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My wife, years ago, was at the Grand Central Oyster Bar when a mother and son sat beside her. The boy was about eleven—still a kid but seeming very grownup, sitting at the restaurant’s counter—and my wife was tuned to…
It’s past time the United States did some soul-searching and accept responsibility for exacerbating an unwinnable war in Afghanistan. This will require a rethink of Washington’s current handling of Afghanistan and indeed its entire view of the region. Steve Coll…
The White House spent the weekend defending sweeping new steel and aluminum tariffs it plans to impose within days, arguing that they’re vital to bringing down the US trade deficit. US allies spent the weekend threatening to retaliate. Now the…
During their search for flawless metallic glass – amorphous metal – scientists from the National University of Science and Technology MISIS (NUST MISIS) and Tohoku University (Japan) discovered a curious effect, with the potential to revolutionize the production of nanometals…
The reality show that is the Trump White House was the main attraction again this week – from a president’s feud with his attorney general to the exit of a communications director and drama over a son-in-law, all the way…
Trump’s surprise announcement of steep tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum may have been intended to help U.S. industry and hurt China, but the effect could be the opposite. A lot more Americans work in industries that use metal than…
