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Hey, Toyota—is everything, um, OK? Strapped into the new Toyota GR Corolla and sitting in pit lane awaiting our turn at a 2.1-mile section of Utah Motorsports Park’s wildly undulating road course, we felt slightly silly. Until now, we imagined, the only people who’d ever worn helmets inside a dealership-ready Corolla were unbalanced folks with visions of, well, something as absurd as a track-ready production Toyota Corolla. One such person is Toyota President Akio Toyoda. He’s been pushing the company’s Gazoo Racing (GR) subbrand, and he personally signed off on the final product. The result is the craziest showroom-spec Corolla hatchback ever built. Just how out of bounds is it? We can count on one hand the sporty Corollas sold here over the decades. It was long ago typecast as an anodyne, safe…

The projects and areas of expertise among the honorees who made the final cut are diverse. But they have this in common: All of these Great Disruptors are using technology in a way that is either already driving fundamental, transformative change in their field—typically, with measurable, real-world results—or has clear and demonstrable potential to do so. The other common denominator: All are motivated in their work by a genuine desire to do good—to help solve a problem of global proportions on their own smaller scale or to improve the lives of people and communities in need. They are passionate about their mission. And while their work is defined by often breathtaking science and technology, the truly critical X factor in their great accomplishment is their humanity. We hope you find their…

Ambition can feel like a dirty word in the era of quiet quitting and the Great Resignation. Many Americans have realized that an always-striving mindset can come at a cost to mental wellness; in an October report, the U.S. Surgeon General even named workplace mental health a new public-health priority in the wake of the pandemic. Research has also linked chasing extrinsic goals, like power, to anxiety and depression. But is abandoning your ambition outright the secret to inner peace? Not necessarily. Instead, research suggests, the key is harnessing your ambition for a goal that serves your well-being. “We want to make sure that our ambition is being directed in ways that we care about,” says clinical psychologist Richard Ryan, a leading motivation researcher. Striving is healthy only if “we do it…

THE U.S. NAVY PLANS TO EXPAND ITS submarine fleet at a cost of $200 billion, equivalent to the GDP of Ukraine. But as Republicans hotly debate ongoing military aid to Kiev, neither party has questioned the far more costly submarine program—allowing the Navy to conceal a startling fact about America’s submarine fleet. The Navy calls its submarines “the most lethal and capable force.” It is also the “silent service,” shrouded in secrecy, the nature of its operations closely guarded. The American attack submarine force—the “fighting” submarines—exist in order to pursue enemy submarines and ships, eavesdrop on adversaries and support operations by special forces. Hollywood productions like The Hunt for Red October have created the impression of submarines tracking the enemy while moving noiselessly under the sea, operating stealthily for months on…

Is the 2024 Cadillac Celestiq for real? This head-turning, all-electric superluxury sedan is longer than the brand’s Escalade SUV and priced in a stratosphere Cadillac has long only dreamed of returning to. To wit: Pricing will start above the $300,000 threshold, but customers can easily add up to $100,000 more via customization, all but guaranteeing no two owners have the same exact car. The mere fact Cadillac is producing the Celestiq is nearly as surprising as the vehicle itself, which fulfills a longstanding desire to build a proper flagship. An idea became a vision, then a concept car, and now a fabulous final-form four-door that brings to life almost all the gee-whiz features envisioned along the way. The Celestiq has an estimated 600 hp and 640 lb-ft of torque, a 0–60…

Our “Builder Basics” ship series uses Trumpeter’s 1/350 scale USS Independence littoral combat ship to demonstrate all the techniques you’ll need to complete a ship model. Earlier, in Part 1 you learned to assemble the tri-maran hull and other major components. Part 2 focused on adding details, both plastic and photo-etched metal. In this segment we’re off to the paint shop where we’ll have fun airbrushing various grays and using a lot of masking tape.…

Imagine a world where, when a person died, they took all their riches with them like the pharaohs of Egypt. If you consider biological material to be of value, this is not so far removed from modern reality, except that instead of gold and silver treasures being buried with us, it’s our nutrients. These riches we hoard in our graves are the mineral building blocks necessary for those still alive — the carbon in our skin, the iron in our blood and the calcium in our bones. These nutrients exist as finite, limited resources in the world. But conventional practices of embalming and cremation prevent their recycling, hindering our ability to give back that which we have attained from other living things. The average human weighs 136 pounds at the time of…

THE FOSSIL was heralded as the smallest dinosaur ever found. Named Oculudentavis and known from a skull encased in 99-million-year-old amber, the living animal would have been about the size of the smallest modern hummingbirds. Strange, then, that such a tiny fossil stirred the largest paleontological controversy of the year. From the time of the fossil’s March publication in Nature, outside experts were skeptical of the animal’s identity. The initial analysis by paleontologist Lida Xing and colleagues couldn’t pin down where Oculudentavis fit in relation to other dinosaurs; if anything, the fossil had characteristics that were both primitive and advanced for a dinosaur of its age. Rumors began to spread that there was a second specimen of the same animal that confirmed the creature’s identity as a lizard. Then, on July 22,…

Since my first trip to the United States, I’ve been fascinated with the Utah desert in the western part of the state. This interest led me to build a 23" x 40" diorama, shown above, that captures the classic Western landscape most people see only in the movies. The diorama is big enough to take nice photographs, yet small enough that I can easily store it when I’m not staging trains or taking pictures. Modeling Utah’s desert scenery proved to be a challenge, especially since I live more than 5,000 miles away in Switzerland. Capturing the various textures and colors, such as the sediment layers and sandstone color of the rock outcroppings, the sandy terrain, and the desert vegetation, required a mix of old and new techniques. I referred to photos…

Finishing the ends of a kumihimo project can be done in several ways, and each method serves three primary purposes: • Provide a secure and sturdy way to attach a clasp or closure so you can wear your piece • Prevent the braid from coming undone — ever • Conceal the end of the braid Most of the projects in this issue use one of the following three finishing methods. Get familiar with them now so you know how to proceed when it’s time to finish your braids. Glue and end cap with loops or a magnetic clasp Magnetic clasps are great for finishing kumihimo ropes. Most varieties have a magnet on one end and an opening on the other, which is where the end of the braid is inserted. End caps have an opening on…

Wade at night into the gently lapping surf at Boca Chica Beach, an undeveloped stretch of sand about 20 miles east of the Texas border town of Brownsville, and ahead you’ll see nothing but Gulf waters meeting sky—endless, dark but for the stars and languid whitecaps. A pensive, ancient view to make you feel small and the world enormous. Turn around and everything inverts. Beyond a smattering of working-class Latino families, gathered around bonfires and pickup trucks on the beach, looms something brimming with novelty, brightness, and ambition: the South Texas launch site for SpaceX, where one day a 400-foot rocket may leave Earth en route to Mars. Just 1,500 feet from the water’s edge, amid rolling sand dunes and acres of tidal mud flats, rises a launchpad of towering cranes and…

Conventional wisdom says that when passenger revenues begin to drop, all a railroad can do is go before the Interstate Commerce Commission and ask for a rate increase. It’s also commonly argued that empty trains, not low fares, are the prime reason for insufficient revenues. Out on the West Coast there is a railroad that takes the latter view. It is the Southern Pacific, and it is demonstrating that it is quite possible to operate luxury trains at low rates and, by keeping an eye on the expected loadings, to change the consist to that happy point where the train is comfortably crowded rather than half full. This cuts empty carmiles and allows SP to show an operating profit on these passenger operations. Of course, SP has an enviable setup for its…

Plus de cinq ans après le référendum, deux ans après l’accord de sortie du 17 octobre 2019 et près d’un an après le traité avec l’Union du 24 décembre 2020, le Brexit continue d’empoisonner la vie des Britanniques et leurs relations avec l’Europe, plus que jamais érigée en bouc émissaire. La mise en scène de conflits permanents avec l’Union, et en particulier avec la France, constitue en effet le dernier recours de Boris Johnson pour tenter de masquer les surcoûts et les désordres qu’il génère. Le Royaume-Uni se prépare à affronter un hiver du mécontentement comme il n’en a pas connu depuis les années 1970. La reprise de l’après-Covid a été fauchée par le Brexit. La croissance, qui était attendue à 7,2 % en 2021 après une récession historique de 9,9…

Joe Biden l’a trouvé sur son bureau à son arrivée à la Maison-Blanche. Tous les quatre ans, après chaque élection présidentielle aux États-Unis, le renseignement américain produit un rapport sur l’état du monde et fournit ses prévisions pour les deux décennies à venir. Dans sa version 2009, le rapport avait mis en garde contre une possible épidémie virale qui apparaîtrait en Extrême-Orient et qui se répandrait comme une traînée de poudre à travers la planète. L’édition 2021, qui vient d’être publiée en français (Éditions des Équateurs), souligne que la pandémie de Covid-19 a causé depuis un an « la plus forte perturbation mondiale depuis la Seconde Guerre mondiale ». Elle a amplifié et accéléré les effets de bouleversements profonds comme aucune autre génération n’a eu à en affronter en temps de…

BRIGHTON MARINA IS A real gem with outstanding potential and many different species just waiting to be caught. Add to this the ease of access along with fishing for all abilities and this is one venue not be missed. With 74 bays on the east arm and 26 on the west, there are an additional nine on the western extension, meaning the space available to fish is immense. The first bays start in shallow water, which are ideal for float-fishing among the rocks for the resident big bass. In addition, you have areas leading to the deepest parts of the marina where almost anything could be waiting to devour your baits. SEASONAL SPECIES The huge variety of species is amazing and ranges from rock-hugging blennies to much bigger species like smoothhounds, rays, bass…

PLAN FOR THE worst, hope for the best. If there was a MOTOR Performance Car of the Year coat of arms, this would be the motto. And as the skies over Oakleigh grew angry only the day before the start of PCOTY 2022, it looked like the former part of that saying would set the theme for this year’s event. But how do you prepare for a demonic storm cell descending on Melbourne’s eastern suburbs, aiming its gumball-sized hail right where a majority of our test fleet had been assembled? The answer is simple – scramble every able-bodied person in the office and pack 11 cars into a warehouse that, under normal circumstances, struggles to accommodate six. If you ever needed proof that the MOTOR team is handy behind the…

EVEN IF IT’S BEEN a while since health class, you likely know how estrogen impacts reproductive health. Its levels rise as we reach puberty; then each month it surges, causing the uterine lining to prep for a potential fertilized egg, and drops, kick-starting menstruation. As the years go on, levels ricochet up and down in perimenopause and drop at menopause. And along the way, estrogen gets blamed for breakouts and breakups, mood dips and weight gains. But what else does the hormone do? The better question may be “What doesn’t it do?” “Estrogen touches basically every cell,” says Jen Gunter, MD, a gynecologist and author of The Menopause Manifesto (Citadel, 2021). “Until recently, we didn’t recognize its importance beyond reproduction,” adds Elizabeth Poynor, MD, a gynecologic surgeon and founder of the…

L’expérience nous apprend qu’il est parfois plus aisé, pour faire campagne, de ne pas être candidat. Alors qu’il était seulement un écrivain en promotion, Éric Zemmour imposait ses clivages au reste de la classe politique, mais depuis qu’il s’est positionné sur la ligne de départ, c’est un autre non-candidat prétendu qui dynamite le débat public et prescrit les thèmes de la campagne. En assumant son « envie d’emmerder les non-vaccinés », Emmanuel Macron a remis le Covid au cœur des discussions; en pavoisant l’Arc de triomphe du drapeau bleu étoilé, il a imposé l’Europe comme l’un des principaux clivages de l’élection à venir. La manœuvre est efficace à défaut d’être subtile. L’Europe est la plus ancienne et solide conviction du président de la République, le domaine dans lequel sa légitimité est…

"We don't want to be one of those single-planet species; we want to be a multi-planet species,"– Elon Musk. We all must have wanted to visit the other planets and live among the stars every time we watched movies like Interstellar and Martian. What if that dream came true? Except that SpaceX will lead the mission of colonization, and you would be expected to travel to the new planet and live there while creating history. Elon Musk has the same dream, and he is undertaking all attempts to make that dream a reality. He is on his own mission to make humanity a multi-planet species. Elon Musk and SpaceX started the Mars initiative to make it easier to colonize Mars in the future. Parts of the MARS COLONIZATION MISSION include: 1 CREWED LAUNCH…

GRETA GARBO, who radiated sophisticated cultivation and psychic weariness on screen, in fact came from a working-class Stockholm family; she never even finished high school, because her father’s death left them in such dire circumstances that she had to go to work in a department store. As teenage Greta Gustaffson, she was so beautiful that the store management put her in an advertising short which captured the attention of the comic director Erik Petschler, who put her in his 1922 movie Peter the Tramp. She won a scholarship to a drama school, but Mauritz Stiller discovered her and gave her a major role in The Saga of Gösta Berling, his 1924 adaptation of Selma Lagerlöf’s Nobel Prize-winning novel. And then, after she’d appeared in The Joyless Street by the German…

Officially, HP’s Envy laptops are only its second-best consumer models, slotted between affordable Pavilions and flagship Spectres—but you’d never know it from looking at the new Envy 16. A desktop replacement that straddles the content creation and gaming segments, it’s available with a blazing Intel Core i9 processor and a snazzy OLED display, as well as luxuries like a 5-megapixel webcam. It’s neither cheap nor feather-light, and its midrange Nvidia graphics processor won’t satisfy fanatic gamers, but it’s an attractive all-around performer that costs hundreds less than a comparably equipped Dell XPS 15. Indeed, it’s impressive enough to replace the XPS 15 as our Editors’ Choice holder among premium creative laptops. PROS • Gorgeous 4K OLED touch screen • Fancy 5-megapixel webcam • Great performance and battery life • Robust GeForce RTX 3060 GPU CONS • A…

Difficulty rating Materials blue/gunmetal bangle 8¼ in. (21 cm) circumference, 2¼ in. (5.7 cm) inner diameter • 4 x 7 mm long magatamas (www.caravanbeads.com) -- 20 g color A (Miyuki 451, gunmetal) -- 20 g color B (Miyuki 283, noir-lined crystal AB) • S-Lon nylon cord (Tex 210, black) • S-Lon D nylon beading thread • Big Eye needle or cord stiffener • beading needles, #10 • kumihimo disk with 8 plastic bobbins and counterweight; or marudai with 8 tama and counterweight • chopstick and painter’s tape (if using a marudai) • 1 10 mm or larger split ring • pliers or hemostat • cord burner • super glue (optional) purple/cream/silver bangle colors • 4 x 7 mm long magatamas (www.caravanbeads.com) -- 14 g color A (Miyuki 1884, violet gold luster) -- 14 g color B (Miyuki 420, white pearl Ceylon) -- 14 g color C (Miyuki 1051, galvanized silver) red/orange…

Apple is in the midst of a two-year rollout of its own Mac processors, with the first Mac System on a Chip (SoC) blowing away expectations. The entire company’s consumer lineup is outfitted with the incredibly fast M1, and with the recent release of the M1 Pro and Max in the MacBook Pro, we got a taste of what Apple can do with its silicon to meet the performance demands that pro users put on high-end Macs. When it comes to pro Macs, however, the model that most readily comes to mind is the Mac Pro, Apple’s high-end workstation. What optimizations does the M1 Max have that will dictate the demise of the old Intel guard? One important battle will come down to the graphics processor, which is traditionally the most…

One of the major (and majorly controversial) changes in macOS Ventura is a redesign of System Preferences. It’s now called System Settings and it’s designed to better resemble the iOS Settings app. Apple’s desire to have more commonality between macOS and iOS is understandable, but the problem is that it’s now a chore to find the settings you need. The years of muscle memory developed by Mac users are out the window and it’s time to relearn where everything is. You can find most of the frequently-access preferences up front (Apple ID, Battery, Bluetooth, and Sound, for example). Others have been renamed to match the corresponding iOS setting, such as Security & Privacy, which is now Privacy & Security. But most notably, System Settings now uses a lot of subsections and lists,…

01 GREATEST JDM GEMS HONDA CL1 ACCORD EURO-R PRODUCED: 1997-2002 ENGINE: 2157cc, I4, N/A OUTPUT: 164kW/221Nm In the late ’90s Honda built the equivalent of a Civic Type R, but hid it in a sleek fourdoor Accord package. Fitted with the ‘red top’ version of the H22A engine which revved to 8000rpm, the Euro-R put its power to the ground via a five-speed manual transmission and helical Torsen limited-slip diff. Other standard equipment included Recaro seats, MOMO steering wheel, sports exhaust with 4-2-1 stainless headers, aluminium gear shift and sports suspension. We nearly chose the DC2 ITR sedan, but opted for the CL1 due to its lesser known status. 02 GREATEST JDM GEMS AUTECH NISSAN SKYLINE GT-R R33 SEDAN PRODUCED: 1998 ENGINE: 2568cc, I6, TT At the top of the JDM sleeper tree is the Autech GT-R sedan. Revealed at…

This wraps up the “Builder Basics” series for creating a fine ship model, no matter your experience level. In this final segment we put the emphasis on small details to give your ship a finished, realistic look. So far you’ve learned how to build the hull and other major components, add small parts and photo-etched (PE) metal that help detail modern ship kits, and then paint the vessel, after carefully and properly masking it. Now it’s time to paint tiny details and apply decals before adding the last of the parts, including PE metal railings.…

It was a crisp night in June, the sky bright from the light of the full moon. I stopped at a gas station to fuel up before heading to the hospital to see my father. Three months after heart surgery, his newly replaced valve had begun driving bacteria into his brain, causing multiple strokes. He was dying. Standing at the pump, I thought about how he would never visit our new home. How we would never dance together again. I paid for my gas, got back in the car and drove out of the gas station — with the nozzle still lodged in my tank. When I stopped the car, an onlooker who had watched the nozzle fly out of my car’s gas tank said smugly, “You’re lucky it snapped off.” I was…

The weather affects us all, every day. From governing the difference between life and death, to providing a conversation topic to fill awkward silences at a party, it is an ever-present and ever-changing part of life. This means that predicting it accurately is a hugely important task. In the UK, the Met Office is responsible for weather monitoring and prediction. Before a forecast can be put together, measurements from thousands of data recorders across the world are collected and analysed. Every day, around 500,000 observations are received, including atmospheric measurements from land and sea, satellites, weather balloons and aircraft. But, this is still not enough to represent the weather in every location. To fill in the gaps, the data is assimilated. This combines current data with what is expected, to provide the…

Around 225 b.c. a Greek engineer, Philo, produced a list of seven temata—“things to be seen”—that are better known today as the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World: the Pyramids at Giza; the Statue of Zeus at Olympia; the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus; the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus; the Colossus of Rhodes; the Pharos of Alexandria; and, most mysterious of all, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Many revisions of Philo’s list followed, and other sites were added and removed according to the tastes of the times. But the Philo seven have become canonical, a snapshot of the monuments whose size and engineering prowess awed the classical mind. Only the Pyramids at Giza (built in the mid third millennium b.c.) remains intact today. Although five of the others have disappeared, or are in…

FALLEN KINGDOM 2018 DIRECTING THE FIFTH INSTALLMENT IN THE Jurassic Park series, J.A. Bayona (A Monster Calls, The Impossible) might have had reason to worry—no filmmaker wants to retread old dinosaur stomping grounds. So, rather than rehash the past, he blew up the franchise’s tried-and-true formula. Literally. Penned by Derek Connolly and Colin Trevorrow, 2018’s Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom sees Isla Nublar destroyed by volcanic activity. The action shifts then to an enormous California estate, where the story’s human characters find themselves trapped indoors with a rampaging new terror, the Indoraptor. “The first half, you have a whole dinosaur movie on the island, so you have what you expect from a Jurassic movie,” Bayona told EW. “Then the second half moves to a totally different environment that feels more suspenseful, darker, claustrophobic…

Sentry hexmagstore.com Real Avid Gunnar Low-Profile Operator Belt The Sentry Gunnar is constructed from 1.75-inch nylon webbing. It features the trademark quick-release Cobra Buckle. The inner side holds the loop portion of the hook-and-loop system to allow you to quickly fasten it to the optional Inner Belt (which features the hook portion). The Gunnar’s outer side incorporates a MOLLE-style platform that’s fashioned from high-strength laminate and fully sewn into the belt so it’s sure to safely secure your preferred pouch configuration. $120 (+$5 XL, +$15 2X) Ammunition Pouch Sentry manufactures a complete line of handgun and rifle magazine pouches to accommodate mags in two and threes and a variety of stacking configurations. There are single, double, and double-stacked pistol pouches, an extended pistol pouch, double, single, and triple rifle pouches, and pouches for SR25/.308 mags. Constructed…

Catherine Nay a suivi le conseil de Françoise Giroud : un homme se jauge à ses chaussures. La qualité du cuir, l’état des semelles, des talons… Les grosses pointures de la Ve République n’ont aucun secret pour elle. Les politiciens au petit pied ? Très peu pour elle. La « reine Catherine » publie le deuxième tome de ses croquis de mémoire, pour reprendre le titre du chefd’oeuvre de Jean Cau. Elle suit un fil chronologique (1995-2017), mais sa perspective guide le lecteur. C’est le journalisme d’avant « Balance ton porc », l’écriture inclusive, la Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique et la cancel culture. Un métier qui se pratiquait aussi bien dans les salons de coiffure parisiens que dans un Falcon piloté par le député Olivier…

“When you can t take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to leave.” Master Kan As Shaolin monks go, Kwai Chang Caine faced the simplest of exit exams. When the pilot for the groundbreaking U.S TV show Kung Fu aired on February 22, 1972, Americans got their initial pop culture peek into Shaolin Temple. For many, it was their first introduction to Chinese philosophy, as well as some of the trappings and myths of Shaolin. But Caine’s snatching the pebble test was made up by Hollywood. Shaolin legend recounts a much more brutal graduation ceremony where the candidate had to face rigorous tests, and fight his way out against senior monks and sometimes even Shaolin robots. The Shaolin exit exam is a popular subject in films. Typically,…

I'M ON a locked psychiatric ward and I'm sitting in expressive therapy, which is a fancy name for arts and crafts with an occasional side of sobbing. Basically we sit at long tables like elementary school kids and draw or paint or write or sculpt, and then someone who honest to Gauguin went to school for this analyzes our work. “Ah, interesting,” this therapist says, studying Fred's pastel drawing of… something. I wait for it. I really like Fred. This is gonna be good. The therapist squints, pushes his glasses up his nose. There aren't even safety scissors in here, and they take our shoelaces and we can't have fullsize bottles of conditioner because, what? we'll drink it and have dangerously frizz-free intestines? I don't know. I do know I've stopped breathing…

Le 26e acte aura donc lieu à Glasgow. Le 25e s’était tenu à Madrid, en décembre 2019. C’était avant que le monde connaisse cette grande mise à l’arrêt, qui, on le constate aujourd’hui, a été sans effet sur le taux de CO2 présent dans l’atmosphère et sur la température mondiale, comme si les activités humaines, qu’elles soient intenses ou très réduites, n’avaient que peu d’importance. Les Cop, ces grands-messes climatiques et médiatiques (Cop signifie Conference of the Parties, les parties étant les 197 membres signataires de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques), se promènent un peu partout, mobilisant plus ou moins d’attention selon l’actualité du moment. La Cop21, en 2015, fut un moment intense, avec l’adoption de ce fameux “accord de Paris” (que personne ou presque n’a…

It really doesn’t get much more simple or relaxing than downtide fishing. Just drop your baited rig over the side and send it down to the seabed. Once it’s there, lift the rod and let your lead weight hit the bottom once more, then slacken off the drag so a big fish can take line if it needs too, put your rod in a rod holder and sit back – that’s it! It’s worth checking that your lead weight and rig are still holding fast on the seabed every now and then by lifting the rod tip and lowering it back down, feeling for the thud as the lead hits bottom. If your sinker isn’t holding, then simply let off a little more line until it does. If you’re still having…

We covered the ART 999 in the previous issue. These two popped up pretty soon after, so we’re assuming the 999 was somewhat of a success?! The 999 has been incredibly popular since the first day of its introduction, proving the design direction we’ve been pursuing for the ART range is certainly on target. The introduction of the 799 and 899 has further cemented the ART as the highest performance range on the market and is what our team riders want to ride across multiple foiling disciplines. Judging by the action shots we’ve seen, carving at speed seems to be quite the specialty for the ART lineup… The ART front wings carve incredibly well, and are happy when exposed above the water. But what is really exciting about the ART wings is the…

L’histoire se passe en 2016 ou 2017, à une époque où Catherine Deneuve n’a pas encore vendu Primard, son château normand. Il y a là quelques intimes et proches de l’actrice, le champagne rosé coule à flots, tout comme la verve de ce jeune homme à l’air juvénile, coupe saut du lit, qui parvient à prendre un air pénétré lorsqu’il lance ses diatribes contre le pouvoir. Juan Branco n’est pas encore l’avocat des Gilets jaunes et l’opposant virulent à Emmanuel Macron qu’il est devenu, mais il se considère déjà comme un homme du peuple. En attendant, sourit un convive passablement agacé, le voilà qui passe son week-end avec « les gens du monde »… C’est là tout le paradoxe de Branco. Il appelle les foules à se soulever contre un pouvoir…

In the News Hyundai doesn’t want you to call its Santa Cruz a pickup truck. Design Manager, Brad Arnold, puts it this way: “Everything, from its proportions to its lighting conveys that it’s not a truck, it’s a Santa Cruz.” The vehicle is said to share its definitely-not-a-truck bones with the Tucson SUV, similar to how Honda’s Ridgeline is related to the Pilot. This might make you double-check your safety chains! A Ford F-350 was found hanging over the railing of the Malad Gorge bridge on Idaho Interstate 84, connected to its trailer by only the safety chains. Rescuers were able to retrieve two dogs and two human occupants from the vehicle with non-life-threatening injuries. Self-proclaimed “Technoking of Tesla,” Elon Musk, left the 4x4 world with their mouths agape when the veil was…

Cheater’s Mac and Cheese Replacing a traditional béchamel sauce with cream cheese, which melts almost instantly, makes this recipe ultraspeedy. Feel free to swap in other vegetables, such as fresh or frozen cauliflower florets or peas, for the broccoli. 4 ounces short pasta, such as penneKosher salt and freshly ground black pepper (optional)1½ cups fresh or frozen broccoli florets2½ ounces cream cheese (⅓ cup)1 tablespoon unsalted butter½ ounce Parmigiano-Reggiano, finely grated (⅓ cup), plus more for serving 1. Cook pasta in a pot of generously salted boiling water 2 minutes less than per package instructions. Reserve 1 cup pasta water and cover to keep warm. Add broccoli to pot; continue boiling until pasta is al dente and broccoli is bright green, 1 to 2 minutes more. Drain. Return pot to medium heat; add…

How we communicate and the method we choose can make all the difference to the outcome. Workers have long been frustrated when the mode of communication is wrong for the message, because it’s ineffective, reduces productivity, or wastes people’s time. WHAT WE CAN LEARN FROM ALL-REMOTE ORGANIZATIONS? Remote organizations must necessarily think harder about workplace communication than in-person organizations, because they don’t have the same options as in-person teams. Remote organizations, which tend to be younger, also don’t typically have the same cultural baggage that older organizations do. Older organizations are more likely to be set in their ways. A classic example is a company whose culture gives undue significance to in-person meetings. People believe that the in-person meeting is the best way to, for example, kick off a project or regularly check…

Making people laugh connects us to one another. But what humour endures? For me, it’s personal life stories and experiences. Life, twisted and moulded until you find the funny, will always evolve, and therefore endure. I’ve found that the closer it cuts to the bone, the funnier it is. The beauty of life is that everyone is similar in some way. While we may not have the same experiences, everyone can relate to observations on life, family and the varieties of behaviour we all encounter every day as we go about our lives. Humour is very helpful in everyday life. For example, it can end tense situations. In my life, humour has ended arguments at home and at work too many times to mention. Finding humour can break tension immediately. My…

Few vehicles sharing the same basic platform are better differentiated than the boxy, go-anywhere Bronco Sport and the urban-outfitted, lozenge-shaped Escape. Had these C2 platform-mates looked more similar, the former might have cannibalized the latter’s sales. Both are selling at or near capacity three years into the fourth-gen Escape’s model run, but Ford has toughened up softer-looking Escape’s visage and demeanor anyway. Most of the redesign comes courtesy of a bolder new hood, which sits atop a more deeply sculpted grille flanked by a pair of LED-outlined “four-eyed” headlamps. On upper trim levels, a so-called “coast-to-coast” LED light strip connects these headlamp DRLs, illuminating the gap between the hood and grille. A new fascia incorporating a faux skidplate completes the makeover. Other exterior changes are minimal: new 17-, 18-, and 19-inch…

THE EVENTS OF RECENT MONTHS HAVE QUASHED any remaining notion that Donald Trump might abandon his quest for political power after being turned out of office by voters two years ago. He is still holding his trademark rallies, sometimes complete with QAnon call-outs, in principle to support Republican candidates but in practice holding on to center stage to hawk his own accomplishments and grievances. The former president has had plenty of help in staying in the public eye. The House’s January 6 Committee recently voted to subpoena him to testify. The FBI raided Mar-a-Lago, his home in Palm Beach, Florida, in search of classified documents he kept after leaving office. And multiple other legal woes have ensured that some news of each day features Trump. A Trump bid for the White House…

My aunties all said my mother was a very beautiful debutante; shy, demure and dressed in the most exquisite lace gown. As the partner chosen by her parents to escort her to the 1938 Debutante Ball at St Margaret’s College, my father fell in love with her that night and eventually they married, and the rest is the unfolding history of our family. But my story is about my mother’s beautiful ball gown. She had carefully wrapped it in tissue paper and placed it in a cardboard box – carried from house to house in Christchurch, as over the years my parents had upgraded their dwellings – and it was hidden away in a top cupboard. From time to time it would be lifted out of its box and shown to us, and…

At various points during the past several years, Apple has been rated the most valuable corporation in the world. And it’s pretty safe to assume the company didn’t get to that point without being strategic about how it positions its products. One big part of what’s made Apple so successful is that the company makes sure it’s got products at every price point. No, it doesn’t compete in the super-budget department when it comes to devices—Apple is happy to leave those low-margin offerings to the likes of Android phones and Dell PCs—but when it does enter a market, it makes sure it always has a solid spread. Of course, when you’re a company that builds powerful, good-looking devices and values its profit margins, your options are somewhat limited when it comes to…

We live in a wonderful era for Apple laptops. The 14-inch and 16-inch MacBook Pros provide desktop power and stunning HDR displays. The new M2 MacBook Air has now joined the family, with a similar striking design and the Air’s trademark smaller size and weight. After a dark period where Apple struggled with flawed laptop keyboards, a painful transition to USB-C, and an increasingly frustrating relationship with Intel, things haven’t looked this bright in quite some time. That’s why, as Apple looks on proudly at the new line of laptops it has fashioned over the past couple of years, I have only one request: More, please. LAPTOPS ARE THE BEST Let’s start with the facts. For decades, the overall percentage of new Macs sold that are laptops kept going up. The last time…

Près de quatre-vingts ans après la Shoah, le génocide des juifs d’Europe par les nazis, peut-on encore être juif et vivre paisiblement sur le continent? Pour cette minorité d’environ 1,5 million de personnes, les calamités s’accumulent. Les stéréotypes antisémites ont prospéré pendant la pandémie, jusqu’aux plus hauts échelons politiques. Le Premier ministre slovène Janez Jansa a posté en ligne, le 14 octobre, un montage photo tiré d’un blog d’extrême droite et qualifiant 13 députés au Parlement européen de « marionnettes » de George Soros, le milliardaire juif américain devenu la cible obsessionnelle des antisémites contemporains. Or Janez Jansa exerce, ce semestre, la présidence tournante du Conseil de l’UE. À ce titre, il représente les 450 millions d’habitants des 27 États membres. Son éructation a pourtant soulevé peu d’indignation, à part…

1 You were learning before you were born: By eavesdropping on their mothers while in the womb, babies pick up the sound patterns of their native tongue. 2 After birth, infants recognize these rhythms and are more attentive to them than the sounds of other languages, prepping for eventual fluency. 3 But infants’ first postnatal teachers are their mothers’ faces: Babies can distinguish their mothers from other women within hours of birth, and discern emotions within days. 4 That ability helps junior figure out whether a new toy is safe or a stranger is to be trusted. 5 This focus on mom has a cost, though. As a child becomes more familiar with their mother’s face, faces unlike hers become more vague, especially those belonging to people of other races…

An especially atrocious Texas legislative session came to a close at the end of May. Republicans passed radical laws that ban nearly all abortions and allow permitless carry of handguns, and are working to further restrict access to the ballot. The worst may be still to come. Due to delays with the U.S. Census, lawmakers will reconvene this fall for a special session to redraw the state’s political districts. Over the course of a decade, people move, population ebbs and flows, and demographics change. In theory, lawmakers redraw state political districts every 10 years to rebalance the scales and ensure adequate representation for voters. In practice, it’s more sinister. Since Reconstruction, redistricting in Texas has been wielded by the powers that be—namely conservative Anglos—to entrench, extend, and expand their control and undermine the…

BEST OF THE SERIES 12 LIFE, UH, FINDS A WAY Jurassic Park (1993) The Jurassic movies aren’t exactly known for their dialogue, and this scene, set in the first 35 minutes of the first movie, doesn’t include a single dinosaur or DNA strand of action, but it has shaped the entire franchise more than any other. As chaos theorist Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) is told by John Hammond (Richard Attenborough) and Dr. Henry Wu (BD Wong) that the dinosaurs will never be able to breed because they’re all female, and that these prehistoric behemoths can be controlled, he issues a warning that will go on to become the moral and philosophical touchstone of the entire franchise. “Life will not be contained. Life breaks free,” he says. “Life, uh, finds a way.” Now,…

Buying a rod is not an easy choice to make, but it can be narrowed down by deciding what type of fishing you think you will be doing on a regular basis. If you intend going out on a charter boat, ask what species you will be fishing for and how much lead weight you will be using. These two considerations will help determine the tackle needed. Your local tackle dealers probably knows as much about fishing as anyone, so talk to them – most will be thrilled to bring you up to speed with what’s being caught and what tackle is used locally. THE ROD MINEFIELD There is no rod made that will work for all occasions. Some designs will cover most styles of fishing, but in truth a minimum of…

Roots feel so essential in the world now—even more than ever after the pandemic,” Martina Mondadori says, standing on the landing of her new flat in Milan alongside her partner, Ashley Hicks. Mondadori relocated from London to Milan with her three children, Leonardo, Tancredi, and Cosima, in order to be closer to her mother, Paola Zanussi, and to connect the children with their Italian heritage. The choice would prove prescient on several levels, as the move occurred just before the world shut down. Mondadori, founder of the tastemaking lifestyle brand and magazine Cabana and a scion of Italy’s influential Mondadori and Zanussi families, and Hicks, a decorator, artist, and the son of legendary designer David Hicks, decided to make the design of the flat a complete collaboration. Each brought a powerful,…

How far can I ride on a single battery charge? What’s the range of this eMTB? These are, without a doubt, the most frequently asked questions when it comes to buying an eMTB. This goes to show that many eMTBers are still haunted by the Voltergeist, the ghost of range anxiety. But is the fear still justified? And how can we overcome it? EMTBs have changed significantly over the past 5 years. Most modern eMTBs are visually appealing, technically sophisticated and crammed with clever features. However, the one aspect that has changed the most over the years is battery capacity. Needless to say, we’re experiencing a genuine battery arms race, especially with respect to battery size. And yes, the Voltergeist is still haunting eMTBers all over the world, playing tricks on…

EN FORME Florian Douetteau 40 ans - Sa société, Dataiku, spécialisée dans l’intelligence artificielle, vient de réussir à lever 400 millions de dollars, ce qui porte sa valorisation à 4,6 milliards de dollars. Sylvie Lemmet 62 ans - Conseillère maître à la Cour des comptes, elle devient ambassadrice déléguée à l’environnement, à quelques mois de grands rendez-vous pour la biodiversité en France. Laurent Giovachini 59 ans - Il est réélu à la présidence de Syntec, qui regroupe plus de 3 000 sociétés françaises spécialisées dans les professions du numérique, de l’ingénierie et du conseil. EN PANNE Anne Hidalgo 62 ans – Le préfet d’Îlede-France a retoqué les propositions de la maire de la capitale pour résoudre le problème des 35 heures à la Ville de Paris. Emmanuel Marill 40 ans – Airbnb, dont il dirige la filiale française, écope d’une amende…

Have you ever wondered why people go boat fishing, or how to try it for yourself? Here’s how to go about enjoying a day’s fishing afloat. HOOKED FOR LIFE For many UK boats anglers the thrill of riding the ocean waves cannot be beaten, and quite often a good catch comes way down the list as far as what constitutes a good day afloat. For many, being on a boat, whether it does 50 knots or five, is all about the sound of the engines and waves, the smell of the exhaust fumes mixed with the fresh salty air, and the voyage into the unknown coupled with the anticipation of what the day may hold in store – no two days are ever the same. Then, of course, there is the fishing itself. It’s…

What are the main differences between the GO and the recently released AIR v2? On the new GO we have really focused on making the wing as beginner-friendly as possible. It has longer handles that are placed in optimal positions for ease of use and guide beginners to the correct position to be holding the wing, whilst still giving them freedom to move their hands on the handles whilst learning what is comfortable for them. The 2.5, 3.5 and 4.5 all have a long handle on the front and mid-sized on the back to provide maximum flexibility for beginners, whilst the 5.5 and 6.5 gain a short handle on the front to easily grab the wing as it is larger, and then a mid-sized handle on the front and long handle…

We all love bigger tires, unbreakable axleshafts, lockers, and deep axle gearing, but one of the most common Jeep front axles, the Dana 30, gets a bad rap for being weak. And while it’s no tank in a world of bread trucks (more of a light-duty bread van), with some work the Dana 30 can be used with 33- to 35-inch tires and maybe even cautiously with 37s. Of course, in stock form under heavy throttle attacks, lockers, and heavy rigs off-road, that’s not a great idea. Still, the Jeep Dana 30 can be built to withstand a respectable amount of abuse. The Dana 30 is commonly found in Jeep Wranglers ranging from the ’86-’95 YJ, the ’97-’06 TJ, and the ’07-’18 JK, and the ’86-’01 XJ Cherokee, the ’93-’98 ZJ…

The Hisense 350-sq. ft. Window Air Conditioner is a reasonably priced Wi-Fi-enabled window AC unit that you can control with your voice, your phone, or the included remote. It’s easy to install and did an admirable job of cooling in our tests. It doesn’t offer power usage reports or compatibility with Apple HomeKit and IFTTT like some other smart air conditioners we’ve tested, but it also costs less than many 8,000-BTU models, making it an affordable option for small to medium spaces. PROS: Reasonably priced. Easy to install. Fast cooling. Voice control. Relatively quiet. CONS: Lacks usage reporting. Doesn’t support HomeKit or IFTTT. BOTTOM LINE: The Hisense 350-Sq. Ft. Window Air Conditioner is a smart AC unit that can be controlled by your phone, voice, or remote, and does a fine job of…

So you’re in the market for a detachable 2-in-1—a tablet you can use either by itself or with a keyboard and stylus? The Apple 10.9-inch iPad Air is a good choice—in fact, a PCMag Editors’ Choice winner—at $599. But if you’re willing to think different, HP’s 11-inch Chromebook x2 costs the same—including twice the memory as well as the keyboard and pen that Apple will charge you an extra $428 for. Tablet shoppers rarely consider Chromebooks, but the HP x2 favors the bold. It doesn’t perform as well as comparably priced Chromebook laptops (and we still consider our Editors’ Choice favorite, the Lenovo Chromebook Duet, a better value among Chromebook detachables), but it fills a nifty niche. PROS: Affordable price includes pen and keyboard cover. Available 4G mobile broadband. CONS: Tepid performance.…

Generally scientists consider a species to be new if it has its own gene pool and evolutionary lineage. If you think that you’ve discovered a new species, there’s a long process to go through. The first step is to get some specimens to compare against other species that are closely related. You collect all of the data about the species, then comb through the literature about related species to be sure that what you have doesn’t match with any other description. Once you’re reasonably sure that it’s new, you publish the data in a peer-reviewed scientific journal so that others can learn about the species and help verify that it’s new. Naming the species comes last, and there are rules here. Depending on what type of species that you’ve discovered, you’ll have…

THE WELSH VILLAGE of Llandudno went quiet in March as stay-at-home orders began. Then the goats descended from the mountain. A wild herd of Kashmiri goats has lived near Llandudno for almost two centuries, and they sometimes come down from the Great Orme Mountain during inclement weather. But this spring, while the human world hit pause, they settled into town for a few days, munching on hedges and trotting down the empty streets. The goats joined a host of animal celebrities flooding the internet after they supposedly reclaimed urban areas: dolphins frolicking in Venice’s clean canals, elephants drunk on corn wine in a tea garden in China’s Yunnan province. Tweets announcing these events proclaimed that nature was recovering from years of abuse by humans, thanks to COVID-19 shutdowns. While the goats really did…