Innholdsfortegnelse for 9/24/2021 i Newsweek

1972 “The most famous faces of election ’72 belong not just to the candidates but also to a host of entertainers who have taken their own center stage to use box-office appeal for wooing votes and money,” reported Newsweek, as it followed Shirley MacLaine on the campaign trail stumping for George McGovern. Celebs were vocal supporters of both Joe Biden (e.g., Taylor Swift, Bruce Springsteen) and Donald Trump (e.g., Brett Favre, Kirstie Alley) in the 2020 election, and mega-watt activism still holds significant sway over issues from Black Lives Matter to ending sexual harassment to vaccinations. 1984 In the face of too few educators, “teacher training is perhaps the biggest running joke in higher education” for its boring curriculum and low admissions standards that “do not attract enough top students,”…

Taking charge of your health means more than following expert advice blindly. It includes educating yourself about hidden influences that may affect your care—and ways you can signal to your doctors that you’re not just interested in a quick fix, but in the right answer. Veteran former Time health reporter and host of public radio’s Dueling Docs: The Cure to Contradictory Medicine, Janice M. Horowitz, deftly exposes background forces that can compromise care in her new book, Health Your Self (Post Hill Press, September 21). In this excerpt, she discusses how patient satisfaction surveys can skew doctors’ treatment recommendations to your detriment and what you can do to ensure your doctors dispense the best medicine. IF YOU’RE LIKE ME, YOU IGNORED YOUR HEALTH woes large and small this past year,…

Fall is a magical time of transition and renewal, symbolized by changing weather and colorful leaves. While New England autumns often get the most hype, the season is celebrated in places far beyond this region, and vibrant foliage is welcomed through traditions of all kinds. From joining a cattle parade in the Bavarian Alps to sipping your way through South Africa’s wine country, here are some of the best ways to enjoy the crisp weather and bright colors—and emergence of pumpkin spice wherever you turn—from around the world. 01 Denali National Park TALKEETNA, ALASKA Arguably the most beautiful time to visit “The Last Frontier” is fall, as the tundra plants change color and the animals emerge for the last warm days before winter brings mountains of snow and 23 hours…

According to Wohlers Report 2021, the additive manufacturing industry grew by 7.5% to nearly $12.8 billion in 2020. As the market expands, companies and designers are encountering new challenges, including how best to protect their intellectual property. DEFEND3D’s software solution, Virtual Inventory Communications Interface (VICI) is enabling end to end secure transmission for remote additive manufacturing with its One-Click Print. The company’s founder, Barrett Veldsman, spent years working as a creative director for some of the world’s top automotive, fashion, and sports brands before launching DEFEND3D. His experiences on a project with Bugatti inspired him to fill a niche in the market that for which there was significant pent-up demand, as he recounted: “My background exposed me to the issues of IP theft that surround 3D printing when I discovered…

Urgent care centers are so convenient. Should the default be to go to your family physician instead? Even if it means waiting days (or longer) for an appointment? If your symptoms suggest COVID, don’t wait. Call your doctor, sure, but hightail it to a testing site for a nasal swab. Unfortunately, just about any symptom is suspect these days, including fatigue, vomiting and even sniffles. Urgent care trumps waiting for your family physician for splinters, minor burns, bug bites, suspicions of a bone break and even minor chest pain. But your family doctor knows you, so is always a better choice generally, and anytime something she’s following flares up. Don’t be shy about asking to be squeezed in. When you do go to urgent care, how can you ensure continuity…

Adapting a beloved musical into film doesn’t come without anxiety, and that’s exactly what Ben Platt felt returning to his Tony-winning role for the movie version of Dear Evan Hansen (in theaters September 24). “I wanted to deliver a story that was as powerful and viscerally emotional as the stage piece.” Ultimately the opportunity to share the story about teenage loss and depression with a wider audience presented Platt with a unique opportunity. “The intimacy of film allows you to get even more inside Evan’s mind and heart.” To Platt, the character is someone everyone can connect to. “There is always something that makes human beings feel on the outside or feel disconnected.” But the anxiety wasn’t just felt in the story; producing the film during the pandemic presented its…

Every September 23 the skies above Saudi Arabia light up with dazzling displays of fireworks to celebrate Saudi National Day. Marking the anniversary of the country’s naming in 1932, it’s an occasion when the population reflects on what has been achieved over the decades. This year, the commemoration may be a particularly proud affair, as the country looks back on the resilience it demonstrated during the pandemic and the huge transformation it has experienced since 2016. That year, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud launched the ambitious Vision 2030 development plan with the aim of, among other things, diversifying the economy away from oil, creating a more attractive environment for local and international investors, opening up new innovative sectors and…

Having garnered international acclaim and support for its prompt and efficient response to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine roll-out, Chile is now accelerating a series of comprehensive economic initiatives and developments centered on science, technology and knowledge. Since the creation of the Ministry of Science, Technology, Knowledge and Innovation in 2018, the government of the Andean nation has placed greater emphasis on—and allocated more funding and resources to—the expansion of emerging sectors such as technology, research and development (R&D), renewable energy, banking and fintech. Groundbreaking initiatives and projects include the Start Up Science program to promote the creation of cutting-edge technologies, the Visa Tech program, to expedite the arrival of global technology players, and the promotion of STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) study branches. “The role of the scientific…

LINDSEY BUCKINGHAM IS ONCE AGAIN PLAYING to live audiences on his latest American tour, which is somewhat miraculous given what he’s been through over the last few years. In 2018, he was fired from Fleetwood Mac. The band’s enormous success over 45 years was in no small part due to Buckingham’s work as singer, songwriter, guitarist and arranger. Then in 2019, during triple bypass surgery his vocal cords were damaged by the insertion of a breathing tube. Today, Buckingham says he’s feeling great and is readying the release of his self-titled solo album (due out September 17), his first since 2011. The material on Lindsey Buckingham had been prepared prior to his split from Fleetwood Mac. “When I finished that duet album [2017’s Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie] with Christine…