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How an ‘Avatar’ Villain Spends His Sundays

Stephen Lang is perhaps best known for playing the nefarious, strong and lithe Colonel Miles Quaritch in “Avatar.” But if…

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What Happened to Canada’s Cold War Relics?

Few of the sites built to protect Canadians from a radioactive cloud of destruction have been preserved.

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Making Farms Organic Is Paying Off

I talked by phone on Thursday with Garrett Mussi as he was driving around 1,000 acres in California’s San Joaquin…

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The Revolutionary Power of a Skein of Yarn

Not long ago, Michelle Obama posted a black-and-white photo of herself on Instagram, cozy in an armchair, a nearby side…

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How Do Heavy Metals Like Lead Get in Baby Food?

The problem begins at the farm where plants draw toxins from the soil. There’s no washing them away.

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The Long Shadow of ‘American Dirt’

Three years ago this month, the novel “American Dirt” by Jeanine Cummins landed in bookstores on a tsunami of enthusiasm.…

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‘We Need Pleasure to Survive’

The subject line of an email sent by my own fair paper last week read: “For You: Even a Little…

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A New View of the Most Explosive Moon in the Solar System

Recent strange activity around Jupiter’s volcanic moon, Io, confused and excited scientists.

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The Logic of Escalation in Ukraine

When the Ukrainian military made rapid advances in its autumn campaign, the fears of Russian nuclear retaliation were connected to…

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Two Special Counsels Could Make One Fine Mess for Merrick Garland

Attorney General Merrick Garland’s symmetrical appointments of special counsels to investigate the classified documents imbroglios of President Biden and former…

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