China’s ruling Communist Party ousted an outspoken and prominent property tycoon who denounced the country’s authoritarian leader, Xi Jinping, paving the way for his criminal prosecution and increasing his efforts to quell dissent among the elite. The party announced the expulsion of the tycoon, Ren Zhiqiang, on Thursday night, and …
Read More »
Major League Baseball in Buffalo, New York? Naturally. Not long after the Toronto Blue Jays nomads announced Triple-A as their temporary home on Friday, Michael Billoni began to wonder who Roy Hobbs of the club might be. “Fortunately, it is (Vladimir) Guerrero Jr. who will hit the ball on Oak …
Read More »
Postdoctoral fellow Catherine Dielemen, associated with Merritt Turetsky’s research group, uses an ice probe to determine the location of the surface permafrost below the soil surface in the interior of Alaska. Credit: Merritt Turetsky Alaska is getting wetter. A new study details what that means for the permafrost that underlies …
Read More »
Postdoctoral fellow Catherine Dielemen, associated with Merritt Turetsky’s research group, uses an ice probe to determine the location of the surface permafrost below the soil surface in the interior of Alaska. Credit: Merritt Turetsky Alaska is getting wetter. A new study details what that means for the permafrost that underlies …
Read More »
Finally, we witnessed a meaningful full day of baseball. The overwhelming majority of Major League Baseball teams (the Yankees and Nationals were out after Thursday’s first game) played a regular-season game on Friday for the first time since September 29, 2019. It felt so good to see the best players …
Read More »