The Sixth Amendment. Most of us take it for granted that if we’re ever in court and we can’t afford a lawyer, the court will provide one for us. And in fact, the right to an attorney is written into […]
Isaac Newton in later life. Painting by James Thornhill. Early Life and Education Newton’s early life was marked by personal hardships. His father died three months before he was born, and when Newton was three, his mother remarried, leaving him
Matt Gaetz has officially withdrawn from being considered for attorney general. Mark Peterson / Redux November 21, 2024, 2:14 PM ET Produced by ElevenLabs and News Over Audio (Noa) using AI narration. Listen to more stories on the Noa app.
In today’s newsletter, new reporting from Rania Abouzeid on the toll in Lebanon of the Israel-Hezbollah war. But, first, the fresh relevance of the fight for legal birth control. Plus: Margaret Sanger and Mary Ware Dennett. Illustration by Chloe Cushman;
This view is just part of a new, high-resolution image of the sun’s full surface captured by the Polarimetric and Helioseismic Imager (PHI) on the Solar Orbiter spacecraft. Screenshot. ESA & NASA / Solar Orbiter / PHI & EUI teams; Data
An advanced alien civilization may want to cruise around the galaxy, and the best way to do that is by steering their binary star system, a researcher proposes in a new paper. Long-lived civilizations may have many motivations for wanting
An extraordinary claim that Allied prisoners of war involved in the Great Escape were betrayed by two of their own side has come to light in files at The National Archives. Seventy-six prisoners escaped from Stalag Luft III camp 80
Medieval queens wielded gifts as powerful tools to build alliances, reward loyalty, and assert authority. New research highlights how Margaret of Anjou and Elizabeth of York, two fifteenth-century queens of England, strategically used their economic resources to strengthen their influence
Maurizio Cattelan’s Comedian sold for $6.2 million at auction. Cindy Ord / Getty Images Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s viral duct-taped banana has sold for a total of $6.2 million. The piece, called Comedian, soared past its pre-auction estimate of $1.5 million at
Episode 120 (The Prairie Chicken in Wisconsin: Highlights of a Study of Counts, Behavior, Turnover, Movement, and Habitat) The Memory Palace is a proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX, a curated network of extraordinary, story-driven shows. Music We move between three
