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Food
Pizza Boxes Finally Get Their Own Recycling Bin
The Central Park Conservancy is testing a new receptacle — square, with a narrow slot — in an effort to…
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News
Can’t Find Eclipse Glasses? Here’s What to Do.
You can watch a projection of the eclipse using some common household items.
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Arts
Puccini’s ‘Butterfly’ and ‘Turandot’: More Than Appropriation
The history and curiosity behind these operas, both set in Asia, complicate often simplistic criticisms of borrowing and stereotyping.
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Books
Henry Louis Gates Jr. Unpacks Black Literature’s ‘Black Box’
In his latest book, the Harvard scholar shows how African American writers have used the written word to shape their…
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Arts
National Gallery of Art Receives Major Gift of Joseph Cornell Boxes
Collectors give the museum 27 box constructions and collages by the homebody artist who rarely left Queens but became a…
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World
‘Welsh Tidy Mouse’ Tidies Tiny Welsh House
For months, a mysterious helper was cleaning up the work bench in Rodney Holbrook’s shed every night. He caught the…
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News
Cockatoos Know How to Pick the Right Tools for the Job
The job, in these experiments, was getting a cashew out of a puzzle box.
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World
Kenyan Gay Rights Activist Is Killed
Edwin Chiloba’s body was dumped on the roadside by a moving vehicle in the country’s west. Police have arrested his…
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Food
Dips and Sweet Delights for Hanukkah
The Friday box from a Brooklyn caterer offers matbutcha and other delights, chocolate halvah bonbons from Dandelion Chocolate and more.
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Magazine
Cardboard Has Taken Over Our Lives. Where Does It Come From?
Listen to This Article Audio Recording by Audm To hear more audio stories from publications like The New York Times,…