The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• The Anthropocene is not an epoch − but the age of humans is most definitely underway [536d]
• Plight of migrant laborers killed, held hostage in Middle East exposes Israel’s reliance on overseas workforce [536d]
• Arctic rivers face big changes with a warming climate, permafrost thaw and an accelerating water cycle − the effects will have global consequences [536d]
• Donations by top 50 US donors fell again in 2023, sliding to $12B − Mike Bloomberg, Phil and Penny Knight, and Michael and Susan Dell led the list of biggest givers [536d]
• Michigan Gov. Whitmer proposes a caregiver tax credit − an idea many Americans support [536d]
• Publishing Taylor Swift’s flight information: Is it stalking or protected free speech? [536d]
• Despite UN warnings, Iran’s execution of Kurds and political dissidents continues unchecked [536d]
• How age-friendly universities can improve the second half of life [536d]
• Lithium-ion batteries don’t work well in the cold − a battery researcher explains the chemistry at low temperatures [536d]
• Hispanic health disparities in the US trace back to the Spanish Inquisition [536d]
• Robber flies track their beetle prey using tiny microbursts of movement [536d]
• Scorsese’s gods of the streets: From ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ to ‘Silence,’ faith is rarely far off in his films [536d]
• Can witches fly? A historian unpacks the medieval invention − and skepticism − of the witch on a broomstick [536d]
• Bradley Cooper, Cillian Murphy and the myths of Method acting [536d]