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When you tear into an old piece of test equipment, you’re probably going to come up against some surprises. That’s especially true of high-precision gear like oscilloscopes from the time before ASICs and ADCs, which had to accomplish so much with discrete components and a lot of engineering ingenuity. Unfortunately, though, those clever hacks that […]
In the U.S., “Dreamers” often refers to undocumented young people taken to the States as children, who’ve grown up, studied, and worked, building lives they call their own. Today, an estimated 3.6 million Dreamers live in the United States, with about 80% of them hailing from Mexico. In 2012, the Obama administration introduced Deferred Action […]
Mexico has experienced a water crisis for the last decade due to a combination of factors. Drought, overexploitation, inadequate infrastructure, mismanagement of water supplies and contamination have all stolen the headlines at one point or another. Despite record dryness, however, poor rainfall and overexploitation of aquifers are far from the only issues facing the Mexican […]
In our series “My American Dream is in Mexico”, we explore the growing phenomenon of Mexican-Americans who were born or raised in the U.S. yet have chosen to pursue their adult dreams in Mexico. Each feature seeks to uncover their motivations, experiences, and the connections they’re rediscovering in the country their parents left long ago […]
The Mexican economy is currently slowing, but Carlos Slim offered an optimistic forecast for the years ahead after a meeting with President Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday. After leaving the National Palace in the historic center of Mexico City, Mexico’s richest person was asked for his opinion on the current state of the Mexican economy and […]
President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted Tuesday that the recently enacted judicial reform — which allows citizens to directly elect all judges in Mexico — will be an “example to the world” in how to create a robust judiciary. “If [there is] something we’re doing in Mexico that is going to be an example to the world […]
Water scarcity, long an impending concern in arid nations across the world, has already arrived in Mexico. “Day Zero” — the day when water resources become irreversibly scarce — is rapidly bearing down upon the country. Here, the crisis is driven by a confluence of factors: inequality in access, pollution and the ever-accelerating impact of […]
For a long time, I’ve been searching for a very specific place to call home. I’ve lived in rural Mexico, Chicago, Italy and South Korea. Having been exposed to cultures from across the world, I formed a very clear idea of the city I wanted to live in. Desperately seeking: City, must be large, vibrant, […]
Sticky positioning is one of those CSS features that’s pretty delicate and can be negated by a lot of things, so here’s another one to add to your mental catalog: Sticky elements don’t play nicely if they have to coordinate with other elements to make up a combined height, like 100vh. Philip Braunen explores why […]