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Our favorite stories of 2021

The end of the year is always a good time for a bit of introspection and self-reflection. It also seems right to pause to celebrate some of the high points from a challenging year. We asked our writers and editors to look back over all the stories we published in 2021 and tell us whichContinue reading “Our favorite stories of 2021”

The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers https://t.co/sJoHDihKU0

The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers https://t.co/sJoHDihKU0 — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Dec 23, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 December 23, 2021 at 03:44PM via IFTTT

The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers

Less than three hours after a jury in Boston began deliberating the fate of Harvard chemistry professor Charlies Lieber, the verdict was in: he was found guilty on Tuesday of six felony counts, including false statements and tax fraud, that stemmed from his failure to disclose affiliations and funding from a Chinese university and talentContinue reading “The China Initiative’s first academic guilty verdict raises more questions than it answers”

Another tool in the fight against climate change: storytelling https://t.co/LsQyqCNLSu

Another tool in the fight against climate change: storytelling https://t.co/LsQyqCNLSu — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Dec 23, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 December 23, 2021 at 07:14AM via IFTTT

The US exports too much of its most valuable resource https://t.co/4IDvUel20D

The US exports too much of its most valuable resource https://t.co/4IDvUel20D — Lenore Albert (@LenoreAlbert19) Dec 23, 2021 https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js from Twitter https://twitter.com/LenoreAlbert19 December 23, 2021 at 07:14AM via IFTTT

From the archives

November 1960 From “Climate Control and the Oceans”: Without a clear picture of how the ocean overturns and with no accurate time scale for interaction with the atmosphere, oceanographers and meteorologists alike are at a loss to explain adequately the general mechanism of the earth’s climate. Now man, with his carbon-dioxide-producing industry, has become yetContinue reading “From the archives”