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When I was a tiny human, my role models could have sat on a Comic-Con panel together. Bugs Bunny because he always got out of sticky situations. And Buffy the Vampire Slayer because, well, she slayed vampires. And that was really cool. Back then, I looked up to people because they were famous, that and the fact that they could fly and had mastered impressive tricks to defeat the bad guys. And while I’ve grown out of (most of) my childish understanding on what a role model could and should be (Buffy the Vampire Slayer is still pretty impressive), I was wondering earlier this week if we’ve...

Alien plants: The search for photosynthesis on other worlds Looking for signs of life in exoplanet atmospheres is fraught with uncertainty. But now that we can detect polarised light reflected directly off other worlds, we could spot unmistakable evidence of photosynthesis Life 5 May 2021 Stuart Mcreath PALM trees with crimson fronds sway in the breeze as waves lap at a shore warmed by an alien sun. Rock pools are lined with something kelp-like, blue lichens carpet every boulder and strange flowers spring from...

Print Edition: November 23, 2011 We’ve all seen the picket lines – the throngs of animal rights activists encamped outside the hallowed halls of Vogue’s New York offices, hurling cream pies at an unassuming, mink-clad Anna Wintour, and shouting such choice tidbits as “fur hag” and “furry devil.” Or how about the protestors bound to show up at any fashion show that dares use a hint of the f-word – often resulting in a somewhat funny scuffle with security. Oh, PETA, what would we do without your antics? Oh, fashion world, what would you do without fur? Now before someone nails ...

Recommendations from The Bookstore at the End of the World December 16, 2020 On a good year, everything about the publishing industry seems designed for anxiety: an author’s fear that they won’t be read or understood, a publisher’s hand-wringing about profits and losses; a publicist’s neurosis about shrinking review coverage; a reader’s sense of foreboding about the accumulating stacks on their tables and chairs and floors; a designer’s tension about kerning or whatever troubles designers anyway; and a bookseller’s limitless concern about all of the above, plus or minus the kern...

oil demands seen growing by less than 1% this year with rising prices and an economic backdrop straining the increases in demand. they warn tensions in the middle east and cuts have dented supply. we'll be speaking to the executive director of the iea. that's first on cnbc in just around 50 minutes' time. so we'll stay tuned for that. jackie. >> hey, becky. the fed says 15 of 19 u.s. banks have passed its latest stress tests, releasing the results two days early. that may have been forced by the fact that jp morgan announced around 3:00 p.m. time that it will pass and boost its divid...