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Bradfield's pipedream: irrigating Australia's deserts won't increase rainfall, new modelling shows

For generations, Australians have been fascinated with the idea of turning our inland deserts green with lush vegetation.

The Conversation

Sam Bankman-Fried’s day in court is nearly here. Who are the key players in the blockbuster trial of the former CEO of FTX?

From Bankman-Fried to his parents, Joseph Bankman and Barbara Fried, to U.S. Attorney Damian Williams, meet the cast of the crypto news event of the decade.

Fortune

Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Vivek Ramaswamy’s 10 principles to become Trump’s successor

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

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Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Who is the GOP’s new darling, Vivek Ramaswamy?

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

The Independent UK

Ford's Theatre tickets from the night Lincoln was assassinated sell for $262,500

The two tickets match the marks of what's thought to be the only other used ticket from the night John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865.

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Margaret Henry obituary

Other lives: Film-maker and teacher who worked on documentaries that highlighted racial injustice

The Guardian - UK

Every player in Boston Celtics history who wore No. 4

Today's installment focuses on the 30 players who wore No. 4 over the years as of September 2023.

USA Today Sports Media Group

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Prehistoric women were hunters, too

Sex may not have determined prehistoric labor roles as once thought, which has stark implications for society today

Salon

A constitutional revolution is underway at the Supreme Court, as the conservative supermajority rewrites basic understandings of the roots of US law

In a 2006 episode of the television show “Boston Legal,” conservative lawyer Denny Crane asserted that he had a constitutional right to carry a concealed firearm: “And the Supreme Court is going to say so, just as soon as they overturn Roe v. Wade.”

The Conversation

Threats like AI-aided bioweapons confound policymakers - Roll Call

AI-generated biothreats are among risks that the White House, U.S. lawmakers and foreign officials are working furiously to prevent.

Roll Call

My fantasy of the American dream was nothing like the reality – so I came home to the UK

Inspired by films I watched as a teenager, I got myself admitted to university in Los Angeles. But then the fairytale soured, says broadcast journalist and film-maker Elaine Chong

The Guardian - UK

Nine things you need to know about cancer surge among under-50s

The factors suspected to be causing the rise, the most common types of cancer, and how to reduce your risk

The Guardian - UK

Teaching Notes on Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard

Michael Stokes Paulsen, Michael McConnell, Sam Bray, and I recently completed and posted the 2023 online supplement to our constitutional law casebook: The Constitution of the United States. (I shilled for the book earlier on this blog -- at the start of the Trump administration -- as "A new constitutional…

Reason

How Affirmative Action Lost at the Supreme Court

Preferential college admissions violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.

Reason

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The Independent UK

Scientists give verdict on Harvard professor’s claim of finding materials in sea from outside Solar System

‘None of the evidence’ presented is ‘sufficiently convincing’ to infer they are from outside the Solar System

Salon

Alien astrophysicist rebukes his critics

The "world's leading alien hunter" on his new book and his relentless search for extraterrestrial objects

The Conversation

Have we really found the first samples from beyond the Solar System? The evidence is not convincing

Avi Loeb, an astrophysicist at Harvard University in the US, has published a press release claiming that some of the 700 or so spherical metallic fragments (spherules) he recovered from the bottom of the Pacific Ocean, just off the coast of Papua New Guinea, are from beyond the Solar System.

The Independent UK

New book details Biden-Obama frictions and says Harris sought roles 'away from the spotlight'

A new book about Joe Biden portrays the president as someone whose middle-class upbringing helped foster a resentment of intellectual elitism that shaped his political career and sometimes caused strain with his onetime boss, Harvard-educated Barack Obama

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Evening Standard

Vivek Ramaswamy: The mini Trump making waves in the Republican contest

Broadly viewed as the winner of the Republican presidential debate, the ‘anti-woke’ tech bro has broken out from the GOP pack

Roll Call

Davis, Blunt named to Harvard fellowship program - Roll Call

Former Sen. Roy Blunt and former Rep. Rodney Davis were named to the Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics fellowship program.

Zenger

Ben-Gvir Cuts Police Ties With ‘radical Left’ Wexner Foundation

Israeli National Security Minister has instructed the Israel Police to immediately cut all ties with the U.S.-based Foundation.

The Independent UK

Highly principled libertarian or ruthlessly ambitious kook: Who is the GOP’s new darling, Vivek Ramaswamy?

‘I think if Donald Trump offered Ramaswamy the position of vice president, he would kill his own dog to have that job,’ Rick Wilson tells Gustaf Kilander

Ballotpedia

Examining BlackRock’s shift away from ESG

The Economy and Society letter is Ballotpedia’s weekly review of the developments in corporate activism; corporate political engagement; and the environmental, social, and governance (ESG) trends and events that characterize the growing intersection between business and politics.

The Guardian - US

Eminem demands Vivek Ramaswamy cease using his music on campaign trail

Rapper sends letter to Republican presidential hopeful objecting to candidate’s use of his song

USA Today Sports Media Group

On this day: Boston’s Saul Mariaschin born, Bevo Nordmann passes, Cs react to Blake shooting

On this day in 1924, former Boston Celtic Saul Mariaschin was born, Bob Nordmann passed away, and the team reacted to the killing of Jacob Blake.

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