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In the Fastest-Warming City in the U.S., These Artists See Hope
At the Nevada Museum of Art, five examples of artist-activists shining a light on the Great Basin Desert and beyond.
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Roger Ebert’s Best and Worst Alien Movies
Steven Spielberg’s fourth film about alien encounters is “Disclosure Day,” following “ET: The Extra-Terrestrial,” “War of the Worlds,” and “Close Encounters of the Third Kind.” That inspired us to take another look at what Roger Ebert thought about some of the most famous and infamous alien movies, from the inspiring and friendly to the terrorizing…
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The 20 Best Films of 2026 So Far
Movies are back! At least that’s what people who love film have been saying in the first half of 2026, largely due to the wild success of Curry Barker’s “Obsession” and Kane Parsons’ “Backrooms.” If we were doing a list of the most essential films of 2026 when it comes to understanding how audiences and…
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Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs
With machine learning and a high-resolution imaging robot, scientists measured and mapped the extent of Earth’s carbon circulatory system.
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NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory
The global weather pattern threatens to worsen floods and heat waves already intensifying due to climate change. But it may also mean fewer hurricanes.
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The Researcher Who Didn’t Want to Know
Her decades of work on Huntington’s disease helped lead to the creation of a genetic test for the devastating condition. Why didn’t she take it herself?
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A Newer Approach to Editing Embryos Ignites Debate
Fertility specialists, biotech companies and ethicists are divided over whether progress in early gene editing would wipe out diseases or trigger a rush toward enhancement.
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Nobody Drinks Bordeaux in Bordeaux
In restaurants and wine bars in Bordeaux, plenty of other wines are open, but few bottles of the local product. Why?
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These 11 World Cup-inspired recipes are watch party goals
Celebrate the World Cup with Spanish patatas bravas, Korean rice rolls, Mexican basket tacos and more.
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SpaceX IPO: How Our Reporters Assess the Sky-High Valuation and Potential Economic Impact
Two Times tech reporters and their editor talk about assessing the sky-high valuation of the rocket and satellite maker, the potential economic impact of its public debut and the role of the world’s richest man in it all.