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Arts
How to Turn a Good Cry Into Good Cinema
Bringing a great crying scene to the big screen requires a combination of craft and empathy. This is how three…
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Science
Dolphins Can Shout, but It’s Never Loud Enough
Researchers found that dolphins confronted with noise increase the volume and duration of their calls to one another but struggle…
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‘Babylon’: A Guide to the Characters and Their Real-Life Counterparts
The Damien Chazelle epic is set in 1920s Hollywood and draws on figures from that time, including “the ‘It’ Girl,”…
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Arts
Review: ‘The Magic Flute’ Directs Its Whimsy Toward the Younger Set
Julie Taymor’s version of Mozart’s opera, a fairy tale of puppets and plexiglass, achieves its finest form in the Met’s…
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on the Most Cheeky Onomatopoeia
A couple disagrees on the etymology of a fart.
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Science
Curse Words Around the World Have Something in Common (We Swear)
These four sounds are missing from some of the seven words you can never say on television, and the pattern…
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Magazine
Could I Survive the ‘Quietest Place on Earth’?
Listen to This Article To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times, download Audm for iPhone…
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