The artist on her creative process and finding inspiration among artistic friends. By Françoise Mouly, Art by Nicole Rifkin
For the developing world, refrigeration is growth. In Rwanda, it could spark an economic transformation.
The U.S. climate bill, along with a parallel initiative in Europe, could reshape global energy. Plug Power, Sunrun, and other companies could make the most of the new opportunities in renewables.
UP AND DOWN WALL STREET
Andrew Bary
UP AND DOWN WALL STREET
Andrew Bary
UP AND DOWN WALL STREET
Andrew Bary
THE TRADER
Joe Light
Featuring Zadie Smith, @parislees, @lindasgrant, @TulipSiddiq, @DJYodaUK, @iNikeshPatel, @theJeremyVine, Sarah Waters & more.
In this week’s issue: How the healing power of silence can improve our mental and physical health.
Death’s-head moths correct course based on an internal “compass,” a new study finds, revealing insights into how insects traverse such long distances during seasonal migrations.
Logistical and ethical challenges are complicating the design of efficacy studies
U.S. Title IX law update requiring mandatory reporting of sexual misconduct would cause harm, they say
Long magnetic lull mimics Maunder Minimum, when sunspots largely disappeared 400 years ago
University of Delaware finding vindicates whistleblowers
Star formation after the big bang appears much faster than models had forecast
Read that research and more this week in Science. https://fcld.ly/zebukkw
How British and American secret services have collaborated
Contemporary philosophy|Book Review
Do different perspectives lead to scientific progress?
Natural history|Book Review
The extraordinary variety of animals’ sensory worlds
Diaries|Book Review
Dora Wordsworth’s journal of her father’s German tour
Our new issue is now online, featuring @_jamesmeek in southern Ukraine, @GeoffPMann on economic degrowth, @jonathancoe on esoteric 70s TV, @KasiaBoddy on Donald Barthelme, @KathleenJamie on bird flu and a cover by Helen Napper.
Read more: http://lrb.co.uk
There’s something about the Lake District – something that sparks the imagination and soothes the soul. A picture-perfect expanse of rugged peaks, placid waters and rolling farmland, neatly divided by dry-stone walls and dotted with stone-built villages, northwest England’s Lake District has the double accolade of being both a UNESCO World Heritage Site and a National Park.
