Month: August 2022

In Knocking Myself Up: A Memoir of My (In)Fertility, Michelle Tea chronicles her path to pregnancy and motherhood as a 40-year-old, queer, uninsured woman. The tone is irreverent, the storytelling is hilarious, and the topic—choosing to exercise one’s reproductive freedoms—is extremely timely. Tea’s journey is full of ups and downs, from a series of insemination
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Schematic diagram of the method for directly visualizing defects in 2D semiconductors. (Courtesy: G Zhang) Directly visualizing structural defects in semiconductors on large scales is no easy task. The main microscopy techniques are limited to fields of view measuring just a few tens of nanometres, and they require ultrahigh vacuum, ultralow temperatures, complicated sample preparation
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TAMPA, Fla. — Space logistics company D-Orbit said Aug. 12 it has canceled plans to go public by merging with Breeze Holdings Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The Italian company had hoped to raise $185 million from the deal to expand staff and accelerate investments in ION Satellite Carrier, its orbital transfer
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Lighted tunnel in the United Airlines terminal, O’Hare International Airport, Chicago Illinois. Andrew Woodley | Universal Images Group via Getty Images Business travel spending might not recover to pre-pandemic levels until sometime in 2026 — two years later than previously expected — as inflation, labor shortages and geopolitical issues slow the sector’s rebound, according to
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Helen of Troy Battles Southern Hospitality helen of troy makes peace with the kudzu my father foxholed me in the lee of the porch, gloved and hungry, ready for battle, straining at the leash until he launched me into the yearly war. i sprang at them, the tendrils threatening the house, the little questing outriders
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