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Новости за 16.12.2024

The New Yorker 

Laugh Lines

Can you guess when these New Yorker cartoons were originally published?

The New Yorker 

Yule Log Spiral Puzzle

Fill in the letters to finish decorating this wintry dessert.

The New Yorker 

On Goops and Slops

Two cartoonists dig into their food-texture issues.

The New Yorker 

With a Clip-Clip Here: Sewing Up Oz for “Wicked”

Paul Tazewell, a former wizard himself, commanded a staff of a hundred and forty people to dream up and sew the costumes that Ariana Grande, Cynthia Erivo, and company wore over the rainbow.

The New Yorker 

Letters from Our Readers

Readers respond to The New Yorker Radio Hour, Stephania Taladrid’s piece about maternal-care doctors leaving Texas, and James Somers’s article about teaching robots with A.I.

The New Yorker 

Bored Game

Traverse the morass of traffic, the sea of awkwardness, and the soup course to win the game.

The New Yorker 

The Sonic Youth Literary Canon Gets a New Entry

Thurston Moore, who has a memoir, “Sonic Life,” and is completing a novel, “Parsnip & Boomerang,” visits the Strand and discusses the band’s bookish leanings.

The New Yorker 

The Secret History of Risotto

The dish is governed by a set of laws that are rooted in tradition, rich in common sense, and aching to be broken or bent.

Chemjobber.blogspot.com 

C&EN: "University of Akron proposes cuts to polymer program"

Via C&EN, this grim news (article by Krystal Vasquez): 

Faced with a budget shortfall, the University of Akron (UA) is proposing to merge its department of chemistry; department of chemical, biomolecular, and corrosion engineering; and School of Polymer Science and Polymer Engineering and to cut up to 15 faculty positions across these disciplines.

If the the Ohio public research institution moves forward with the proposal as is, 10 of the cuts are slated to come from the polymer school... Читать дальше...