2015年1月18日 星期日

2015-01-19 U.S. Spotlight


New York Times
   
Is a Climate Disaster Inevitable?   
New York Times
OUR galaxy, the Milky Way, is home to almost 300 billion stars, and over the last decade, astronomers have made a startling discovery — almost all those stars have planets. The fact that nearly every pinprick of light you see in the night sky hosts a family of ...


   


Inside Obama's middle class tax plan   
PBS NewsHour
President Obama will reportedly unveil a plan to offer tax relief for the middle class during his State of the Union address on Tuesday night. The plan would be paid for by increasing taxes the rich pay on investments and inherited property. For more, Carol Lee ...


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National Geographic
   
From Campfire to Haute Cuisine: How Food and Flavor Drove Human Evolution   
National Geographic
Our ancient instincts tell us to eat to survive: Even when dining at a refined restaurant, like this one in Dallas, actually we're just animals devouring a kill. Photograph by Brian Finke, National Geographic. Picture of the cover of the book entitled Tasty by.

   


New York Times
   
In Portugal, a Land Finely Aged Like Wine   
New York Times
The surprising thing about touching down at Lisbon Airport is how fast, heading south in a car, you find yourself transported into deep countryside. I arrived on a mild October morning, was met there by my old friend Martin Earl, and within a few minutes was ...


   


PBS NewsHour
   
Clinton's allies guide her toward moderate economic approach   
PBS NewsHour
Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton speaks on “Smart Power: Security Through Inclusive Leadership” at Georgetown University in Washington Dec. 3, 2014. As people continue to speculate if Clinton will run for president in 2016, those closest to her ...


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Wired
   
Crowdfunded Magazine Celebrates Queer Science Fiction   
Wired
The sci-fi world is periodically roiled by complaints that various groups are “destroying science fiction” by writing about their own identities and concerns at the expense of a strict focus on orbital mechanics. Last year Lightspeed magazine, published by Geek's ...


   


New York Times
   
At the Super Bowl of Linguistics, May the Best Word Win   
New York Times
PORTLAND, Ore. — “It is a solemn and important duty we have,” Allan Metcalf, a grandfatherly looking man, said into a microphone. He was standing in front of a crowd of the nation's top linguists, many of whom were still flooding into the already packed room ...


   


PBS NewsHour
   
McCain hopes to define legacy with national security post   
PBS NewsHour
U.S. Senator John McCain speaks to soldiers during a Christmas day visit on forward operating base Gamberi in the Laghman province of Afghanistan Dec. 25, 2014. As chairman of the powerful Senate Armed Services Committee, McCain is hoping to ...


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Entertainment Weekly
   
'Whitney' react: It's all about Bobby   
Entertainment Weekly
Angela Bassett's Whitney Houston biopic, titled Whitney, has been the subject of controversy since its beginnings—mostly thanks to the late singer's family objecting to the film. So Houston fans Ariana Bacle and Erika Berlin watched the Lifetime movie ahead ...


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National Geographic
   
American's Bid to Take Home Rhino Head Stokes Hunting Debate   
National Geographic
An American hunter has paid $350,000 for the right to kill an endangered black rhino in Namibia, like this one. Photograph by Frans Lanting, National Geographic. Brian Clark Howard. National Geographic. Published January 16, 2015. Is an American hunter ...


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