Climate change is becoming more severe largely due to excess greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon dioxide is one of the most prevalent gases contributing to rising temperatures worldwide — and while limiting emissions is a priority to curb climate change, scientists have also been exploring ways to mitigate the effects by removing atmospheric CO2. Fine glacier […]
Read MoreVisions of Mana won’t have multiplayer, but producer Masaru Oyamada wants ‘to implement features like that in the future’
Visions of Mana is the first new entry in Square Enix’s Mana series in 15 years, and with that comes some fundamental changes. Following my hands-on preview with Visions of Mana, I had the chance to ask producer Masaru Oyamada if cooperative multiplayer was ever considered for Visions of Mana, and if multiplayer had a […]
Read MoreTV tonight: catching the fugitive rapist who faked his own death
Disclosure: Dead Man Running 9pm, BBC Two Kim Avis was an eccentric busker and market trader who became known as “a character” in Inverness. In 2019, reporter Myles Bonnar was one of the local people shocked to hear of Avis’s death – thousands of miles away in California. As Bonnar explores in this wild documentary, […]
Read MoreTV tonight: catching the fugitive rapist who faked his own death
Disclosure: Dead Man Running 9pm, BBC Two Kim Avis was an eccentric busker and market trader who became known as “a character” in Inverness. In 2019, reporter Myles Bonnar was one of the local people shocked to hear of Avis’s death – thousands of miles away in California. As Bonnar explores in this wild documentary, […]
Read MoreCrossword: April 19, 2024
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Read MoreIn what states is abortion legal, illegal, and in limbo?
After the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in 2022, nearly two dozen states have enacted laws that put strict limits on abortion. Some states have taken the extreme step of outlawing abortion at any point and criminalizing the act to penalize people seeking abortions and the health providers who help them. With the […]
Read MoreSudoku hard: April 19, 2024
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Read MoreSudoku medium: April 19, 2024
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Read MoreCodeword: April 19, 2024
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Read MoreXi Jinping’s Green Leap Forward
At first glance, Xi Jinping seems to have lost the plot. China’s president appears to be smothering the entrepreneurial dynamism that allowed his country to crawl out of poverty and become the factory of the world. He has brushed aside Deng Xiaoping’s maxim “To get rich is glorious” in favor of centralized planning and Communist-sounding […]
Read MoreXi Jinping’s Green Leap Forward
At first glance, Xi Jinping seems to have lost the plot. China’s president appears to be smothering the entrepreneurial dynamism that allowed his country to crawl out of poverty and become the factory of the world. He has brushed aside Deng Xiaoping’s maxim “To get rich is glorious” in favor of centralized planning and Communist-sounding […]
Read MoreLetting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves
Good news for lazy gardeners: one labour-saving tweak could almost double the number of butterflies in your garden, according to a new scientific study – let the grass grow long. In recent years nature lovers have been extolling the benefits of relaxed lawn maintenance with the growing popularity of the #NoMowMay campaign. Now an analysis […]
Read MoreLetting grass grow long boosts butterfly numbers, UK study proves
Good news for lazy gardeners: one labour-saving tweak could almost double the number of butterflies in your garden, according to a new scientific study – let the grass grow long. In recent years nature lovers have been extolling the benefits of relaxed lawn maintenance with the growing popularity of the #NoMowMay campaign. Now an analysis […]
Read MoreVictimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name | George Monbiot
When the traditional ruling class was obliged to concede to demands for democracy, it gave away as little as possible. We could vote, but it ensured that crucial elements of the old system remained in place: the House of Lords, the first-past-the-post electoral system, prerogative powers and Henry VIII clauses, and above all a legal […]
Read MoreVictimise people who raise a voice in Britain? Then destroy their families? Not in my name | George Monbiot
When the traditional ruling class was obliged to concede to demands for democracy, it gave away as little as possible. We could vote, but it ensured that crucial elements of the old system remained in place: the House of Lords, the first-past-the-post electoral system, prerogative powers and Henry VIII clauses, and above all a legal […]
Read MoreClean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Research has estimated the health impacts from the coal-fired power plants that operate across India. Six hundred coal power plants generate more than 70% of India’s electricity. Despite regulations passed in 2015, fewer than 5% of these plants operate with modern systems to clean up air pollutants from their chimneys. In China, 95% of coal-fired […]
Read MoreClean-up of Indian coal-fired power plants ‘could have saved 720,000 lives’
Research has estimated the health impacts from the coal-fired power plants that operate across India. Six hundred coal power plants generate more than 70% of India’s electricity. Despite regulations passed in 2015, fewer than 5% of these plants operate with modern systems to clean up air pollutants from their chimneys. In China, 95% of coal-fired […]
Read MoreMoving pictures: travelling cinema takes stories of ‘departures and dreams’ to Senegal
At about 1pm on Monday a 35-seater bus arrived in Pikine, a city east of the Senegalese capital, Dakar. A portable screen, projector, sound system and generator were unpacked to set up a temporary cinema in a lively neighbourhood where the scent of hibiscus and orange blossom fill the air. Pikine’s cultural centre was the […]
Read More10 observations: Connor Bedard, Blackhawks put a bow on 2023-24 season
10 observations: Connor Bedard, Blackhawks put a bow on 2023-24 season originally appeared on NBC Sports Chicago Presented by Nationwide Insurance Agent Jeff Vukovich The Chicago Blackhawks fell to the Los Angeles Kings 5-4 in overtime on Thursday at Crypto.com Arena to put a bow on the 2023-24 season. Here are 10 observations from the […]
Read MoreHouse GOP’s aid bills for Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan advance — with Democrats’ help
Democrats took an unusual step Thursday and helped Republican leaders advance legislation to provide billions in stalled security funding for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, steering the measures closer toward passage this weekend. After about nine hours of recess, the House Rules Committee reconvened late Thursday night and moved GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson’s foreign aid […]
Read MoreIn Unusual Vote, Democrats Rescue Measure to Allow Vote on Ukraine Bill
House Republicans took a critical step late Thursday night toward bringing up the long-stalled foreign aid bill for Ukraine and Israel, after being forced to rely on Democratic votes to move a plan to consider it out of a key committee and onto the floor. The 9-to-3 vote in the critical Rules Committee was an […]
Read MoreIndia’s 2024 Multiphase Election: What to Know
Why does this election matter? Indians began voting on Friday in a multiphase general election that will continue until June 1. The vote, whose results will be announced on June 4, will determine the political direction of the world’s most populous nation for the next five years. The election, for which turnout is usually high, […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Arrives
Taylor Swift was already the most ubiquitous pop star in the galaxy, her presence dominating the music charts, the concert calendar, the Super Bowl, the Grammys. Then it came time for her to promote a new album. In the days leading up to the release of “The Tortured Poets Department” on Friday, Swift became all […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift And Florence And The Machine Embark On A Healing Journey To ‘Florida!!!’ On Their New Collab
Taylor Swift knows how to take us on a journey. Tonight (April 19), the illustrious hitmaker dropped her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. On the album, Swift details an escape to the Sunshine State, with Florence And The Machine by her side. Haunted by the demise of a relationship, Swift and Florence Welch […]
Read MoreThe 50 Best Taylor Swift Songs, Ranked
Taylor Swift released her first album 18 years ago. Since then, she’s been a country darling, a pop mega-star, and a quarantine savior; she’s sold 100 million albums worldwide and won 14 Grammys, including Album Of The Year four times (the first artist to ever pull off that feat). But her greatest accomplishment is providing […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift And Post Malone Recall A Tumultuous ‘Fortnight’ On Their Brisk New Collab
From the desk of The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift is in the building, and she’s brought a special visitor. Her 11th album opens with “Fortnight,” a smooth, silky new collaboration with Post Malone. On “Fortnight,” Swift sets the scene for the album’s tone, with her vivid lyricism. Beautifully decorated with background vocals from Malone, […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift Spills All The Tea About ‘The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived’ On A New Song
Taylor Swift isn’t mincing words. Tonight (April 19), the prolific pop icon has shared her 11th studio album, The Tortured Poets Department. And as its title suggests, Swift is sharing the poetry of her tortured soul. On the album is a song called “The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived,” on which, she details her time […]
Read MoreTaylor Swift’s ‘The Tortured Poets Department’ Isn’t The Breakup Album You Were Expecting — It’s Better
In honor of The Tortured Poets Department being Taylor Swift‘s 11th studio album, here are 11 initial thoughts on the album. 1. In his memoir Chronicles, Bob Dylan writes about how a new way of playing the guitar changed the way he connected to his songs. “I never used this style, didn’t see that there’d […]
Read MoreModi’s Power Keeps Growing, and India Looks Sure to Give Him More
As he campaigns across India for an election that begins on Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks of his insatiable ambitions in terms of dinner-table appetite. Roofs over heads, water connections, cooking gas cylinders — Mr. Modi reads down the menu of what he calls the abundant “development” he has provided to India’s poor. But […]
Read MoreFurious Taylor Swift slams ex Joe Alwyn on savage new album as she hints he was a cheat – and lifts lid on Matty fling
FURIOUS Taylor Swift has savaged ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn in brutal lyrics on her new album — hinting he cheated on her and broke her heart. The US superstar appears to have let rip her wrath on the Brit actor, 33, in her 11th album The Tortured Poets Department, released today— branding an ex-lover a lying […]
Read MoreFurious Taylor Swift slams ex Joe Alwyn on savage new album as she hints he was a cheat – and lifts lid on Matty fling
FURIOUS Taylor Swift has savaged ex-boyfriend Joe Alwyn in brutal lyrics on her new album — hinting he cheated on her and broke her heart. The US superstar appears to have let rip her wrath on the Brit actor, 33, in her 11th album The Tortured Poets Department, released today— branding an ex-lover a lying […]
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