Independent Analysis and Reportage
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Engineers are using a unique test facility called the Wall of Wind to develop housing that’s both affordable and disaster-resistant. Their tests show the magnitude of the challenge.
Rocks deep underground can be used to hold heat until it’s needed.
Students from military families have specific experiences and needs that require support from their schools.
College faculties have become more diverse since the 1970s, but college faculty of color still often find that they feel marginalized among their peers.
A historian traces how Oil City brokers, then John D. Rockefeller, then futures exchanges decided what the world pays for crude – and why no one entity does today.
A custody battle over a newborn with a heart condition raised a question courts have rarely faced: Can anyone be forced to end a pregnancy?
An atmospheric scientist explains what’s been going on in the atmosphere, and how El Niño and the jet stream both play important roles.
Polanski came under pressure from within his party and beyond it.
Opt-out organ donation was meant to boost the supply of organs for transplant. New figures suggest that isn’t the case.
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COMMENTARY: By Ian Powell 27 February 1933 was a momentous turning point in German history; a lightning rod for what was to follow. It enabled Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party to quickly transition Germany from a formal democracy (Weimar Republic) to a fascist dictatorship (inspired by Benito Mussolini’s fascist takeover in Italy). On that
Military exercises are vital for joined-up defence. But they are also very expensive.