“Owls move in a buoyant manner, as if lighter than air.” A naturalist captures the flight of almost 50 birds in a 1778 letter.
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This is a cheesecake with capybara on top soaking in an onsen.
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Recent footage of the exceptionally rare glass octopus, spotted in the remote Phoenix Islands Archipelago, north of Samoa.
During the expedition, scientists made two rare sightings of a glass octopus, a nearly transparent sp…
Researchers find that only 1.5 to 7% of the modern human genome is uniquely human.
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Why should I be called “Professor Cowen,” but few people would address the person fixing their toilet as “Plumber Jones”? Aren’t we giving some professionals too much status automatically?
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Your weekly white paper: Studies find that tipping and requirements for positive gestures drive sexual harassment in restaurants.
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by The Tournament of Books Staff
Moving as briskly along as the summer heat allows, this week we’re in Italy to discuss the first half of Jhumpa Lahiri’s Whereabouts.
Up for auction: The Airstream trailer used by Tom Hanks on movie sets since 1993, complete with several espresso makers.
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Plates from 1851’s “Prentzinger’s Atlas of Astronomy.”
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Entrepreneurs, especially in New York, are throwing “business showers” for their start-ups, even asking for gifts.
↩︎ The New York Times
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