Posts by Sophie Clearwater
Jane Goodall Prepared Us for a World Without Her
What made that moment so powerful for us was the healing it brought to the grief we were then carrying: Jane and I had both just lost our mothers, the pillars of our lives, mere months apart. Jane often tried to soften that blow by saying, “They’re on a cloud together somewhere, Henry; they’re floating…
Read MoreThe Next Generation of Weight-Loss Drugs Is Almost Here
Zealand Pharmaceuticals, a Danish biotech company, also shared results from its study published Sept. 29 in the Lancet of its amylin-based compound petrelintide, an experimental weekly injectable. It helped people who were overweight or obese—but who didn’t have diabetes—lose on average 10% of their body weight. (People who took a placebo lost only 1.7% of…
Read MoreTech companies launching their own programs to train grads because they ‘can’t rely’ on Ivy Leagues
As the university system increasingly becomes a wildly expensive bastion of anti-Western sentiment, key figures in Silicon Valley are betting on alternatives to higher education. They argue that even the Ivy League is no longer producing the best candidates — nor are they even accepting some of the most qualified students. “It used to be…
Read MoreCan Venture Capital Help Unlock Wealth and Equality for All?
More than 150 years after Emancipation, Black people are still underwriting the accumulation of white wealth. My head spun with this reality, though another part of me wasn’t the least bit surprised to discover yet another dimension of racial economic injustice and inequity. Right then and there, I knew I had to help ensure that…
Read MoreWhat Mamdani’s planned ‘troll-farm offensive’ reveals about the City Hall braintrust
It looks like City Hall still has some grownups; who else could’ve spilled the beans on the latest idiocy plotted by Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s brainless trust — a troll-farm offensive against top city CEOs? Our news-side colleagues haven’t shared their sources on the plans for a major social-media campaign blasting biz leaders as the latest…
Read MoreUS sees Chinese invasion of Taiwan unlikely next year despite 2027 timeline
US officials believe a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2028 is increasingly unlikely despite Chinese President Xi Jinping’s instructions for his military to be ready by 2027 to take the democratically governed island by force, if needed, people familiar with US thinking said. The main reasons include delays in military readiness amid the Chinese Communist…
Read MoreYankees’ Giancarlo Stanton did not get call in series win over Red Sox
At various points across Tuesday and Wednesday night, Giancarlo Stanton stood in the Yankees dugout with a bat in hand, ready to take his shot. It just never came. After the veteran slugger missed five-plus months with three different calf strains, the Yankees carried Stanton on their roster for the AL wild-card series to potentially…
Read MoreLong Island dad killed in ‘targeted attack’ at park — sparking hospital brawl that forces lockdown
A Long Island father of two was fatally shot in a targeted attack at a park — as a hospital was forced into a lockdown when a fight broke out between the victim’s friend and police. Lonnie Booker, 43, was shot in the chest at Robert Rowley Park in North Bellport around 7:30 p.m. Tuesday,…
Read More‘Holy Sheets!’ Padres get their Cubs revenge, sweep Wild Card rematch to reach NLDS
SAN DIEGO — Revenge, apparently, is best served underneath 47,513 screaming fans waving yellow towels. One year after the Chicago Cubs sent the San Diego Padres home from Wrigley Field, the Padres returned the favor Wednesday night at Petco Park, beating Chicago 4-1 in Game 2 to sweep their NL Wild Card Series and advance…
Read MoreLuis García Jr. makes first playoff start count in big way in Yankees drubbing
It took seven seasons and 751 regular-season games for Luis García Jr. to get his first shot as a starter in a playoff game. It then took all of two at-bats Wednesday for the slugger to make it count. García, who had spent his career with the Nationals until the trade deadline and had never…
Read MoreJosh Hart trolls Red Sox for call that led to game-changing Cody Bellinger home run: ‘Dumb as hell!’
Josh Hart added an NBA championship to his resume this summer. This fall, it seems as if he wants to make another addition: big league manager. The Knicks star chimed in on the state of the Yankees-Red Sox wild-card series on Wednesday night as the Bronx Bombers blew the doors open in the bottom of…
Read MoreAshley Tisdale’s Husband Christopher French Addresses “Toxic Mom Group” Drama
Christopher French has been sticking to the status quo. The Annie Automatic musician shared that he and his wife Ashley Tisdale haven’t let the backlash over her essay about breaking up with her “toxic mom group” affect their day-to-day lives. “We’re doing fine,” French told Page Six in an interview published Sept. 30. “She’s a super…
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