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RT, Sputnik and Russia’s New Theory of War
How the Kremlin built one of the most powerful information weapons of the 21st century — and why it may be impossible to stop.
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What Could We Lose if a NASA Climate Mission Goes Dark?
Researchers are racing to replace the pioneering Grace satellites, which are threatened by both dying batteries and Trump-era budget cuts.
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Can Baseball Turn a 27-Year-Old Into the Perfect Manager?
Take an inside look at the White Sox’s experiment with Justin Jirschele, the youngest coach in professional baseball.
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The Ever-Changing Business of ‘Anti-Aging’
We don’t want to look older. But we don’t want to look as if we fear it either.
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CreditIllustration by Ping Zhu WellWhat the World’s Emptiest International Airport Says About China’s Influence
Chinese projects all over the world can create debt traps for the countries they’re in — and perhaps also trap China on the road to empire.
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CreditIllustration by Andrew Rae On MoneyWas This Headache Just a Migraine, or Something Worse?
She’d experienced this sort of pain many times in the past, but this felt different.
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CreditIllustration by Andreas Samuelsson DiagnosisMust I Tell My Therapist About My Other Therapist?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether having two shrinks is the same as two-timing and whether unpaid internships are ever fair.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistLetter of Recommendation: Zip Ties
The cheap plastic fasteners are the best tool we have in the fight against chaos, entropy and disorder.
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The Secret to Amazing Mango Kulfi Comes in a Can
The idea that fresh is always better is both simple and false.
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CreditGentl and Hyers for The New York Times EatBillie Jean King Understands Colin Kaepernick
The tennis legend on activism, tobacco sponsorships and the strange experience of watching her own biopic.
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CreditCeleste Sloman for The New York Times TalkNew Sentences: From ‘Lower Ed,’ by Tressie McMillan Cottom
Three words confront a particularly stubborn American delusion.
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