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Fossil Find Tantalizes Loch Ness Monster Fans
LONDON — Millions of years before the first (alleged) sighting of the Loch Ness monster, populations of giant reptiles swam…
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The Cartwheel Galaxy Is the Webb Telescope’s Latest Cosmic Snapshot
Scientists on Tuesday published the latest images from NASA’s triumphant James Webb Space Telescope. The newest release documents the Cartwheel…
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An Imperfect Decade
The San Francisco Giants were playing their own game, just down the steps from the home clubhouse at Oracle Park,…
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Is Cricket Sustainable Amid Climate Change?
The joke is that if you want it to rain during this wetter-than-usual summer in the Caribbean, just start a…
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We Can Fight Monkeypox Without Hysteria or Homophobia
BERLIN — As I stayed home in late July, listening to the director general of the World Health Organization declare…
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We Can’t Let Bad Vibes Lead Us to a Recession
The economy is the story of what people do — how we spend money and time, the quantitative and the…
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The Coming Crisis Along the Colorado River
It’s past time to get real about the Southwest’s hardest-working river. About 40 million people rely on the Colorado River…
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The Republican Party Is the Anti-Democracy Party
The word “democracy” never appears in the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. However, democracy is central to the modern…
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Stockholm Instead of Rome? October Instead of July? How Heat Waves Are Changing Tourism in Europe
It was the middle of July, peak summer travel season, and the news from Europe wasn’t looking good: A heat-induced…
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Russia’s Shortfalls Create an Opportunity for Ukraine, Western Officials Say
WASHINGTON — In the early phase of the war in Ukraine, shortages of soldiers and problems with equipment forced Russia…