Sunday 2nd June 2024

11 Best Bookshelf Speakers (2024): Active, Passive, and Hi-Fi

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For many listeners, bookshelf speakers provide the quintessential audio experience. Mixing a potent cocktail of performance, value, and convenience, these versatile little blocks play a key role in nearly every corner of the audio spectrum. Bookshelf speakers can be the remedy for all your sonic needs, from TV shows and movies to Spotify streams and vintage vinyl.


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Nitrogen-using bacteria can cut farms' greenhouse gas emissions

Fritz Haber: good guy or bad guy? He won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1918 for his part in developing the Haber-Bosch process, a method for generating ammonia using the nitrogen gas in air. The technique freed agriculture from the constraint of needing to source guano or manure for nitrogen fertilizer and is widely credited for saving millions from starvation. About half of the world’s current food supply relies on fertilizers made using it, and about half of the nitrogen atoms in our bodies can be traced back to it.

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Daily Telescope: The most distant galaxy found so far is a total surprise

Good morning. It's June 1, and today's photo comes from the James Webb Space Telescope. It's a banger.

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The refreshed 2024 Hyundai Elantra N remains a darn good enthusiast car

Few cars are aimed quite at driving enthusiasts like the wholesome sport compact. In terms of everyday usability and fun factor, little can touch them, and luckily, there's still a good variety of them on the new market. Among the best is the Hyundai Elantra N, which, for the 2024 model year, received a styling and chassis refresh. Pricing starts at $33,245 for three pedals and a manual gearbox, or $35,515 for a dual-clutch eight-speed, and either is a massive value for the performance and fun factor that they offer.

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Here's why a Japanese billionaire just canceled his lunar flight on Starship

On Friday night the dearMoon project—a plan to launch a Japanese billionaire and 10 other 'crew members' on a circumlunar flight aboard SpaceX's Starship vehicle—was abruptly canceled.

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Boeing's Starliner test flight scrubbed again after hold in final countdown

A computer controlling the Atlas V rocket's countdown triggered an automatic hold less than four minutes prior to liftoff of Boeing's commercial Starliner spacecraft Saturday, keeping the crew test flight on the ground at least a few more days.

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Guilty on All Counts

The former president was found guilty on all counts in his trial in Manhattan today. The jury returned with a verdict, delivered just past 5 p.m., after less than 12 hours of deliberation.The result is historic and stunning, if not entirely unexpected. Trump is the first current or former president to be tried for any serious crime, and now he is the first to be convicted. Not only that, but he was found guilty on all 34 felony counts against him. The very fact of a verdict against Trump is remarkable: He has developed a reputation among both his fans and detractors as “Teflon Don,” able to wriggle out of any jam, but he found no escape in this trial.


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Wrong Case, Right Verdict

Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election, but he is now a convicted felon all the same.Donald Trump will not be held accountable before the 2024 presidential election for his violent attempt to overturn the previous election. He will not be held accountable before the election for absconding with classified government documents and showing them off at his pay-for-access vacation club. He will not be held accountable before the election for his elaborate conspiracy to manipulate state governments to install fake electors. But he is now a convicted felon all the same.


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Dressing for Court

This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here.The courtroom dress code for most witnesses and defendants is modest, quiet attire—clothing that no one will be talking about. But when celebrities and politicians are in the mix, it’s not that simple.


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The Saudi Deal the U.S. Actually Needs

The United States and Saudi Arabia seem fated to deepen their partnership. We should make that partnership as functional as possible.    A long-rumored deal to form a strategic partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia looks doomed to fail because of Israel’s inability to accept a path toward Palestinian statehood in exchange for normalized ties with Saudi Arabia.


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