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Magazine
The Comet Strike Theory That Just Won’t Die
In 2007, a group of researchers, led by a nuclear physicist named Richard Firestone, announced an astonishing discovery. They had…
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Magazine
Do Designers Really Expect Us to Wear Those Ridiculous Clothes?
Our critic explains why runway shows feature outfits far more outlandish than the ones most of us actually wear.
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World
Witnesses Describe Seeing People Shot as Israeli Soldiers Fired Toward Crowds Surging Around Aid Convoy
They went out in the thousands, camping overnight along the coastal road in the cold Gaza night — making small…
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News
Researchers Dispute Claim That Ancient Whale Was Heaviest Animal Ever
A new study argues that Perucetus, an ancient whale species, was certainly big, but not as big as today’s blue…
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Finance
Fed Minutes Show Embrace of Inflation Progress but No Hurry to Cut Rates
Minutes from the Federal Reserve’s Jan. 30-31 meeting showed policymakers thought that risks of an inflation pickup had “diminished.”
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News
The Unflinching Empathy I Learned as a Novelist Is What the World Needs
“Write down a phrase you find abhorrent — something you yourself would never say.” My students looked startled but they…
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US
Navigating Israel’s War When One Spouse Is Jewish, and One Is Not.
For some couples, figuring out how to talk about the war in Gaza is a hurdle in the relationship, but…
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News
What Sports Fans Need to Know About a New Streaming Service
The joint venture announced by Disney, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery will offer a lot, but it may not be…
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US
For Biden, Another Trump Nomination Presents Opportunity — and Great Risk
Some Democrats consider the former president the Republican they would have the best chance against this fall, but also the…
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News
Unlikely Allies in the Fight Against Free Trade
They met in the 1990s, at an event about the North American Free Trade Agreement, where they were the only…