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It will take some time to know the full scope of the damage caused by Hurricanes Helene and Milton. Early estimates suggest Milton caused between $30 and 50 billion worth of insured losses; insurers in Florida could now be looking at their fifth straight year of losses above $100 billion. Analytics firm CoreLogic estimates that Hurricane Helene was responsible for between $20 and $30 billion of uninsured losses from flooding, which isn’t included in standard home insurance packages. Other kinds of loss are incalculable... Читать дальше...

It is a risky business to try to parcel American politics into periods, especially American conservative politics. As popular writers like Rick Perlstein or, more recently, John Ganz have noted, many of the most seemingly distinctive elements of the current era have deep roots. American nativism is as old as America, and from Goldwater and Reagan to stranger figures like Ross Perot, the character of the charismatic “outsider” who promises to come in and bust up the establishment, the Beltway consensus... Читать дальше...

Elon Musk, owner of Twitter (now X), has rallied to support Donald Trump’s 2024 candidacy. The New York Times highlights the outsize impact of this influence.

This story is the fourth feature in a Vox special project, Changing With Our Climate, a limited-run series exploring Indigenous solutions to extreme weather rooted in history — and the future. Last October, Aiyana James attended her first water potato harvest on the reservation of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe in northwestern Idaho. The weather was unusually […]

A roundup of the science Nobels, the latest COVID updates and the Europa Clipper launch delay.

Felipe Valdez is someone who took advantage of every possible opportunity at NASA, working his way from undergraduate intern to his current job as a flight controls engineer.  Born in the United States but raised in Mexico, Valdez faced significant challenges growing up.   “My mom worked long hours, my dad battled addiction, and eventually, school […]

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The Penguins close out a road trip on Monday night in Montreal, Quebec.

ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025 will take place from 23–27 June 2025 at the Austria Center Vienna, Austria. As this prestigious event approaches, now is the time to submit your abstracts for a chance to present your research on topics related to Earth observation from space, with a special focus on the theme: From Observation to Climate Action and Sustainability for Earth.

In last week's C&EN, this fascinating article (article by Puja Changoiwala):

Billy Adkison, 91, spent his life farming in East Texas; he never wanted to go to outer space. “I don’t want to be higher than pulling corn and lower than digging taters,” he told CT. All the same, he has watched the skies from his yard to catch a glimpse of the International Space Station Read more...

In his 1990 essay collection, Wendell Berry considered the question “What are people for?” The answer, in true Berry fashion, is a beautifully intricate web of answers that add up to human flourishing.  That flourishing is connected to the flourishing of the environment around us, and this answer also has deep theological roots. God’s promises in Read more...

In two years, the U.S. will mark its 250th birthday, and the left doesn’t seem to care—giving up on America’s symbols and its very meaning.

Can she say no?

A challenging puzzle.

Drawings from the October 21, 2024, magazine.

“Mother I searched for you / For seven nights / And could not find you.”

“In the darkest hour, stars are falling over water / And nothing sentient feels it / Except the mirror of the lake.”

Under the secret police’s new rules, officially, the word “yee-haw” no longer exists. Nor does the phrase “Watch me go!”

Jamie Lloyd, the very inked director of the new Broadway revival of “Sunset Boulevard,” gets a new tattoo inspired by the show.

In “The Message,” Coates counsels against myth but proves susceptible to his own.

“Why do you keep showing me pictures of Obama?”

Readers respond to Anna Wiener’s profile of the bicycle designer Grant Petersen, Margaret Talbot’s piece about Pamela Harriman, and Jackson Arn’s piece about Claude Monet.

At his new flagship store in SoHo, the British billionaire and vacuum magnate celebrates futuristic headphones and mushroom-enhanced hair-styling products.

The musician, a Charli XCX and Billie Eilish collaborator, throws a thirty-six-hour live-streamed party for his new album, “What’s Wrong with New York?”

“The Burning Earth,” “The Notebook,” “Enlightenment,” and “The Sequel.”