Edition: U.S. / Global
November 2, 2014
Andrea Modica for The New York Times
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Bernard Hopkins, Boxing’s Oldest – and Most Cunning – Champion

The 49-year-old fighter is known for using his mental acumen to weaken, and eventually defeat, his opponents in the ring.

The Exacting, Expansive Mind of Christopher Nolan

With “Interstellar,” the director once again creates mass entertainment out of mind-bending fantasy.

My Captivity

In 2012, the author was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale.

The Biggest Ship in the World (Though It Isn’t Exactly a Ship)

Technically, this monstrous natural-gas refinery is a “floating facility,” not a “ship,” but c’mon.


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