Is Ancient DNA Research Revealing New Truths — or Falling Into Old Traps?
Geneticists have begun using old bones to make sweeping claims about the distant past. But their revisions to the human story are making some scholars of prehistory uneasy.
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How Tarell Alvin McCraney Moved From ‘Moonlight’ to Broadway — and Beyond
His play “Choir Boy” just opened. His next film will air on Netflix. What ties his work together? Plumbing the depths of black beauty and grief.
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For Gay Conservatives, the Trump Era is the Best and Worst of Times
Inside the emboldened, if hardly unified, ranks of the L.G.B.T. right.
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A Secret Ingredient Makes This Chef’s Galbijjim Perfect. Just Don’t Tell Mom.
What set this Korean-style short-rib stew apart?
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Can I Cut Off a Relative With Hateful Views?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on how to handle a relative whose views you find repugnant, apologizing to an ex and more.
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CreditIllustration by Tomi Um The EthicistHow Secrecy Fuels Facebook Paranoia
The social platform knows everything that happens within its walls — that’s the whole point — but it is oddly reticent when it comes to misinformation campaigns.
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CreditIllustration by Jon Han On TechnologyIt’s disorienting enough that the president communicates using internet memes. It’s even stranger to consider that his policies might work the same way.
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CreditIllustration by Derek Brahney/New Studio. Red brain: Science Photo Library/Getty Images. Blue brain: Sebastian Kaulitzki/Science Photo Library. First WordsNew Sentences: From a Poem by Ben Purkert
“The difference between the almost right word and the right word,” Mark Twain wrote, “is really a large matter.”
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Credit New SentencesLetter of Recommendation: Rides to the Airport
Any city where someone is waiting curbside with a car is still home.
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Bryan Stevenson Wants the U.S. to Face Its History
The lawyer and social justice activist on mass incarceration, the national lynching memorial and Robert E. Lee Day.
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CreditBob Miller for The New York Times TalkHe’d Never Had Allergies, But Suddenly He Had Two Episodes That Nearly Killed Him. Why?
A patient does his own sleuthing and figures out what is putting him into anaphylaxis.
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CreditIllustration by Cristina Daura DiagnosisAvoid laundry detergent that contains UV brighteners. Wear brown shoes if they don’t match the clothes.
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CreditIllustration by Radio TipJudge John Hodgman on Whether a Tail Is Part of the Butt
With assistance from George R. R. Martin.
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