is a combination of the energies and vibrations of numbers 8 and 2. The number 8 represents self-reliance, karma, abundance, and achievement. It signifies the manifestation of wealth, positive abundance, and the law of cause and effect. Number 2, on the other hand, represents faith, trust, balance, and harmony. It encourages us to serve others, find happiness, and fulfill our life's purpose.
When these numbers combine, they create a powerful message. Angel number 828 urges us to focus on what we truly want to achieve in life. It emphasizes the importance of our attitude, thoughts, and actions in manifesting our desires. This number reminds us that we have the power to create positive changes and achieve abundance through hard work, dedication, and a positive mindset.
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A venomous, 8-inch centipede may be the stuff of nightmares, but it could save the life of those affected by kidney disease. Researchers report in the Journal of Natural Products that the many-legged critter—used in traditional Chinese medicine—contains alkaloids that in cell cultures reduced inflammation and renal fibrosis, which both contribute to kidney disease.
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A CABI-led study has revealed that participation in the Zambia Farmer Input Subsidy Program (FISP)—particularly the flexible e-voucher system—encourages synthetic pesticide use at the expense of sustainable practices.
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Major oil companies have misled Americans for decades about the threat of human-caused climate change, according to a new report released Tuesday by Democrats in Congress.
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Although coral reefs can recover from bleaching, those subjected to heat stress have a lower reproductive output, researchers have found. This means reefs may take longer to bounce back than previously assumed and are more vulnerable to future stressors.
Bleaching occurs when corals exposed to above-average ocean temperatures expel the symbiotic algae that live inside their tissues. These organisms give them their vibrant colours as well as providing most of their food via photosynthesis. Bleached coral remains…
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Spiritually, angel number 505 is a reminder to be patient on your spiritual journey. It indicates that you are about to enter a new phase in your spiritual growth. If you have been practicing your spirituality without seeing much progress, angel number 505 brings good news. It signifies that you are on the right track and will soon experience positive outcomes. This number is a sign of growth, happiness, and understanding.
In biblical terms, angel number 505 reminds you to believe in yourself. Drawing inspiration from Psalm 50, verse 5, "Gather to me this consecrated people, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice," this angel number highlights the recognition of your hard work by higher powers. You are protected and guided on your path, and there is no need to worry or be afraid.
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Proximity is key for many quantum phenomena, as interactions between atoms are stronger when the particles are close. In many quantum simulators, scientists arrange atoms as close together as possible to explore exotic states of matter and build new quantum materials.
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Industry faces many problems in the current economic, sociopolitical, and environmental context. The idea of industrial renewal has thus come to the fore as an approach that might allow us to address those different challenges sitting with the new approach to understanding, known as service ecosystems.
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A cicada in sync with its brood is a cicada with a chance.
The insects’ synchronized emergence is an evolutionary strategy, scientists say. Birds, raccoons and other predators can eat only so many of them. So the more cicadas emerge together, the better the odds that more will live on to reproduce and pass along their genes.
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Finnair has cancelled flights to Tartu in Estonia this month because of an ongoing GPS jamming attack – and there is evidence that the attack is being controlled from Russia
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When angel number 611 appears in your life, it is a clear sign that your guardian angels are trying to convey specific messages to you. Let's explore the six wonderful reasons why you may be seeing angel number 611 and how you can interpret its guidance in various areas of your life. 1. Striking a Balance Between Spiritual and Material Needs
The presence of both the number 6 and the master number 11 in angel number 611 suggests the need to find harmony between your spiritual and material needs. In our fast-paced modern world, it's easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of daily life, often neglecting our spiritual well-being. This angel number serves as a gentle reminder to prioritize your spirituality and find balance in all aspects of your life.
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Granted, there are things worth getting upset about here, with good and bad art works talking over each other for entire rooms at a time. Peak braying is reached in a single tall gallery that Pedrosa has stuffed like a storage unit with abstract paintings by thirty-seven artists, most of them making their Biennale début. You can always try to make up for neglect by rushing lots of strong material through at once, but this doesn’t necessarily do the material any favors: plenty of abstraction needs time and space to bloom in the beholder’s eye, and none of the paintings in this room are permitted much of either, with the result being that nothing much blooms at all. Blame the curation, blame the inherent dilemma of the logjam—either way, it’s the one portion of the Central Exhibition which strikes me as an outright failure. A Rothko couldn’t thrive in a place like this.
The most obvious way to stand out in a big, loud multitude is to be louder, and loudness, with a side helping of eeriness, was more or less the métier of the mid-century Italian artist Domenico Gnoli. His sprawling painting of a woman’s shoe looks as rough as sandpaper, with two vampire fangs of red fabric poking down from its top edge—it has to be one of the most calmly odd things in the Central Exhibition this year, and also one of the most purely pleasurable, pulling you in with the friendly yank of a pop song. Gnoli’s approach isn’t so far from that of the Mexican Ana Segovia, whose “Pos’ se acabó este cantar” is one of this Biennale’s more memorable film pieces. Panting with hot color and haywire machismo, it features two Mexican cowboys, or charros, standing millimetres apart, their every move swollen to monumentality by the...
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Some of the ocean's tiniest organisms get swept into underwater currents that act as a conduit that shuttles them from the sunny surface to deeper, darker depths where they play a huge role in affecting the ocean's chemistry and ecosystem, according to new research.
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Grizzly bears will be reintroduced to Washington state’s North Cascade mountain range, federal agencies say — a decision that followed years of bitter debate.
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Summers and heatwaves in Europe will be even more sweltering than feared. The regional climate models relied on by planners greatly underestimate summer heat because they don’t factor in more intense sunshine due to falling air pollution, a study has shown.
“If models don’t take air pollution changes into account, they will underestimate the intensity of future heatwaves even more than they underestimate mean summer warming,” says Dominik Schumacher at ETH Zürich in Switzerland. “It’s problematic because a lot of European countries strongly rely on these simulations to plan for the future.”
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2.1 Decoding the Angel Number 747
Angel numbers are powerful messages from the divine realm. They are repetitive number sequences that catch our attention and carry specific meanings. In the case of angel number 747, it is a combination of the energies and vibrations of the numbers 7 and 4. The number 7 represents spiritual awakening, intuition, inner wisdom, and mystical experiences. On the other hand, the number 4 represents practicality, hard work, integrity, and building solid foundations. Together, these numbers create a harmonious blend of spiritual insights and earthly practicalities. 2.2 The Magic of Angel Number 747
When you repeatedly see angel number 747, it is a clear sign that you are on the right path in your spiritual journey. The universe is acknowledging your dedication, hard work, and commitment to your personal growth. It is a message of encouragement and validation from the divine forces that you are aligned with your life's purpose. The appearance of angel number 747 is a reminder to continue trusting your intuition, following your inner guidance, and staying focused on your goals.
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Films like Luca Guadagnino’s “Challengers” and last year’s “The Iron Claw” offer Zeitgeisty takes on masculinity. Do they signal a shift in the storied genre?
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A new study co-authored by Yale sociologist Nicholas A. Christakis demonstrates that tapping into the dynamics of friendship significantly improves the possibility that a community will adopt public health and other interventions aimed at improved human well-being.
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Two NASA astronauts are set to become the first to launch aboard Boeing's Starliner space capsule. They will fly to the space station in a high-stakes test flight.
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Indian readers make up a growing part of New Scientist’s audience – little surprise given the nation’s interest in and affinity for science and technology. The same is true more widely, with growth and development seeing India surge to become a major world power.
At the turn of the century, India ranked 13th in the world for GDP, fewer than 60 per cent of its citizens had electricity and it had launched a handful of satellites to orbit. As the nation goes to the polls this month, it does so as the world’s fifth largest economy. Nearly its entire population has electricity and it has sent uncrewed missions to the moon and Mars. In the next few years, India is expected to rank third for GDP, behind the US and China, and to launch its first crewed spacecraft.
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Death Valley is one of the hottest places on Earth. With a record high of 134 degrees Fahrenheit (56.7 degrees Celsius), the California national park is sweltering, but it is not even one of the top 10 hottest states in the U.S.
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