Walter Olson If you expected a second Trump term to usher in some sort of new era of free speech, you might by now be feeling some rueful secondthoughts. In the latest development, Trump’s pick for federal prosecutor in Washington, DC, Edward R. Martin Jr., has sent a threat/investigation letter to Rep. Robert Garcia (D‑CA)…
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Tim Faulkner at Aussie Ark gets ready to release a Tasmanian devil in a fenced sanctuary at Barrington Tops, Australia James Woodford I’m sharing a ride with two very cranky and confused Tasmanian devils, loaded in the back of our all-terrain vehicle inside large plastic traps. These devils are a long way from their species’…
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The US withdrawal from the World Health Organization formally takes one year, but the country has already stopped sharing influenza surveillance with the international body, which could impact the efficacy of the next flu vaccine
Clark Packard In early February, the ever-protectionist Trump administration announced it would immediately eliminate the “de minimis exemption” for low-value shipments arriving from China, effectively raising taxes on American consumers and dramatically increasing shipping times. Within days, US ports of entry were overwhelmed with a backlog of packages. Realizing Customs and Border Protection (CBP) was unprepared to…
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Wilbourne Farm in Virginia James Dinneen Kade Wilbourne pulls a lever, and several tonnes of volcanic rock shoot out onto the field behind us in a fan of blue-grey dust. We are sitting in the cockpit of a tractor on the Wilbourne Farm in Mecklenburg County, Virginia. Normally, soybean and corn yields are the metrics…
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Colin Grabow Citing alleged unfairness in the current trading system, President Donald Trump appears to be laying the groundwork for the adoption of a tariff policy based on reciprocity. Whatever tariffs other countries levy on US imports will be the tariff charged by the United States on their same products. It’s not a new position…
The black hair conditioner on the left is derived from the wood powder on the right Fengyang Wang/Stockholm University This sustainable, wood-based hair conditioner may be pitch black and smell like peat, but its creators claim it could be the future of haircare after tests suggest it may work just as well as commercial products….
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Chris Edwards and Yasmeen Kallash-Kyler In a seeming reversal, the Trump administration is rumored to be considering ending the US Postal Service’s quasi-independence and absorbing the company into the federal bureaucracy. The Washington Post reported yesterday, “Trump is expected to issue an executive order as soon as this week to fire the members of the…
Does time move backwards in some situations? sakkmesterke/Alamy Some quantum systems may have two arrows of time, one running forwards as usual and another moving backwards. This means that, at some extremely small scales, time may have the option of moving in both directions – a stunning feature that may have been overlooked across much…
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 relies on Unreal Engine 5. According to the developers, the switch brought advantages, but it can also be a trap. In about two months, Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 will be released, one of the most exciting RPGs of the year. The title from the French developer studio Sandfall Games, which is…
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