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Business

Meet the Man on a Mission to Expose Sneaky Price Increases

SOMERVILLE, Mass. — A few weeks ago, Edgar Dworsky got a promising tip by email. “Diluted cough syrup,” read the…

World

Meet the Mice Who Make the Forest

It’s easy to look at a forest and think it’s inevitable: that the trees came into being through a stately…

World

Jean-Marie Straub, Uncompromising Filmmaker, Is Dead at 89

Jean-Marie Straub, a celebrated filmmaker aligned with the French New Wave who sparked critical debate with films he made with…

Health

What Are ‘Dabloons,’ the Imaginary Currency of TikTok?

It started with a picture of a cat’s paw. It became a game of wins and losses, a warped mirror…

Business

Earth Now Has 8 Billion Humans. This Man Wishes There Were None.

PORTLAND, Ore. — For someone who wants his own species to go extinct, Les Knight is a remarkably happy-go-lucky human.…

World

Will Mexico Be the Next Venezuela?

In 2018, I wrote a column calling the soon-to-be-elected Mexican president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, or AMLO, a left-wing version…

Sports

Everyone Is on a Long and Forlorn Search for Goals

AL-RAYYAN, Qatar — There were crosses fizzed low toward Josh Sargent, trimming the turf as they went, and crosses arcing…

Arts

‘The Walking Dead’ Ends With a Promise of More Life

This article includes spoilers for the series finale of “The Walking Dead.” “The Walking Dead” has been ending for a…

Arts

Kathy Acker, Drawn to the Margins, Pushed Literature’s Boundaries

EAT YOUR MIND: The Radical Life and Work of Kathy Acker, by Jason McBride Kathy Acker — proto-punk, tough-stemmed flower,…

World

Jay Pasachoff, Who Pursued Eclipses Across the Globe, Dies at 79

Jay M. Pasachoff, an astronomer at Williams College who spent more than 50 years traveling the world to observe solar…

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