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Politics
You Can Look Inside a Black Hole. I’ll Show You How.
How do we learn something new, something we do not yet know? One way, of course, is through experience. This…
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Science
The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast
The awards for physics and chemistry were a reminder that the most important processes in nature unfold on a scale…
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Arts
Kate Soper Returns to Opera With a Story Medieval and Modern
On a recent summer morning in New York, three sopranos, a director and a small crew gathered for a rehearsal…
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Arts
The Forrest Gump of Data Mining Saw It All
McKenzie Funk’s “The Hank Show” follows the improbable career of one man, and the surveillance state he helped create.
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Politics
Will A.I. Transform the Economy, and if So, How?
So, will artificial intelligence transform the economy? Today I thought I’d take a break from my usual preoccupation with ongoing…
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Magazine
Shoes on the Table! And Other Challenges to the Fashion Status Quo
It’s time we expect more from our clothes. Assessing the options at Balenciaga, Loewe, Hermès and Comme des Garçons.
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Politics
Howard S. Becker, Who Looked at Society With a Fresh Eye, Dies at 95
A sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on matters as diverse as deviance, art making and marijuana use, and later found…
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Politics
To Be Happy, Marriage Matters More Than Career
When I’m around young adults I like to ask them how they are thinking about the big commitments in their…
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Magazine
‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us?
The Faroe Islands, an incongruous speckling of green in the North Atlantic, are about as far away as you can…
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Business
Lois Libien, Who Found a Readership With Household Tips, Dies at 87
As a journalist she covered issues affecting women, then turned to writing about housekeeping in handbooks and a syndicated newspaper…