Rarely in American politics has a leading presidential candidate made such grave accusations about a rival: warning that he is willing to violate the Constitution. Claiming that he is eager to persecute political rivals. Calling him a dire threat to democracy. Those arguments have come from President Biden’s speeches, including his forceful address on Friday,…
There was the time last winter when President Biden was awakened at 3 a.m. while on a trip to Asia and told that a missile had struck Poland, touching off a panic that Russia might have expanded the war in Ukraine to a NATO ally. Within hours in the middle of the night, Mr. Biden…
If you enjoy science fiction, you might have heard of nuclear fusion. In the real world, fusion is what powers the sun. In some sci-fi tales, humans in a far-flung future have learned how to wield fusion for an end-all, be-all source of energy — one that is abundant and does not pollute the environment…
Better smartphone cameras have helped, as have inexpensive macro-lens attachments and the ubiquity of wireless internet access. Birders who have mastered some of the world’s nearly 11,000 bird species have been drawn to the all-inclusive nature of iNaturalist, where they can also tackle the roughly 900,000 named species of insects, say, or the 377,990 species…
With an annual summit next month, the United Nations assessed progress on countries’ past emissions commitments. Severe disruption would be hard to avoid on the current trajectory.