2014年11月12日 星期三

2014-11-13 U.S. Spotlight

  New York Times   
Our 'Mommy' Problem  New York Times
WHEN I hear someone telling an expectant mother that having a baby will turn her into a new person, I can't help but imagine a pathologically optimistic weather forecaster brightly warning that an oncoming tornado is about to give a town “an extreme ...


   


10 Ways Introverts Interact Differently With The World  Huffington Post
Introverts and extraverts may seem the same on the surface, but if you look at the way they respond to life's everyday occurrences, differences begin to emerge. Last month, for example, Science of Us writer Melissa Dahl reported on findings from psychologist ...


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Why U.S. and China agreed on climate change action – Part 2  PBS NewsHour
The U.S. and China reached a historic agreement to drastically curb carbon emissions after months of secret talks. Will either side be able to deliver on the pledge? Michael Oppenheimer of Princeton University speaks with Gwen Ifill about the pressures that ...


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  New York Times   
Climate Tools Seek to Bend Nature's Path  New York Times
A playground in Arnhem, the Netherlands, with a surface of olivine, a green-tinted mineral that takes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Credit Jasper Juinen for The New York Times. Continue reading the main story. Continue reading the main story.

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  National Geographic   
3 Obstacles Ahead for Surprise US-China Climate Deal  National Geographic
A woman wears a mask as protection against heavy haze and smog in Beijing in October 2014. Photograph Kim Kyung-Hoon, Reuters/Corbis. Wendy Koch. National Geographic. Published November 12, 2014. A surprise U.S.-China climate deal to cut ...


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  Slate Magazine (blog)   
All Your Questions About Interstellar, Answered.  Slate Magazine (blog)
Interstellar, as everyone has noted, is a stupendously ambitious movie. It's also pretty complicated—and not just because of the science involved. If you're like us, you probably walked out of the theater with a bunch of questions. We try to answer a number of ...


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  Examiner.com   
Was UFO abduction of car captured on eerie security video on desolate street?  Examiner.com
UFO comes down and zips away car? Or is this a few frames skipped and headlights looking like an explosion of light. YouTube/Parnormal Frequency. Was an entire car abducted by a UFO or was the car just flashed off the face of the Earth with the explosion ...


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  Entertainment Weekly   
15 maddening 'Interstellar' plot holes  Entertainment Weekly
You just saw Interstellar. You have questions. It's almost impossible to watch Christopher Nolan's space epic without having one or two. Below are a bunch. About half of these could be considered plot holes. Others are more like plot contrivances, things that ...


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  Mashable   
Why scientists are in a love-hate relationship with 'Interstellar'  Mashable
Interstellar, which follows a group of astronauts who go through a wormhole in an attempt to find a new habitable planet to save mankind, is playing in no less than six different formats at theaters across the United States. See also: 'Interstellar': A Movie as ...


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  National Geographic   
The Race to Save Architecture in Myanmar's Biggest City  National Geographic
As the nation opens up, preservationists are rushing to document and retain cultural icons from old Yangon. A photo of a view of downtown Yangon showing the Sakura Tower, the tallest building. Sakura Tower, downtown Yangon's tallest building, ...


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