Новости за 03.12.2024

You can now buy a pill over the counter, but a conservative backlash is promoting anti-contraceptive disinformation.

Worn by pin-ups and royalty, the print has long divided opinion – now it's back

From an underground speakeasy in Hong Kong to an American "cathedral of fried chicken", here are Dezeen's top 10 restaurants and bars of 2024. Two of the main trends in bar and restaurant interiors featured on Dezeen this year were sculptural designs, as seen in Stockholm's Persona restaurant, and natural materials, such as the firewood-clad

This episode Cathryn Naiker and Imman Adan play COD THE GAME SHOW. This week its ALL trivia and real scoring! Who will win? Play along at home and let us know how you did! Make sure to check all our Raptors podcasts; all Confederacy of Dunks episodes are available separately as well.

The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List (curated by Andrew Spaeth and myself) has 428 research/teaching positions and 65 teaching positions. 

Wilt Chamberlain may have been the highest jumping and fastest running seven footer of all time.

A legend proved true?

The Jaguar car brand faced renewed backlash over its “woke" modernist direction after designs for a new pink all-electric vehicle leaked online Monday.

Threat to accounting board is greatest since it was created in the wake of the Enron audit scandal, accounting veterans say

AppsFlyer's 2024 State of App Monetization report shows that gaming apps can often benefit from hybrid monetization models -- but not always.

Lago Vista City Councilmembers are heading to the White House to discuss the impact of Austin's growth on the city's water infrastructure and to seek funding for their water and wastewater expansion projects.

President Biden’s decision to pardon his son Hunter in his final full month in the White House is threatening to erode his legacy as he prepares to leave office. Biden is set to conclude his one term as president with a string of notable legislative achievements, a fundamentally strong economy and having navigated the end...

President Biden is facing blowback from his own party for his dramatic Sunday evening pardon of his son, Hunter Biden. A growing chorus of Democrats have raised their voices to object to the president’s action — an action he and his spokespeople had repeatedly stated he would not take. It’s easy to see why there...

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) on Tuesday rolled out a new proposal aimed at cracking down on data brokers selling Americans' sensitive information. Under the proposed rule, the agency said it seeks to ensure data brokers comply with existing privacy law by treating "them as “consumer reporting agencies." “Companies like the nationwide consumer reporting...

The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a lawsuit challenging Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming medical care for minors, a landmark case whose outcome could have wide-reaching implications for the future of transgender health care in the U.S. It marks the first time the justices will weigh in on the issue, which could impact laws passed by...

The move by President-elect Trump to tap several House Republicans to fill positions in his Cabinet and beyond has set off a fresh round of special elections next year to replace them. Trump chose Reps. Mike Waltz (R-Fla.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.) to be his national security adviser and U.S. ambassador to the United Nations,...

Oil and gas American investor Stephen Lynch hired Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP to lobby on commodity and energy transit infrastructure days before The Wall Street Journal reported he wanted to buy the Nord Stream 2 pipeline if it comes up for auction in a Swiss bankruptcy proceeding. Lynch called this “a once-in-a-generation...

Cervical cancer is one of the most common cancers among women worldwide, killing hundreds of thousands of people every year. But the disease is shrouded in stigma and silence that could be impacting the search for a cure — and endangering patients' lives. In the U.S. alone, about 11,500 people are diagnosed with cervical cancer...

Who is your breakout red carpet star of the year?

A look back at the year through hats, jackets, bags, sneakers, and at least one song designers couldn't stop thinking about.

According to this magical formula, laid out by psychologist John M. Gottman, the strongest relationships are based on a precise balance of positive and negative interactions.

Plus: All the winners and best moments you missed from this year’s Fashion Awards at Royal Albert Hall

Waking up on November 6, Americans found that the political status quo had once again been upset, thanks to the reelection of Donald Trump. In winning both the popular and electoral votes, Trump, the first convicted felon to be elected president, had defied political odds and the judicial system. In the days that followed, political commentators took stock of the tectonic shifts, prophesying that a second Trump term would be dramatically more polarizing. With Republicans in control of both houses of Congress... Читать дальше...

In Tony Tulathimutte’s debut novel, Private Citizens, Will, a computer programmer, wonders “whether masturbating to porn was an art form: not as ‘erotica’ or performance art, but as solitary pursuit of the sublime.” Surely, he thinks, “someone must have done it seriously, subtly, with literacy and flair, a masturbauteur.” Tulathimutte’s fiction teems with such figures, but if their self-pleasure is an art, it’s usually a baroque one—tragic, violent, or both. Will himself is eventually reduced... Читать дальше...

We were always single together.

Revisiting the need for police, four years after international Black Lives Matter protests