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Politics
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 divorced from everyday human affairs.
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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 of “The Hunt,” a new opera by Kate Soper. One soprano had a ukulele stored offstage. Another had a violin close at hand. And a third, placed ...
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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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World
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 crises to engage in a bit of bigthink about how technology may change the economic landscape in the years ahead ...
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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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World
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 a particular following in France.
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World
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 lives: what career to go into, where to live, whom to marry. Most of them have thought a lot about their career plans. But my impression is that ...
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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 hope to get on Earth from a toxic-waste dump, time zones distant from the nearest population centers (Norway to the east, Iceland to the west ...
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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 column.
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World
Florida Schools Question Content on Gender and Sexuality in A.P. Psychology
The Latest Advanced Placement Psychology is the subject of the latest skirmish in the monthslong battle between the state of Florida and the College Board. The board said in a statement released on Thursday afternoon that several Florida school ...