Новости за 24.05.2024

Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have fabricated a device no wider than a human hair that will help physicists investigate the fundamental nature of matter and light. Their findings, published in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, could also support the development of more efficient lasers, which are used in fields ranging from medicine to manufacturing.

Every week political cartoonists throughout the country and across the political spectrum apply their ink-stained skills to capture the foibles, memes, hypocrisies and other head-slapping events in the world of politics. The fruits of these labors are hundreds of cartoons that entertain and enrage readers of all political stripes. Here's an offering of the best of this week's crop, picked fresh off the Toonosphere. Edited by Matt Wuerker.

The feds blame local D.C. for crime, but the city can point the finger right back. Is this any way to run a capital?

The nation’s third-largest state has shed its swing-state profile and is now the home base of Donald Trump’s Republican Party.

Judgment day approaches.

Nelly Furtado's Tiny Desk performance felt like a victory lap — a greatest-hits reel and a homecoming all at once.

“Disappointed” was the word Vegas Golden Knight players used most frequently to describe how they felt about their season ending, and the sentiment surely was spread throughout the whole organization. There was a sense that the Golden Knights had a realistic shot to repeat as Stanley Cup champions, especially after ...

The report from the Hamilton Project and the Brookings Institution, referenced in the May 19 letter “Exciting news for clean energy,” demonstrates that we are within striking distance of creating a cleaner, safer ...

Clark County School Board member Katie Williams must be removed from her trustee position immediately ...

While was running for president in 2016, Donald Trump lambasted Hillary Clinton’s aides for refusing to testify about her conduct concerning a deadly raid in Libya ...

This is a tale of two pardons in Texas. The first was requested for George Floyd, the Black man whose murder by Minnesota police in 2020 sparked nationwide protests. His family sought a posthumous pardon in ...

Separate recent developments underscore the need for research into two matters of vast public health, economic and social impact: guns and marijuana ...

Events intended to celebrate one of life’s first great achievements can quickly turn into a tragedy due to the convergence of youthful exuberance ...

The purge is the result of infighting between the FSB and the military over the failure to capture Kyiv and competition for defense funds.

In Mark Dindal's "The Garfield Movie," this version of Garfield bears no resemblance to the classic cat other than his signature craving for lasagna. Review.

Masturbation tips, how to spice up your self-touch, solo sex life.

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TAG Heuer has been aiming upmarket lately. Will this new watch help secure its position in the upper echelons of watchmaking?

On Thursday, Donald Trump tweeted that Vladimir Putin will only release Evan Gershkovich, the Wall Street Journal reporter detained in Russia, after the election—“for me,” meaning for Trump. In other words, elect Trump president, and Putin will release him! We think this saga gets at a larger story about Trump’s approach to politics and foreign policy. So we talked to Nicholas Grossman, a professor of international relations who writes about Trump’s Putinist inclinations. He explains how Trump... Читать дальше...

Over three days, 14 people with different backgrounds from all over Wisconsin met in person to discuss abortion policy and discovered how far they could get.

The Rust Belt town of Turtle Creek lost manufacturing jobs in the 1980s. Now a clean energy company is helping the local economy regrow.