Science
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How Soon Is Too Soon to Ask My Landlord About a Rent Increase?
Q: For nine years, my husband and I have rented a market-rate apartment on the Upper West Side. The building…
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There Are Holes on the Ocean Floor. Scientists Don’t Know Why.
Deep in the waters along a volcanic ridge in the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean, sea explorers using a remotely…
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Early Europeans Could Not Tolerate Milk but Drank It Anyway, Study Finds
In many ways, humans are weird mammals. And our relationship with milk is especially weird. In every mammalian species, females…
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‘Just Think Rome’: The Morgan Library & Museum Opens Garden to the Public
For the first time in its 116-year history, the Morgan Library & Museum in Midtown Manhattan has opened its garden…
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Russia Says It Will Quit the International Space Station After 2024
The new head of Russia’s space agency announced on Tuesday that Russia will leave the International Space Station after its…
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New York Renters Are Now Paying the Price for the ‘Covid Discount’
For comfort at the beginning of the pandemic, Cathy Linh Che turned to cooking her mother’s Vietnamese recipes. She could…
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He Didn’t Plan to Buy a Place on Fire Island. But This Was No Ordinary Home.
Glenn Rice’s journey to owning a house on Fire Island, N.Y., began unexpectedly in Boston and was propelled, surprisingly, by…
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Splitting T. Rex Into 3 Species Becomes a Dinosaur Royal Rumble
The world’s most iconic dinosaur is undergoing an identity crisis. In February, a team of scientists posited that Tyrannosaurus rex…
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He Runs a New York Real Estate Empire. Did He Steal It?
Over the past dozen years, Sanford Solny has built a New York real estate empire, snatching up small residential buildings…
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How the Path to Homeownership Runs Through Mexico
TIJUANA — Gustavo Galvez has dreams of owning a home in San Diego, Calif. His path toward homeownership, however, includes…