Tag: Uncertain
On Klay Thompson as a sixth man, boost from a living (Larry) legend and uncertain Warriors future
SAN FRANCISCO — The motivational message, courtesy of the great Larry Bird, came at the perfect time.
Klay Thompson was just a few days removed from the unwelcome start of his sixth-man life in Utah, where the 34-year-old Warriors legend had been asked to come off the bench after the previous 12 years as a starter. Even with Thompson’s spectacular debut in this new reserve role, a 35-point showing on Feb. 15 that helped lift Golden State over the Jazz
Fossils Could Help Prepare for an Uncertain Climate
This article was originally published in Knowable Magazine.
Conservationists seeking to restore shark populations off the Atlantic coast of Panama were facing a problem all too familiar to biologists: No records existed to document what pristine shark communities looked like before overfishing decimated the animals over the past few decades. Without that information, how could the restoration workers know what they should be aiming for?
Erin Dillon, a paleoecologist at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama, thought she had
The Uncertain Forecast for Europe’s Energy Crisis
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Question of the Week
Today’s question concerns affairs of the heart.
Last week on Twitter, a presumably young person posted this question: “Literally BAFFLED as to how people found love before dating sites and social media. Was settling the
Biden Is Looking at an Uncertain Electoral Future
The “return to normalcy” in American life is starting to look something like the horizon: It recedes whenever you approach it. For President Joe Biden and congressional Democrats anxious about the November midterm elections, nothing could be more ominous.
Last summer’s Delta wave dashed hopes that the deployment of COVID vaccines would quickly carry the United States back to a pre-pandemic stasis. The persistence of inflation undermined expectations from the Biden administration and Federal Reserve Board that high prices would
South Africa’s White-Rhino Ranchers Face an Uncertain Future – Mother Jones
A freshly dehorned white rhino bull emerges from the grog of a tranquillizer at John Hume’s ranch in South Africa on August 5, 2021.Ed Stoddard/Undark
This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration.
Three hours outside Johannesburg, the gravel road to John Hume’s home slices through grasslands tinged a parched amber hue as the winter dry season fades. The former hotel mogul owns the world’s largest privately held
The Democratic Party’s Future Is Uncertain
Since mid-summer, Democrats have been trapped in a downward spiral of declining approval ratings for President Joe Biden, rising public anxiety about the country’s direction, and widening internal divisions over the party’s legislative agenda. The next few weeks will likely determine whether they have bottomed out and can begin to regain momentum before next year’s midterm elections.
Roughly since the rise of the Delta variant sent COVID-19 caseloads soaring again, the White House and congressional Democrats have faced a debilitating
Willkommen im Summer of Uncertain Vibes
Du würdest dich nicht daran erinnern, aber Ende Juni war ich ehrlich gesagt auf einer Tanzfläche unter einer Discokugel, Schulter an Schulter mit verschwitzten Fremden, von denen die meisten „Dancing Queen“ sangen, und wir waren alle gegen das Coronavirus geimpft , also waren wir nervös genug, um zu sagen: „Glaubst du, das ist in Ordnung?“ aber nicht nervös genug, um zu gehen. Es war heißer Vax-Sommer! So wie es uns versprochen wurde! Als diese erste große Nacht außerhalb des Hauses