This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. In the U.K., when people stop smoking, they say they “gave it up,” Melissa Febos notes in her […]
Last night, Israel struck at Iranian nuclear facilities, military installations, and high-ranking military leaders and nuclear scientists, dealing an audacious blow at what Israelis of all stripes have long viewed as an existential threat. The attack also took many analysts,
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News of the Israeli attacks on Iran reached me in the United States just before 5 a.m. Tehran time. The city had been hit in multiple places, and strikes meant for Iran’s military commanders and nuclear scientists had brought down
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Earth’s magnetic field and oxygen levels are inextricably linked, new research suggests. The strength of the geomagnetic field has gone up in lockstep with the percentage of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere over the past 540 million years, a new study
Iron deficiency during pregnancy can cause a male mouse embryo to develop female features, a new study reveals. The low iron disrupts the activation of a key gene that spurs the development of male sex organs. This causes embryos with
Think you’re clever enough to match wits with a seventh-century scholar? Step into the world of Saint Aldhelm, one of Anglo-Saxon England’s greatest poets, and test your brain against ten riddles drawn from his Aenigmata. Translated by A. M. Juster,
Last year, a lot of indie-music fans—including myself—got someone else’s packing list stuck in their head. I’d walk around muttering “Milk thistle, calcium, high-rise, boot cut / Advil, black jeans, blue jeans”—lyrics hissed out by the art-punk legend Kim Gordon
Orange County Rapid Response Network is a loose association of volunteers—organizers and lawyers and hundreds of concerned residents—who help immigrants fight detention and deportation. On Monday morning, a hotline run by the group received an unusually high number of calls.
