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Hernan Diaz’s New Novel Isn’t a Dystopia—Trust Him

Pulitzer winner Hernan Diaz releases his first novel in four years this week, and he’s parrying a few questions about genre. “I take issue w

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What Gertrude Stein, T. S. Eliot and Joan Didion Really Meant With Their Most Famous Aphorisms

Phrased & Confused, in which Eli Burnstein digs into the meaning of some of the famous literary aphorisms of all time, is available now from

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Personal Yet Systemic: On Antiblackness as a Social, Historical and Cultural Phenomenon

ANTIBLACKNESS (noun) 1. that which engulfs Blackness with inescapable violence 2. a set of relations that mark and position Blackness as the

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Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, Ayad Akhtar, and more: 22 new books out today!

There are a number of heavyweight fiction titles coming out this week: Min Jin Lee, Hernan Diaz, and Ayad Akhtar all have long awaited novel

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The Radiance

The narrator of The Radiance shares Akhtar’s name and much of his life. After leaving New York for a small Hudson Valley town, he ends up ge

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Mick Jagger Tells the Story Behind ‘Gimme Shelter’ and Merry Clayton’s Haunting Background Vocals

In the fall of 1969 the Rolling Stones were in a Los Angeles recording studio, putting the final touches on their album Let It Bleed. It was

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A revolution has come in the first of the Big Bang’s 4 cornerstones

There’s a huge problem with our attempts to uncover the origins of the Universe: we only see our Universe as it is today, 13.8 billion years

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Roundtables: The Deadly Failures of The Virtual Border Wall

Listen to the session or watch below The US has spent billions building a “virtual wall” of surveillance towers along its southern border ov

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Frogs Wear Bacterial Armor to Defend Against Fungus

It gives them a leg up in survival The post Frogs Wear Bacterial Armor to Defend Against Fungus appeared first on Nautilus.

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How to find the Goldilocks zone of curiosity

I was in a coffee shop recently when I noticed a half-finished puzzle on a table by the counter. I was in a rush, but I couldn’t resist: I s

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Famed Dancer’s Diary Offers Glimpse into Psychosis

It’s rare to have a record of someone’s descent into madness The post Famed Dancer’s Diary Offers Glimpse into Psychosis appeared first on N

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Centuries Ago, Royals Dressed Up Their Dolls to Share the Latest Fashions. See How Barbies, Baby Dolls and Other Tiny Trendsetters Have Inspired Designers Ever Since

A new exhibition at the Museum at FIT in New York City showcases more than 170 objects that trace the often-unexpected relationship between

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Wahpper: The World’s Largest Catfish in Wahpeton, North Dakota

Where the Bois de Sioux and Otter Tail rivers merge in southeastern North Dakota, the Red River of the North begins its winding trek northwa

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How Menopause Symptoms Could Predict Alzheimer’s Risk

It may explain why women develop the disease more than men The post How Menopause Symptoms Could Predict Alzheimer’s Risk appeared first on

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This Massive, Deep-Sea Roly Poly Can Go Years Without Food Thanks to a Huge Stomach and a Stolen Gene, Study Suggests

The ancestors of the giant isopod Bathynomus jamesi—a seafloor-dwelling creature that resembles a huge pill bug—acquired the snippet of DNA

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Archaeologists Unearth the 2,400-Year-Old School Where Aristotle Taught Alexander to Be Great

The latest excavation at Aristotle’s gymnasium in ancient Mieza has revealed ornate, mosaic-covered halls where researchers believe Alexande

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Inner Space, Outer Space, and How to Be an Astronaut in the Cosmos of Connection: Eric Berne on the Key to True Intimacy

"A star is the glowing light inside the other person, distantly seen, brave soul’s tiny flame, too bright to approach without great courage

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Hood River Pumping Station and Pipeline Trail in Hood River, Oregon

This is a place with two unique and magical places to see. The first, the abandoned Hood River Pumping Station, is at the parking lot to the

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A Dispatch from the Trenches of Algorithmic Living

This excerpt is reprinted with permission from NYU Press. It is adapted from Power in Listening: The Sounding Out! Reader. Sometime in 2021,

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When can we say AI made a scientific discovery?

This story originally appeared in The Algorithm, our weekly newsletter on AI. To get stories like this in your inbox first, sign up here. La

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Orcas and the Price of Consciousness: Lessons in Love and Loss from Earth’s Most Successful and Creative Predator

Marbling the waters of every ocean with their billows of black and white, orcas are Earth’s most creative and most successful apex predator.

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The Ivanhoe Clock in Leeds, England

At one end of Thornton’s Arcade, beneath its elegant glass roof, four Victorian characters wait for their cue. When the clock strikes, Robin

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Does Religion Change Our Brains?

Devotional practices seem to shape our highest organ in distinct ways The post Does Religion Change Our Brains? appeared first on Nautilus.

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Satellite Images Reveal Greenland and Antarctica Have Lost More Than 12 Trillion Tons of Ice Over the Past 50 Years

Most of the frozen water has vanished because glaciers have been flowing faster into the ocean, rather than because of surface melting of ic

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