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A Cloistered France

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"The new security perimeter at the Eiffel Tower, designed by architect Dietmar Feichtinger, is intended to be transparent—literally. But it is also a delusion." Read More
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Scientists announced that neurotic people probably shouldn’t colonize Mars. Read More
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Generation X

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An AI-written Microsoft Travel article recommended an Ottawa food bank as a “cannot miss” tourist spot. Read More
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Richard E. Maltby Jr.’s Cryptics

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It’s all a game to me: speaking with the master puzzle maker Read More
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A man crashed a stolen garbage truck into a hot tub store on the Dolly Parton Parkway in Tennessee. Read More
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The Lost Child

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“We have to jump on this trend,” an El Salvador funeral home owner said of his new pink, Barbie-themed coffins. Read More
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Joyce Carol Oates

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President Joe Biden’s dog was reported to have bitten seven people in a four-month span. Read More
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Scientism and COVID-19

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Authorities in Berlin searching for a lioness found a brood of “startled piglets.” Read More
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Genetic Responsibility in Nigeria

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Officials attempted to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter who has been accosting local surfers and stealing their boards. Read More
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The Good Witches of Pennsylvania

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A poll was reported to have found that over 40 percent of Americans do not know what July Fourth commemorates. Read More
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“We think that it’s just, air goes through your nostrils and you move. No, there’s a science to breathing.” Read More
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The Doomsday Machine

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It’s not morning in America: on the persistent threat of nuclear winter Read More
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It was reported that a Harvard researcher who studied dishonesty had been accused of fabricating data. Read More
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After the Titan

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An author reflects on his own experience in an amateur submersible Read More
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A Belgian psychologist found that most adults suffer from “end-of-history illusion.” Read More
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The DIY Submariner

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Realizing the eternal dream of journeying into the briny depths—on your own terms Read More
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The New Roosevelt?

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“What is Biden’s actual record? Will he be reelected simply because his name isn’t Trump?” Read More
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The Kissinger Centennial

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All about the birthday boy—and Christopher Hitchens’s case against him Read More
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An employee of an organ donation nonprofit who had filed a workplace complaint was reported to have found three severed heads on his desk. Read More
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A purification ceremony took place at St. Peter’s Basilica after a naked man stood at the main altar to protest the war in Ukraine. Read More
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Nancy Lemann

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There and back: the author of Lives of the Saints discusses her career, religion, and influences Read More
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It was reported that octopuses may have nightmares. Read More
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The Writers’ Strike, or: the Writers Strike

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On the WGA versus the studios and streamers Read More
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