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The Mets Make Their Case as New York’s Best Team
With talk earlier this year about this possibly being the best New York baseball season ever, it had seemed clear…
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Astronomers May Have Found the Galaxy’s Youngest Planet
Over the last 30 years, astronomers have found more than 5,000 exoplanets, an eclectic menagerie of worlds far from our…
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Tracking Ships (and Sharks) and Tying Knots: Apps to Enrich Your Seaside Vacation
Of all summer’s pleasures, few are as irresistible as a getaway by the water, be it an ocean, lake or…
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The Greenest Block Grows in Brooklyn
Good morning. It’s Wednesday. We’ll find out why a block in Crown Heights is Brooklyn’s greenest. And, how much has…
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Science Is Still in a Race Against the Coronavirus
The Covid-19 pandemic has been a lesson in speed: the speed at which a novel virus among humans can spread;…
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The Strength of Our Political Loyalties Changes Our Actual Beliefs
When so many voters — a majority, in fact — say that they prefer consensus to conflict, why does polarization…
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When America Joined the Cult of the Confederacy
President Woodrow Wilson transformed government into an engine of white supremacy when he took office in 1913. His administration segregated…
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What Does ‘Vex Money’ Do to Love?
Vex money. Noun. Origin: Anglophone Caribbean. Meaning: money stashed on your person or in a secret place (a brassiere, a…
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Your Blue State Won’t Save You: Why State Politics Is National Politics
Produced by ‘The Argument’ Last week, Kansans voted in overwhelming numbers to protect abortion rights in their State Constitution —…
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A Songwriter and His Sister Take on a Hollywood Hills Fixer-Upper
CJ Baran needed a new home in Los Angeles for personal and professional reasons. After living in an apartment for…