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It was revealed that scientists increasingly don’t understand how artificial intelligence works. Read More
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Nabokov’s Berlin

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A happy eternal recurrence: on the author’s relationship to fatherhood and time Read More
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Iranian state media announced that “the world’s dirtiest man” had died at age 94, several months after taking his first bath in decades. Read More
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Sarah Smarsh on the Midterms

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A view from outside the Beltway of what’s at stake this election Read More
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Paris Memories

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“That’s a loss for Americans, who, in any case, hardly know how to make a subtle or nuanced film anymore.” Read More
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Guido Crosetto, who was hospitalized during a 2013 election campaign after smoking 150 cigarettes in a single day, became Italy’s defense minister. Read More
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A German man was detained after biting a police dog. Read More
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A British court ruled that giant marshmallows are an ingredient rather than a snack and are thus not subject to value-added tax. Read More
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A Swiss court ordered Lidl to immediately destroy its stock of foil-wrapped chocolate rabbits. Read More
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Animal Rights

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The heart of the heartland: on the methods and laws factory farms would rather we didn’t know about Read More
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The British pound reached an all-time low valuation against the U.S. dollar following the burial of Queen Elizabeth II, who was laid to rest at an estimated cost of $2.6 billion to the country’s economy. Read More
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The Right to Not Be Pregnant

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Reframing and strengthening fundamental pro-choice arguments Read More
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An armed man wearing a rainbow clown wig who was arrested in a Pennsylvania Dairy Queen was reported to have told police that he was “working to restore Trump to president-king of the United States.” Read More
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Louise Bourgeois

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On the artist, her life and work, and the experience of seeing Read More
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Civilization in Peril

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“The former president is but a symptom of a deeper degradation in the body politic.” Read More
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Authorities in Syria seized hummus bowls made out of amphetamine. Read More
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What Happened to Cecil Rhodes’s Nose?

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On problematic statues and new approaches to writing about lingering historical trauma Read More
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A Saudi court sentenced a woman to 45 years in prison for using social media. Read More
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Scientists announced the creation of wind turbine blades that could be recycled into gummy bears. Read More
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Addiction, Recovery, and Experimental Brain Surgery

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New ways of thinking about substance abuse, treatment, and sobriety Read More
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Christopher Hitchens

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Examining the commentator’s pre-internet celebrity, writing, and legacy Read More
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A Missouri pastor apologized for calling his flock “poor, broke, busted, and disgusted” for not buying him a Movado watch. Read More
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OnlyFans, a subscription pornography website, attempted to defeat its competition by bribing Meta employees to place rival porn stars on a terrorist watchlist. Read More
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Guardians of Memory

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Working as though everything depended on you: the delicate, dangerous task of preserving religious manuscripts in conflict zones Read More
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French authorities remain uncertain of how to assist a beluga whale in the Seine. Read More
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A Different Kind of Politician

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As Arenas told me, “when something is cheap, someone somewhere is paying for it.” Read More
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Empire Burlesque

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Living through the twilight of American global power Read More
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President Emmanuel Macron decried Russia as an “imperial colonial power” while on a tour of West African countries that were formerly French colonies. Read More
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A member of the Russian parliament claimed that blood tests on Ukrainian prisoners of war proved that they were super-soldiers created in American biolabs Read More
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Tree Sleuths

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Flat-pack forensics: how scientists are dissembling black market lumber Read More
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