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A ‘$10 Quintillion’ Asteroid
Lindy Elkins-Tanton is leading a NASA mission to explore an asteroid rich with metalssupposedly worth $10 quintillion that’s orbiting the…
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Ronald Blythe, Scribe of the English Countryside, Dies at 100
He was best known for his 1969 book “Akenfield,” but he was also beloved for his many essays and columns…
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Bob Orben, One-Man Gag Factory and Speechwriter, Dies at 95
He wrote tens of thousands of jokes in his career. Among those who told them were Dick Gregory, Jack Paar,…
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This Winter, More Than Ever, We’re Skiing Straight to Hell
BERLIN — When I saw news photos of the bare slopes of the Alps’ storied ski resorts a few weeks…
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There’s a Ring Around This Dwarf Planet. It Shouldn’t Be There.
Quaoar, which orbits the sun in the distant Kuiper belt, is the latest small object shown to have a ring…
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The Biggest Penguin That Ever Existed Was a ‘Monster Bird’
Fossils found in New Zealand highlight an era after the dinosaurs when giant flightless birds prowled the seas for prey.
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When the Government Goes Top Secret, Who Can Write Its History?
THE DECLASSIFICATION ENGINE: What History Reveals About America’s Top Secrets, by Matthew Connelly It’s no secret that government secrecy has…
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A Cockeyed Optimist: Oscar Hammerstein Was No Stephen Sondheim
Laurie Winer’s new book, “Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical,” takes the measure of Sondheim’s mentor and…
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How ‘Some Like It Hot’ Tunes In to the Jazz Age
From the set design to the wig styles, the Broadway musical creates a richly detailed vision of the 1920s and…
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Simone Forti’s Experiments Transcribing Bodies in Motion
Best known for her work as a choreographer, the artist is the subject of a wide-ranging show at MOCA in…