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Steph Curry Is Growing Older. I Am, Too.
A few weeks ago, as I watched the Golden State Warriors submit to a humiliating defeat by the Sacramento Kings,…
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China Has a Plan for Its Housing Crisis. Here’s Why It’s Not Enough.
A new approach by China’s top leaders is bold but pales against the problem: a vast number of empty apartments…
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A Dreamy Bean Dip in Under 30 Minutes
Topped with deeply browned onions, this snack is as simple or complex as you make it.
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Books
‘Butcher’ Tells the (Mostly) True Story of a Very Bad Gynecologist
Through the lens of a 19th-century doctor, Joyce Carol Oates explores gothic medical horror.
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An Ex-President, a Senator and the Center of the (Legal) Universe
Manhattan is playing host to two of the biggest political trials in American history. The courthouses are just 500 feet…
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Loneliness Is a Problem That A.I. Won’t Solve
When I was reporting my ed tech series, I stumbled on one of the most disturbing things I’ve read in…
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How the Language of TV is Influencing How We See Ourselves
TikTok has spawned a curious new way of understanding ordinary life: villain arcs, main character energy and seasons.
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Books
Hades II’s Eternal Pursuit of a Tantalizing Past
The video game sequel’s central character struggles to exhume the memory of her former life. Out of the pandemic, our…
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Politics
Why You Can Hear the Temperature of Water
A science video maker in China couldn’t find a good explanation for why hot and cold water sound different, so…
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Your Neighbors Are Retiring in Their 30s. Why Can’t You?
Even before he really knew what it meant, Allen Wong wanted to be rich. As a kid, he didn’t yet…