The Download: our bodies’ memories, and Traton’s electric trucks
“Like riding a bike” is shorthand for the remarkable way that our bodies remember how to move. Most of the time when we talk about muscle memory, we’re not talking about the muscles…
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Transcript: Trump ICE Raids Worsen as Pritzker Drops Bombshell Warning
Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR Network. I’m your host, Greg Sargent. President Trump’s invasion of Chicago has really gone…
Trump's quest for the Nobel Peace Prize falls short again despite high-profile nominations
President Trump was passed over for the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday despite jockeying from his fellow Republicans, various world leaders and -- most vocally -- himself. Source link
How Alexis Ohanian’s all-women track and field league is tapping into a growing demand for women’s sports
Megan Rapinoe, Caitlin Clark, Serena Williams, Mia Hamm, Lindsey Vonn—the list of high-profile, recognizable women athletes is growing. And track and field athletes may be the next to…
Meta Tells Its Metaverse Workers to Use AI to ‘Go 5X Faster’
A Meta executive in charge of building the company’s metaverse products told employees that they should be using AI to “go 5X faster” according to an internal message obtained by 404…
The Gonzo Brilliance of Trump’s Gaza Diplomacy
Whereas ‘international opinion’ believed we had to cut off Israel, Trump armed the Jewish state, bombed Iran, and squeezed Qatar to bring Hamas to heel. Source link
The Week: Trump the Peacemaker?
Plus: The ‘invasion’ of Chicago. Source link
Julia Roberts Plays the Victim-Villain Card
After the Hunt glorifies predatory culture. Source link
JD Vance Should Take the Moon Shot
The stars have aligned to make space exploration a top-tier policy area in which the vice president could shine. Source link
Digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros of deposits in bank run, ECB says
The ECB has presented the digital currency as an alternative to US-dominated means of payment A digital euro could drain up to 700 billion euros (S$1.1 billion) in deposits during a run on…
China warhead arsenal to hit 1,500 in five years, Air Force chief nominee reveals
China's rapid buildup of strategic forces is increasing, with the Pentagon now estimating Beijing's military will have 1,500 nuclear warheads in less than five years, the general slated to…
Trump’s Tariffs Should Force a Reckoning With America’s Soy Industry
While China’s embrace of a meat-heavy diet is remarkable in its speed and scale, it is only catching up to Europe, which has long practiced factory farming, and still lags the United…
Is it okay to hug coworkers?
Maybe you’re meeting a coworker you’ve only known on Zoom in person for the first time. Maybe you’re greeting a group of coworkers at a conference, or saying goodbye after a team happy…
The Candidate Caught in a Nazi Porn Scandal Is Today’s GOP Personified
Though Reid came out as gay in the 1990s, and has been with his boyfriend, Alonzo Mable, for eight years, he opposes enshrining gay marriage (along with voting rights and reproductive…
Hold That Nobel Prize: This Peace Plan Will Die, and Bibi Will Kill It
Within two weeks, a disillusioned, agitated and livid-with-Netanyahu’s antics Trump adopted a general framework and plan: a somewhat vague outline of how to end the war and an intricate…
Trump Is Following in the Footsteps of a Failed English King
Charles’s taxation efforts fueled discontent across the English countryside. Historian Jonathan Healey described it as “the most controversial of all the Crown’s financial policies, and…
Who Gets Away With Crimes Against Humanity?
Pinochet’s rise to power no doubt set Rauff’s mind at ease. The dictatorship repeatedly rebuffed fresh extradition requests from West Germany and Israel, even as Nazi hunters like Beate…
How do our bodies remember?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. “Like…
Singapore shares close lower in tandem with Wall Street retreat; STI slides 0.3%
Across the broader market in the city-state, decliners beat gainers 371 to 250 as 1.8 billion securities valued at S$1.4 billion are traded Singapore shares closed lower on Friday (Oct…
Microsoft Office’s icons just got curvy, colorful upgrades
Microsoft just redesigned all of its Office icons to embrace the AI era, and, according to the company, that means ditching solid shapes for all things “fluid and vibrant.” The 12 new…
Trump ICE Raids Take Unnerving Turn as Dem Gov Drops Bombshell Warning
In this episode, we talk to Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker, who shares striking new details about President Trump’s occupation of Chicago. What’s happening there has gone off the rails:…
Transcript: Dems Will Stay Weak Until They Stop Obsessing Over Polls
And so here we are now, and this is an argument that I’m having, obviously, live. If we believe that our job right now — and I believe it is — is to blunt the authoritarian assault that we…
The Dems Will Stay Weak Until They Stop Obsessing Over Polls
You can watch this episode of Right Now With Perry Bacon above or by following us on YouTube or Substack. Read the transcript of this episode here. Democratic politicians are overly…
This test could reveal the health of your immune system
The team members used machine learning to find correlations between these measurements and health, allowing them to create an immune health score for each of the volunteers. They call it…