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North Korea’s Glossy New Surface: Apps, Beaches and a Fake Starbucks
Videos taken by visitors to the isolated country provide a rare glimpse of how it’s mimicking the consumerism of the outside world.
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E1 Settlement in West Bank Tied to Greater Israel Goal
Israel’s approval of a settlement project delayed for decades shows how far Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has gone in dashing Palestinian aspirations.
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Expecting on the Front Lines: Motherhood in Ukraine’s Military
Pregnant Ukrainian soldiers say they are fighting for the future of their country and for their children.
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Museum’s Update Sends a Message: Native Artists Are Still Here
At San Francisco’s de Young, an Indigenous team of scholars and artists is rethinking the display of Native objects and helping to rebuild fraught community ties.
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You’re Looking at Art. Someone Blocks Your View. Then What?
For some art lovers, there’s no pathway too narrow for a casual scooch between a spectator and a painting to seem unwise.
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LIFE AFTER LIFE: 4 Films at IANDS Conference in Chicago August 27-31
Four films about near-death experiences (NDE), shared death experiences (SDE), and related phenomena will be screened at the International Association for Near-Death Studies (“IANDS”) annual conference, August 27-31 at the Hilton in Oak Brook Hills, Illinois, said Janet Riley, the Executive Director of IANDS. The Annual Conference includes four days of education and workshops, and will bring together more…
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My Window into Culture: Rachael Abigail Holder on “Love, Brooklyn”
“Love, Brooklyn” is the story of three people who are stuck as the community they love changes around them. Roger (André Holland) is a journalist who can’t get started on his story about gentrification. Casey (Nicole Beharie) is a gallery owner and his ex, though they cannot quite figure out whether they want to get…
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How the Pygmy Sea Horse Lost Its Snout
The genome of a small, remarkable sea horse offers a surprising lesson in nature’s creativity.
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SpaceX Scrubs 10th Starship Test Launch Because of Lousy Weather
Weather interfered on Monday night with the ability of Elon Musk’s company to show it could overcome setbacks faced by its Starship prototype.
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Scientists Find a Quadruple Star System in Our Cosmic Backyard
Two of the objects in the arrangement are cold brown dwarfs, which will serve as a benchmark for others throughout the Milky Way.