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Is the year ahead China’s time to pounce?
In the past year, China has positioned itself as a reliable, flexible alternative to the tariff-heavy US. China’s Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) has evolved to focus on smaller, high-impact projects. As the world’s leading supplier of clean tech, China is driving the global green transition. The 2026 edition of The Economist’s annual ‘The World Ahead’ report was released online on 10 November 2025.
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Diez cosas que cambiarán el mundo en el 2025
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Diez cosas que cambiarán el mundo en el 2025
Parece apropiado que las Naciones Unidas hayan designado 2025 como el año de la ciencia y la tecnología cuánticas. Y es que, como el gato de Schrödinger que (en un famoso experimento mental) se encontraba vivo y muerto al mismo tiempo dentro de una caja, 2025 ha estado planeando en una superposición de dos estados muy diferentes definidos por el resultado de las elecciones estadounidenses.
607. Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
We have always been a nation of drinkers — but now there are more daily users of cannabis than alcohol. Considering alcohol’s harms, maybe that’s a good thing. But some people worry that the legalization of cannabis has outpaced the research. (Part one of a four-part series.) SOURCES: Jon Caulkins, professor of operations research and public policy at Carnegie Mellon University. Yasmin Hurd, director of the Addiction Institute at Mount Sinai.
Is America Switching From Booze to Weed?
Episode Transcript On a recent Monday morning, we found ourselves up in the Berkshire Mountains, in the town of Sheffield, Massachusetts. There’s a dark gray building with a big front porch, right on Route 7. It is home to a retail shop called The Pass. It was pretty busy — especially for a Monday morning! — and the customers were happy to tell us why they were buying what they were buying. WOMAN: It helps me with pretty much everything. Get through the day, wake up, eat, my anxiety.
Human Nature and Potato Salad
Many have sung songs of change, from Charles Bradley to David Bowie to Tupac Shakur. The pace of social and economic changes—and the way they make us feel—is the subject of constant debate. Jonah is joined on today’s episode by Tom Standage, a historian and the deputy editor of The Economist, to make the case that rapid change caused by innovation is nothing new in the annals of history.
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LA Auto Show and the future of cars - Rashmee Roshan Lall
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LA Auto Show and the future of cars
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The Economist: Metrics to keep an eye on in 2024, from solar cells to superhero movies Original
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Here is a selection of noteworthy metrics that are worth keeping an eye on in 2024, from solar-cell technology to superhero movies. Some are merely fun — while others are potentially world-changing. Will the cost of launching things into orbit fall further? The cost of launching things into space has plunged over the past decade, a direct consequence of the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX, the rocket-launch company founded by Elon Musk.
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The West Australian
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Una revolución
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Beatlemania in America
When The Beatles arrived in postwar America, Beatlemania swept the nation as hysterical girls flocked to the band and young men grew out their hair. In this book Andrew Hunt explores this wildly enthusiastic fandom from the bottom-up. Showcasing oral histories, fan magazines, club newsletters, newspapers and personal memoirs, he uncovers The Beatles' fan culture from the perspective of Beatlemaniacs, Beatlephobes and ordinary Americans to understand the impact it had on society at large.
It's a Wonderful Life
Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life is one of the best-loved films of Classical Hollywood cinema, a story of despair and redemption in the aftermath of war that is one of the central movies of the 1940s, and a key text in America's understanding of itself. This is a film that remains relevant to our own anxieties and yearnings, to all the contradictions of ordinary life, while also enacting for us the quintessence of the classic Hollywood aesthetic.
Practitioner Agency and Identity in English for Academic Purposes
This book provides an insightful series of windows into the identity of the English for Academic Purposes (EAP) practitioner in a range of cultural contexts across the world. With contributions from Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Singapore, South Africa, the UK, and Zimbabwe, each chapter combines theoretical underpinnings with practical applications, and implements suggestions and recommendations for how EAP teachers' roles can be taken forward.
The best books for cocktail lovers
The New York Times Bestseller “There aren’t many books this entertaining that also provide a cogent crash course in ancient, classical and modern history.” ―Los Angeles Times Beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea, and Coca-Cola: In Tom Standage’s deft, innovative account of world history, these six beverages turn out to be much more than just ways to quench thirst.
Người tiền sử đã tạo ra bia như thế nào
Kể từ khi loài người "hiện đại về mặt giải phẫu", hay Homo sapiens xuất hiện ở châu Phi cách đây 300.000 năm, nước là thức uống căn bản của nhân loại. Một thứ chất lỏng căn cơ, chiếm 2/3 cơ thể con người, và không sự sống nào trên Trái đất có thể tồn tại mà không có nó. Nhưng với bước chuyển từ lối sống săn bắt - hái lượm sang định canh định cư, con người dần phụ thuộc một loại thức uống mới bắt nguồn từ lúa mạch và lúa mì, những loại cây ngũ cốc đầu tiên được chủ động gieo trồng.
Access to Justice in Rural Communities
Description This book offers insight on access to justice from rural areas in internationally comparable contexts to highlight the diversity of experiences within, and across rural areas globally. It looks at the fundamental questions for people's lives raised by the issue of access to justice as well as the rule of law.
Syrian Gulag
Description An estimated 300,000 people have been detained or have died in prison since the Syrian uprising broke out. Syrians can be arrested for liking a post on Facebook or for the political activities of a distant relative. They are imprisoned without trial, and tortured and starved, often to death. This book is the first to expose the worst prisons in the Middle East, if not the world.
Meme Wars
Description A groundbreaking investigation into the digital underworld, where far-right operatives wage wars against mainstream America, from a masterful trio of experts in media and tech. Memes have long been dismissed as inside jokes with no political importance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Memes are bedrock to the strategy of conspiracists such as Alex Jones, provocateurs like Milo Yiannopoulos, white nationalists like Nick Fuentes, and tacticians like Roger Stone.
Queering Architecture
Featuring contributions from a range of significant voices in the field, this volume renews the conversation around what it means to speak of the 'queer' in the context of architecture, and offers a fresh take on the methodological and epistemological challenges this poses to the discipline of architectural theory. Architecture as a discipline, a profession and an applied practice, is always subordinate to its own conceptual framework, which is one of orderliness.
Lexicon of 2023: Predictions for phrases we’ll be using this year and why Original
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Martin Adams, Aryn Braun, Joel Budd, Tom Standage and Vijay Vaitheeswaran The Economist In 2020 and 2021 the world embarked on a crash course in epidemiology and vaccinology. Novel expressions such as “flattening the curve”, “viral load”, “spike protein” and “mrna vaccines” became part of the public discourse. Then in 2022, the war in Ukraine made it grimly necessary to learn new terms, such as “himars” and “counter-battery fire”. What terms of art will enter wider circulation in 2023?
By Martin Adams, Aryn Braun Verified, Joel Budd Verified, Tom Standage Verified, Vijay Vaitheeswaran
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The West Australian
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Unvorhersehbarkeit ist die neue Normalität
Die Welt in 2023: Ukraine, Rezession und Rachetourismus: Zehn Themen und Trends für 2023 Im kommenden Jahr muss die Welt mit vielen Themen zurecht kommen: Auswirkungen des Krieges, Inflation, Klimawandel, Energiekrise und der ungewisse Weg Chinas. Diese zehn Themen werden im nächsten Jahr besonders wichtig werden. Nach zwei Jahren, in denen die Pandemie alles beherrschte, ist es nun der Krieg in der Ukraine.
Ogarnij to: Słowniczek pojęć na 2023 rok
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rozwiń › Zielony, niebieski i brązowy wodór Wodór to bezbarwny gaz, który spala się czysto i wytwarza przy tym jedynie parę wodną. Mimo że jest najobficiej występującym pierwiastkiem we wszechświecie, na Ziemi rzadko pojawia się w czystej postaci. Niektóre metody wytwarzania czystego chemicznie wodoru są znacznie brudniejsze od innych - dlatego energetycy używają różnych kolorów do ich identyfikacji.
By Joel Budd Verified, Aryn Braun Verified, Vijay Vaitheeswaran, Tom Standage Verified, Martin Adams
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Ogarnij to. Słowniczek pojęć na 2023 rok
Zielony, niebieski i brązowy wodór Wodór to bezbarwny gaz, który spala się czysto i wytwarza przy tym jedynie parę wodną. Mimo że jest najobficiej występującym pierwiastkiem we wszechświecie, na Ziemi rzadko pojawia się w czystej postaci. Niektóre metody wytwarzania czystego chemicznie wodoru są znacznie brudniejsze od innych - dlatego energetycy używają różnych kolorów do ich identyfikacji.
The Vanquishers
Description In the world of the Vanquishers, vampires were history . . . until now. "A sharp vampire tale full of bite, heart, and humor." --Rena Barron, author of the Maya and the Rising Dark series "Boog and her friends will capture your heart in an instant." --Mark Oshiro, author of The Insiders Malika “Boog” Wilson and her best friends have grown up idolizing The Vanquishers, a group of heroic vampire hunters who wiped out the last horde of the undead decades ago.
The Victorian Internet
The Victorian Internet by Tom Standage Although it has now faded from view, the telegraph lives on within the communications technologies that have subsequently built upon its foundations: the telephone, the fax machine, and, more recently, the Internet. And, ironically, it is the Internet — despite being regarded as a quintessentially modern means of communication—that has the most in common with its telegraphic ancestor.
Mesozoic Art
Description Showcases the work of twenty leading paleoartists who expertly bring these extinct animals to life in exquisite detail. Dinosaurs are endlessly fascinating to people of every age, from the youngest child who enjoys learning the tongue-twisting names to adults who grew up with Jurassic Park and Walking with Dinosaurs. As our knowledge of the prehistoric world continues to evolve and grow, so has the discipline of bringing these ancient worlds to life artistically.
Dirtbag, Massachusetts
Description INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER INSTANT USA TODAY BESTSELLER “The best of what memoir can accomplish...
Education, Migration and Development
This open access book critically explores how education, migration and development intersect and interact to shape people, communities, societies, ideas, values, and action at local, national and international levels. Written by leading scholars and practitioners from across the globe, the book introduces the reader to how such interactions play out through a series of illustrative case studies drawn from scholarship and empirical research conducted in the global South.
Your Boss Is an Algorithm
Description What effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book provides a compass to navigate this technological transformation as well as the regulatory options available, and proposes a new map for the era of radical digital advancements.
Critical Race Theory and Jordan Peele's Get Out
Description This book provides a concise introduction to critical race theory and shows how this theory can be used to interpret Jordan Peele's Get Out. It surveys recent developments in critical race studies and introduces key concepts that have helped shape the field such as Black masculinity, white privilege, the Black body, and miscegenation.
Global Health Watch 6
You must sign in to add this item to your wishlist. Please sign in or create an account Description Global Health Watch (GHW), now in its sixth edition, provides the definitive voice for an alternative discourse on health. It integrates rigorous analysis, alternative proposals and stories of struggles and change to present a compelling case for the imperative to work for a radical transformation of the way we approach actions and policies on health.
The Saturday Evening Post
Weekly Newsletter The best of The Saturday Evening Post in your inbox! On July 1, 1914, an enterprising motorist named L.P. Draper picked up a man waiting at a streetcar stop in Los Angeles, took him a short distance in his Ford Model T, and charged him a nickel for the ride. At the time, streetcars in most American cities had a flat fare of five cents, so Draper’s passenger was simply paying the going rate.
Does it make sense to categorise people by generation?
Book review of The Generation Myth: Why When You're Born Matters Less Than You Think Topics BOOK REVIEW https://mybs.in/2ZjkjXg THE GENERATION MYTH: Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think Author: Bobby Duffy Publisher: Basic Books Price: $30 Pages: 272 Why is it that making sweeping generalisations about people on the basis of gender, race, sexuality or nationality is unacceptable, but stereotyping them based on arbitrarily defined “generations” is totally fine?
Does It Make Sense to Categorize People by Generation?
Nonfiction Bobby Duffy questions generational stereotypes, like that millennials are self-absorbed snowflakes.Credit...Remo Casilli/Reuters Dec. 8, 2021, 4:14 p.m. ET THE GENERATION MYTH Why When You’re Born Matters Less Than You Think By Bobby Duffy Why is it that making sweeping generalizations about people on the basis of gender, race, sexuality or nationality is unacceptable, but stereotyping them based on arbitrarily defined “generations” is totally fine?
Perspective on the road ahead from a long look in the rear-view mirror
Where we've been can help instruct us regarding where we're headed | Larry Edsall photo Despite what we were taught as we read Johnny Hart’s B.C. cartoon strips in our daily newspapers, a cavemen named Thor did not invent the wheel. Nor did the Egyptians, Chinese or Mesopotamians, writes Tom Standage in A Brief History of Motion. So who invented the wheel?
Modernism, Theory, and Responsible Reading
Description Introducing readers to a new theory of 'responsible reading', this book presents a range of perspectives on the contemporary relationship between modernism and theory. Emerging from a collaborative process of comment and response, it promotes conversation among disparate views under a shared commitment to responsible reading practices.
A BRIEF HISTORY OF MOTION
Liam Gerrard revs up for a fast-moving narration to take listeners on Tom Standage's tour of automobiles and their place in our lives. Gerrard becomes impassioned as he recounts the hostile sentiments that people felt toward early motorists. He puts a salesman's enthusiasm into the story of how Henry Ford's Model T expanded car ownership.
Meet the Real-Life Inspiration Behind “Mr. Toad”
Bertha Benz’s road trip in 1888 had been witnessed by bemused onlookers numbering a few dozen at most. Huge crowds turned out to see the grand car races of the 1890s. By the turn of the century, dozens of manufacturers in Europe and America were selling thousands of cars to wealthy enthusiasts, who were starting to make regular use of them on public roads.
We have hit "peak car"
Car production may never exceed its level in 2017. Car usage has been falling in Western countries, particularly in cities. Ride-hailing and public transit likely are the future of transportation. The following is an excerpt from the book A Brief History of Motion. In the 2020s there are clear signs that enthusiasm for cars is finally waning.
Books That Cover Two Human Constants: Time and Motion
Nonfiction Bertha Benz, back seat, left and facing forward, in a Benz-Viktoria. In 1888 she surreptitiously took her husband’s prototype Motorwagen and drove 65 miles from Mannheim to Pforzheim to see her mother.Credit...National Motor Museum, via Getty Images Aug.
Why weren’t cars electric from the start?
(The first one.) Alice H. Ramsay, the first woman to drive across the United States, did so on gas. Library of Congress Slate has relationships with various online retailers. If you buy something through our links, Slate may earn an affiliate commission. We update links when possible, but note that deals can expire and all prices are subject to change. All prices were up to date at the time of publication. Excerpted from A Brief History of Motion: Fromthe Wheel, to the Car, to What Comes Next.
We have hit "peak car"
The Present — People are driving less. This trend is expected to continue. Key Takeaways Car production may never exceed its level in 2017. Car usage has been falling in Western countries, particularly in cities. Ride-hailing and public transit likely are the future of transportation. The following is an excerpt from the bookA Brief History of Motion. In the 2020s there are clear signs that enthusiasm for cars is finally waning.
The Lost History of the Electric Car
In the 1890s, the biggest cities of the western world faced a mounting problem. Horse-drawn vehicles had been in use for thousands of years, and it was hard to imagine life without them. But as the number of such vehicles increased during the 19th century, the drawbacks of using horses in densely populated cities were becoming ever more apparent. Read Full Article »
A Brief History of Motion by Tom Standage
From the New York Times bestselling author comes a timely and illuminating history of personal transportation, and how it has transformed the world we live in. Beginning around 3,500 BC with the wheel, and moving through the eras of horsepower, trains and bicycles, Tom Standage puts the rise of the car - and the future of urban transport - into a broader historical context. Our society has been shaped by the car in innumerable ways, many of which are so familiar that we no longer notice them.
A Brief History of Motion
Publisher Description From the bestselling author of A History of the World in 6 Glasses, an eye-opening road trip through 5,500 years of humans on the go, revealing how transportation inevitably shapes civilization. Tom Standage's fleet-footed and surprising global histories have delighted readers and cemented his reputation as one of our leading interpreters of technologies past and present.
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Coffee & Tea Books to Read
The Blue Bottle Craft of Coffee Growing, Roasting, and Drinking, with Recipes by James Freeman and 2 more One of the country's most celebrated roasters explains how to choose, brew, and enjoy the new breed of artisan coffees at home, along with 40 inventive recipes that incorporate coffee or taste good with a cup.Blue Bottle Coffee Company has quickly become one of America’s most celebrated roasters.
What Does the Advent of Horseless Carriages Portend for Our Driverless Future?
Secret History of the Future What can the advent of horseless carriages a century ago tell us about our driverless future? By Tom Standage and Seth Stevenson Sept 26, 20186:00 AM Listen to Secret History of the Future via Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. The first pedestrian killed by a car in the Western Hemisphere was on New York’s Upper West Side in 1899.
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