In memoriam: Martin Amis, author of bleakly comic novels, dies at 73
Amis published 15 novels, a well-regarded memoir (“Experience,” in 2000), works of non-fiction, and collections of essays and short stories.
Tunisian politics: Been there, done that: Dictatorship dangers
18 May 2023 1:30 PMThe current president, Kais Saied, came to power democratically. After a populist campaign in 2019 in which he presented himself as an outsider who...
In search of an antidote for poisonous mushrooms
18 May 2023 9:30 AMAnd many scientists have tried to find a quick remedy. “There’s no antidote,” said Terrence Delaney, a plant biologist and mycologist at the...
In ancient Egypt, severed hands were spoils of war
17 May 2023 9:30 AMThe Hyksos are widely believed to have introduced the Egyptians to the horse and chariot, glass-working and all sorts of weaponry, including battle...
Erdogan’s grip on power loosened, not broken
17 May 2023 5:30 AMDespite a struggling economy, the disastrous earthquakes in February and Turkey’s drift toward one-man rule, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan was in the...
France’s far right: Adults in the room
16 May 2023 1:30 PMRecent polls showed that if last year’s head-to-head presidential election were held now, Marine Le Pen, the leader of the far-right Rassemblement...
With 62 newly discovered moons, Saturn knocks Jupiter out
15 May 2023 1:30 PM“They both have many, many moons,” said Scott Sheppard, an astronomer from the Carnegie Institution for Science in Washington, D.C. But Saturn...
Pandemic threat that hasn’t gone away
15 May 2023 5:30 AMLax lab safety procedures are a global problem. There should be uniform standards for biosafety for research that isn’t necessarily going to spark a...