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The Operating Room Where Anesthesia Was First Demonstrated Is Now a Landmark. But for the Men Who Claimed Credit, There Was Much Misery
Medical procedures used to be a scream-filled endurance test until doctors at this Boston institution learned to tame the pain of patients Photographs by Ty Cole Text by Douglas...
The U.S. Needs a Commission of Inquiry into State Capture
Plus, we already have the infrastructure to staff such a nonpartisan Commission of Inquiry: inspectors general. Across the country, inspectors general like myself serve as independent watchdogs who investigate,...
Maine Democrats Pick Graham Platner, Scandals and All, to Take On Susan Collins
But, boy, if this isn’t a potential self-own, I don’t know what is. In my conversations around Washington, the mood among Democrats is something close to a hostage situation. In...
Trump Administration Moves to Strip Citizenship From 17 People
The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the latest action on Monday, accusing the 17 Americans of “serious offenses — including sexual abuse of a minor, wire and bank fraud,...
'Stupid Hot': Heat Waves Muddle the Minds of Animals and Humans as Confusion and Aggression Seem to Rise With the Temperature
Wide-ranging research suggests that as temperatures increase, some creatures pick fights while others struggle to learn. The findings hint at consequences that may ripple through ecosystems Source link
In the Early 1900s, a Young Ecologist Shot a Wolf and Watched the Life Leave Its Eyes. That Changed His Position on Conservation
Aldo Leopold’s writing reconsidered the place of humans in the natural world and challenged people to be less a conqueror of the land and more a citizen of it...
A Blip on a Telescope in a Colorado Parking Lot Bolstered a Space Mission That Has Found Thousands of Planets … and Counting
America at 250: The Revolutionary Spark A Smithsonian magazine special report The Kepler telescope changed how we saw the sky. It’s just one of the devices we’ve sent out...
Why Poland Has Been Left ‘Dazed and Confused’ by the Trump Administration
Poland is among America’s most loyal allies, a bulwark of European security, and the rare NATO nation that has escaped the wrath of President Donald Trump. But the last...
Five Things We Learned From the U.K. Government’s New Release of Mandelson Files—and How Trump Is Mentioned
The U.K. government released a second batch of files containing more than 1,500 pages on Monday relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the U.S.Mandelson took...
Trump’s Name Won’t Be Coming off the Kennedy Center Just Yet, Despite Court Order
Trump claimed the center is 'rusted' and 'bug infested' Burgum said in the CNN interview that the refurbishment launched by Trump was badly needed, claiming that “the structural integrity...
