Most Popular Editorials: 'To-day and To-morrow': The 100-year-old book series that predicted a wild and wonderful future

S28

'To-day and To-morrow': The 100-year-old book series that predicted a wild and wonderful future     One hundred years ago, towards the end of 1923, the geneticist JBS Haldane published a short book imagining the world that lay ahead. Fewer than 100 pages long, Daedalus, or Science and the Future was an extraordinary whistle-stop tour of all the sciences, taking in everything from the future of human reproduction to energy generation.The book became a sensation, and was arguably one of the first works of science communication to have a wider cultural impact. As well as influencing other scientists, it was read by writers, artists, activists and even politicians like Winston Churchill. Continued here

S69

Why the GOP Doesn't Really Want a Deal on Ukraine and the Border     The congressional opposition to the president’s funding request explained—as far as it can beThat was the response I got from a congressional staffer when I pressed for some details, any details, on what really separated Democrats from Republicans on aid to Ukraine. Continued here