Work
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US
Cities Foster Serendipity. But Can They Do It When Workers Are at Home?
Revisiting a theory about chance collisions and innovation.
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News
Restaurants Aren’t What They Used to Be (and That’s a Good Thing)
Like so many other chefs, I was drawn to the restaurant business because it is exciting. I ignored its dysfunction…
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News
An Indian Artist Questions Borders and the Limits on Free Speech
In hauntingly spare artworks, Shilpa Gupta grapples with questions of censorship, born from her own experiences with authoritarian limits.
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Magazine
Don’t Call These Clothes Minimalist. Or Quiet Luxury for That Matter.
Warning: The versatile, sumptuous pieces at Attersee may telegraph “stealth wealth,” but that’s not the point.
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News
In This Exhibition, Gender Meets Climate Activism. It’s a Lot.
A sprawling show at the Barbican Art Gallery in London presents works under the banner of “ecofeminism,” linking women’s oppression…
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Business
Fresh Turmoil in the Middle East Puts Markets on Edge
Oil prices rose as President Biden arrived in Israel for high-stakes diplomatic talks in the wake of a deadly blast…
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Politics
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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Magazine
What Happens When an Artist’s Technology Becomes Obsolete?
Curators and conservators are working to save — and update — art made with aging hardware.
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World
In Israel, Sewing for the Security Forces
Fashion students and professors put their skills to use in an unexpected way.
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News
Lab Leak Fight Casts Chill Over Virology Research
Scientists doing “gain-of-function” research said that heightened fears of lab leaks are stalling studies that could thwart the next pandemic…