Indholdsfortegnelse for September 22, 2023 i Newsweek

PeriscopeNEWS, OPINION + ANALYSISCLIMATE TRONDHEIM, NORWAY, A CITY OF 180,000 JUST 200 miles from the Arctic Circle on the coast of the frigid Norwegian Sea, hardly seems an ideal location for harvesting energy from the sun and surrounding environment. But a new 200,000-square-foot office building there is producing nearly half a million kilowatt-hours of renewable energy per year—twice as much as the building uses. The extra energy is powering other nearby buildings and charging electric cars, buses and boats throughout the city. Highly sustainable buildings have been popping up around the U.S. and the world over the past decade. But now a confluence of new technologies and improving economics, as well as climate-change-inspired government regulation, are leading to the next wave in big construction: ultra-sustainable buildings. This new generation of…

INFORMATION IS A POWERFUL TOOL when you or someone you love is facing an important health care decision, especially one that requires selecting a hospital or care team. That’s why Newsweek has once again partnered with global research firm Statista to rank the world’s best specialized hospitals. This year, we expanded our rankings to cover the best facilities in 12 specialties, with the addition of obstetrics & gynecology. The full ranking online features the top 300 hospitals for cardiology and oncology; the top 250 for pediatrics; the top 150 for cardiac surgery, endocrinology and gastroenterology; the top 125 for neurology, neurosurgery, orthopedics, pulmonology and urology; and the top 100 for obstetrics & gynecology (see Newsweek.com/wbsp-2024; a smaller number appears in print due to space constraints). We hope this ranking is…

In FocusTHE NEWS IN PICTURESTAFEGHAGHTE, MOROCCO Just two days after a 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit in the High Atlas Mountains, residents in this town 37 miles southwest of Marrakesh inspect the rubble of collapsed homes, enterprises and infrastructure on September 10. The quake is one of the strongest to hit the nation’s center in over a century, with a death toll of nearly 2,500 and an equal number of injured as of press time. Rescue teams are struggling to find survivors trapped under the remnants of flattened villages, particularly in the difficult to access, rural mountainous regions.…

PHOTOGRAPHS OF DEMONIC STAT-ues perched on store shelves flash through the TikTok video as eerie music plays in the background. “Apparently Hobby Lobby has a crap-ton of Baphomet [satanic] and demon-like statues just on the shelves right now, which is really confusing because Hobby Lobby is a super Christian-based company,” the unnamed narrator says. The video is the first result that appeared on a list of videos when a NewsGuard analyst searched “Hobby Lobby” on TikTok. Contrary to the narrator’s claims, the arts and crafts retail company does not sell demonic statues, and the photos shown in the video were AI-generated. Hobby Lobby is among the major brands that have fallen victim to rampant misinformation on TikTok, a NewsGuard analysis found. In a July 7-13, 2023, review, News-Guard analyzed the…

MEDICINE AND TECHNOLOGY ARE entwined, as some of the most significant medical advances have been made possible only through technological innovation. Today, we are seeing the rise of smart technologies that share medical information faster and more accurately while providing improved patient care. For the third year, Newsweek and Statista are proud to share the World’s Best Smart Hospitals 2024. This list awards 330 hospitals from 28 countries that stand out for their use of electronic functionalities, telemedicine, digital imaging, AI and robotics. See Newsweek.com/wbsh-2024 for the full list; a smaller number appears in print due to space constraints. Hospitals on our list include well-respected facilities like Mayo Clinic, Cleveland Clinic, The Johns Hopkins Hospital and Mount Sinai Hospital in the U.S., Charite-Universitätsmedizin Berlin in Germany, Samsung Medical Center in…

Culture MUSIC SORRY I HAVEN’T CALLED, THE new album by the indie multi-instrumentalist and producer Laetitia Tamko, who goes by the moniker of Vagabon, is a confident and joyous work; its sleek and upbeat sound could naturally fit in with the R&B/electronic/dance-pop music made by contemporaries like Beyoncé. Ironically, though, Vagabon’s latest record was born of grief, particularly over the 2021 death of collaborator Eric Littman, to whom it is dedicated. “Eric was a dear friend of mine and we made “Water Me Down” [a track from her 2019 self-titled album] together,” Tamko says. “Losing someone so integral to my musical life was a shock to the system.” Due out September 15 on Nonesuch Records, Sorry I Haven’t Called represents Vagabon’s musical progression from the introspective guitar-dominated rock/bedroom pop…