While much of the world is opening up from the pandemic, china continues its dynamic zero coved strategy. The american supreme court said that the constitution doesn't mandate comfortable prisons. And an encounter that happened a century ago to day has influenced how science and the humanities talk to one another.
China’s zero-covid policy is being
stretched to breaking point as the virus makes its way through the city. Supplies are low, residents are angry and there is no end in sight. The debate about air conditioning in America’s
sweltering prisons will only heat up further. And how a dispute about time from exactly a century ago remains timely today. Additional audio provided courtesy of Matthew Florianz. For full access to print, digital and audio editions of
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