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As if We Didn’t Have Enough to Frighten Us …
The globe is already pockmarked with crises, and here may be another: North Korea is acting in highly unusual ways,…
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Take That, America
Well, people, Iowa has spoken. Peeped, anyhow. Every time the nation gets to select its next president, all eyes turn…
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Peter Schickele, Composer and Gleeful Sire of P.D.Q. Bach, Dies at 88
Peter Schickele, an American composer whose career as a writer of serious concert music was often eclipsed by that of…
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Apple Expected to Remove a Health Feature From New Apple Watches
The Apple Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 would no longer detect people’s pulse rate, to comply with a…
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Economics Textbooks Are Finally Getting a Vital Update
For students, what a textbook says is ground truth. But for nearly 15 years, leading introductory economics textbooks gave students…
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Joseph Zadroga, Who Championed 9/11 Emergency Workers, Dies at 76
After the death of his son, a police detective, was linked to toxins at the World Trade Center site, he…
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Sarah Stackhouse, Star Interpreter of José Limón, Dies at 87
Her virtuosic dance technique, natural charisma and compelling acting perfectly suited Mr. Limón’s flowing movement style and abstract narrative works.
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How Hot Was It Last Year?
It is notoriously tricky to synthesize data from all the world’s weather stations into one measure of global warming, but…
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An Ancient Woolly Mammoth Left a Diary in Her Tusk
Scientists are looking at layers of minerals left behind on mammoth tusks to estimate where the hulking animals spent their…
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Treating Pain and Those Who Suffer
More from our inbox: Strolling in the City Just Isn’t What It Used to BeFood Aid at RiskThe Threat to…