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World
Grief During a Holiday of Gratitude
Grieving parents like me are told to gird themselves for anniversaries and holidays, for birthdays and religious events. We’re advised…
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Books
‘A Murder at the End of the World’ Review: P.I. Meets A.I.
The story of death at a mogul’s retreat (no, not “Glass Onion”) has a few interesting ideas about tech within…
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Economy
Is Crypto Financing Terrorism?
A report that terror groups raised more than $130 million in crypto during recent years has set off a debate…
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Books
When the Thrill of Victory Felt Truly Thrilling
Michael MacCambridge’s “The Big Time” rewinds to the ’70s, when showy personalities and compelling rivalries turned sports into mass entertainment.
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Books
Pushing the Body to Extremes to Find Serenity
Why do some people put their bodies through extreme acts? Why cross the Seine on a wire or climb a…
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Books
After Nearly Five Decades, Waltraud Meier Takes Her Final Opera Bow
The famed singer, known for her captivating presence, intellectual approach and distinctive sound, is retiring from the stage with “Elektra.”
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Economy
Maybe We Will Finally Learn More About How A.I. Works
Stanford researchers have ranked 10 major A.I. models on how openly they operate.
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World
What if We Could All Control A.I.?
Researchers at Anthropic asked roughly 1,000 Americans to write rules for their A.I. chatbot. The results could be a model…
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World
The Strange Decline of the Pax Americana
When Hamas attacked Israel, Republicans knew whom to blame: President Biden. Donald Trump asserted that the attack wouldn’t have happened…
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Politics
Robert Sapolsky Doesn’t Believe in Free Will. (But Feel Free to Disagree.)
There is no free will, according to Robert Sapolsky, a biologist and neurologist at Stanford University and a recipient of…