Science
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Geraldine Brooks, on Martha’s Vineyard
For the decade that Geraldine Brooks was a foreign correspondent for The Wall Street Journal, she kept a packing checklist…
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10 Years and Counting: Her Heart Belongs to the Upper West Side
A framed poster-size pennant rests on the mantel above the fireplace in Lily Kaplan’s studio apartment. The rectangle of felt…
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How Anonymous Is Bitcoin, Really?
Alyssa Blackburn, a data scientist at Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, has spent several years performing…
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This Optical Illusion Has a Revelation About Your Brain and Eyes
Do not be alarmed. The hole you see is not really moving, growing or expanding. The darkness will not swallow…
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$3 Million Homes in California
$3 Million Homes in California 24 Photos View Slide Show › Virtually Here StudiosLos Angeles | $2.995 Million An 1883…
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Can My Co-op Charge Me to Get Rid of the Bedbugs in My Apartment?
Q: I live in a small Manhattan co-op. Last summer, my apartment had a bedbug infestation, which I treated by…
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Homes That Sold for $550,000 or Less
Each week, our survey of recent residential sales in New York City and the surrounding region focuses on homes that…
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The World’s Largest Plant is a Self-Cloning Sea Grass in Australia
In Shark Bay, off the westernmost tip of Australia, meadows of sea grass carpet the ocean floor, undulating in the…
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Megalodons vs. Great White Sharks? We Know Which Predator Won.
Twenty million years ago, a predator with a mouth like a subway door and teeth the size of your palm…
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Pale Blue, Deep Blue: How Uranus and Neptune Get Their Colors
Roses are red. Neptune’s deep blue. Why, scientists wondered, isn’t Uranus too? It’s an intriguing question. Uranus and Neptune, the…