Christie said the pressure on any young player is magnified in a Lakers uniform, not to mention one with “James Jr.” on the back.

There was a cluster of galaxies exactly between Firefly Sparkle and the JWST, which distorted spacetime to stretch the light from the faraway galaxy and effectively act as a gigantic magnifying glass.

Conventional microscopes use light and lenses to magnify specimens, allowing us to view them with the naked eye or a camera.

Trade wars with our allies run counter to Trump’s goal of countering geopolitical foes such as China and magnify the economic damage of Trump’s tariff policies.

But after my 30th birthday — and surviving a global pandemic in which the sheer magnitude of international loss seemed to magnify personal sorrows — I found myself cautiously circling back to gratitude.