SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A few weeks ago, Edgar Dworsky got a promising tip by email. “Diluted cough syrup,” read the…
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It’s easy to look at a forest and think it’s inevitable: that the trees came into being through a stately…
Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…
It started with a picture of a cat’s paw. It became a game of wins and losses, a warped mirror…
PORTLAND, Ore. — For someone who wants his own species to go extinct, Les Knight is a remarkably happy-go-lucky human.…
In 2018, I wrote a column calling the soon-to-be-elected Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, a left-wing version…
AL-RAYYAN, Qatar — There were crosses fizzed low toward Josh Sargent, trimming the turf as they went, and crosses arcing…
This article includes spoilers for the series finale of “The Walking Dead.” “The Walking Dead” has been ending for a…
EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…
Jay M. Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College who spent more than 50 years traveling the world to observe solar…