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Rubio Urges Europe to Awaken From ‘Slumber’ and Uphold Western Dominance
In Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Western nations must embrace an earlier ethos of exploration and conquest as part of their civilization, to remain ‘at the head of the world.’
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Are You Prepared for MoMA’s New Swamp?
The Danish artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen is driven by fascination with wetlands and a penchant for video games. His exhibition presents a mystical, esoteric world.
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Lit from Within: Eva Marie Saint (1924-2026)
There’s a famous scene in “On the Waterfront” (1954) that shows Marlon Brando’s Terry Malloy flirting with Eva Marie Saint’s convent-trained Edie Doyle in his palooka-like way, and what people remember most is his improvisation and her reaction. When Saint drops her glove during the scene, Brando decided to pick it up and toy with…
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Female Filmmakers in Focus: Paloma Schneideman on “Big Girls Don’t Cry”
Growing up queer, especially in a rural community, isn’t easy. This is something “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” the debut from New Zealand writer-director Paloma Schneideman, knows intimately. Set in the summer of 2006, the film follows Sid (Ani Palmer, delivering a knockout debut performance), an angsty teen coming of age in a newly digital world.…
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Was the Human Gut Healthier in Ancient Times?
The microbiome isn’t what it used to be in many parts of the world. The shift may be affecting the well-being of people in industrialized countries.
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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died
Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.
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In Vienna and Beijing, the First Nuclear Clocks Begin to Tick
By measuring the squishing and unsquishing of thorium-229 nuclei, two teams created a new type of clock that could someday beat the precision of atomic clocks.
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Jonathan the Giant Tortoise Is 194 Years Old. He Just Had His Genome Sequenced.
Scientists have sequenced his genome for the first time, hoping the world’s oldest land animal can offer clues into the genetics of longevity.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry Is Awarded to Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai
The Nobel Committee recognized Henri Kagan and Kenso Soai for solving a century-old mystery about molecules with mirror images. Their work is crucial for pharmaceuticals and carries clues to the origins of life.
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Why My Conversations with OpenAI’s ‘ChatGPT for Teens’ Made Me Very Worried
A new mode includes a study tool, but it still does a user’s homework. And a children’s safety nonprofit says the chatbot flunked its tests.