Nuclear War Avoided, Again. But Next Time?
After four days of exchanging airstrikes and drone attacks on military infrastructure brought India and Pakistan to…
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For generations, the birth certificate has been the cornerstone of how Americans verify their citizenship. But that…
The Boom Years of Global Charity Are Over. What Comes Next?
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Joe Louis Walker, Free-Ranging Blues Explorer, Is Dead at 75
A product of the San Francisco rock crucible of the 1960s, he fashioned his own brand of…
U.S. Tells Court It Plans to Deport Scientist to Russia
Kseniia Petrova, a Harvard researcher, was detained Feb. 16 at Logan Airport after failing to declare scientific…
It’s Time for a Course on the Constitution
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Nahid Rachlin, Novelist Who Explored the Iranian Psyche, Dies at 85
One of the first Iranian novelists to write in English, she examined the clash between East and…
Richard L. Garwin, a Creator of the Hydrogen Bomb, Dies at 97
Many scientists contributed to the final result, but he was the one who, as a young physicist,…
The Five-Figure Reason Hot Restaurants Are Moving to OpenTable
During one of the busiest times in New Orleans this year — Super Bowl weekend — Lydia…
A.I. Starting in Pre-K Would Be an ‘Unmitigated Disaster’
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