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Excavating Jerry Garcia’s Crucial Bluegrass Roots
In 1964, the guitarist took a road trip, hoping to become Bill Monroe’s banjo player. The journey, and his longtime…
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The Man Behind the Effortless, Viral Grooves
Shay Latukolan, who has worked with Jungle and Childish Gambino, creates choreography so infectious that everyone thinks they can dance…
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No, Americans Are Not Completely Stupid About Inflation
Stefanie Stantcheva was 11 years old in 1997 when annual inflation in Bulgaria, the country from which she and her…
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South Africa Is Becoming Something New, and It’s Not Good
The ceremony went virtually unnoticed. On an overcast April day in South Africa’s administrative capital, Pretoria, President Cyril Ramaphosa delivered…
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The Stench of Climate Change Denial
This may sound a bit weird, but when I think about my adolescent years, I sometimes associate them with the…
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The Cicadas Are Here. You Have Nothing to Fear.
By Margaret Renkl Produced by Kristina Samulewski They’re noisy and clumsy, and there are a trillion of them. Take a…
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Here Comes Manhattanhenge 2024: When and How to Watch
The annual event brings New Yorkers together to celebrate longer days, warmer weather and epic summer sunsets.
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Justices’ ‘Disturbing’ Ruling in South Carolina Gerrymandering Case
More from our inbox: Questions for RepublicansThe Case Against the PurebredChatbot TherapyCriticism of IsraelCredit...Caroline Gutman for The New York TimesTo…
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Memo to Orchestras: Do More Opera
The Cleveland Orchestra’s staging of Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” was a reminder that ensembles can help fill the gap as…
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Rivers of Lava on Venus Reveal a More Volcanically Active Planet
New software let scientists re-examine old radar images, providing some of the strongest evidence yet that volcanoes continue to reshape…