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Luc Vincent, the man in charge of all the imagery in Google's online maps, next to a Trekker.
Dan Winters for The New York Times

Luc Vincent, the man in charge of all the imagery in Google's online maps, next to a Trekker.

In the battle for digital dominance, victory depends on being the first to map every last place on the globe. It’s as hard as it sounds.

Holiday Meat-and-Greet

We all know what to cook on Thanksgiving. But Christmas? New Year’s Day? Sam Sifton provides recipes and video guides for five protein-heavy main courses.

Inside the Power of the N.R.A.

It has been a year since the Newtown shootings. Federal gun laws haven’t changed. Here is why.

It’s the Economy

Why Are Americans Staying Put?

As with so many cases of inertia, the Internet may be partly to blame.

Diagnosis

A Fever You Can See in the Eyes

Doctors were stumped until an observant nurse noticed a telltale sign.

Solve the popular variety puzzles from the Sunday magazine at our newly relaunched hub for New York Times crosswords.

The Lives They Loved: Submit Your Memories

We invite you to contribute stories and photographs of your loved ones who died this year.

Welcome to Tchotchke Town

Scenes from a market in Yiwu, China.

Eureka

What Anesthesia Can Teach Us About Consciousness

Going under for surgery raises a surprisingly thorny philosophical issue.

The Ethicist

The First Amendment Right to Nonpolitical Homework

Giving points for climate-change activism.

Talk

What Happened When Claire Danes Met the Real C.I.A.

The “Homeland” star on state secrets, spoiler alerts and the “Carrie Cry Face.”

Innovation

Who Made Those Cop Shows?

“The Wire” before “The Wire.”

The One-Page Magazine

Mistletoe, Vindicated

Museum of ruined dinners; the tipsy witness; how to ask smart questions.

Reply All

The 12.1.13 Issue

Readers respond.

From The Archive

Google’s Gatekeepers

Jeffrey Rosen’s 2008 article on Google’s response to online censorship in countries that restrict free speech.

Editors' Picks

The Search for the Lost Marines of Tarawa

Seventy years after three of the bloodiest days in modern American history, the battle continues to bring the missing men back home.

Riff

A Reason to Root for Dubai on the Hudson

The trouble isn’t that Manhattan is changing. The trouble lies in what exactly it’s starting to become.

God Called Them to Adopt. And Adopt. And Adopt.

When responding to a calling to take in foster children, how do you know when you’ve done enough?

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This Is What It Looks Like at the Center of America

A photo portolio by Andrew Moore of some of the most sparsely populated regions west of the 100th meridian.

The 6th Floor Blog
Down the Instagram Rabbit Hole

Discovery of one great Instagram photographer leads to the discovery of another one, then another . . .

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