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How Landscapes Shape the Way We Think

A few years ago, my wife, Sarah, and I went on a sailing trip on the eastern Aegean. It was…

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A Brief History of a Problematic Appetizer

Americans didn’t always have an appetite for squid. As recently as 1970, U.S. fishermen caught squid mostly by mistake, and…

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The 25 Best Restaurants in Seattle Right Now

In the Where to Eat: 25 Best series, we’re highlighting our favorite restaurants in cities across the United States. These…

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Yeats and Beckett, Guarding the Irish Coast

The Irish Navy’s small fleet of warships may be named for celebrated poets and playwrights, but its mission is anything…

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Climate Change Is Forcing Families Into a New Kind of Indefinite Hell

The August wildfire that roared through the town of Lahaina in Hawaii burned so hot that some of the dead…

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Bill Pinkney, Globe-Circling Sailor Who Set a Racial Mark, Dies at 87

He was the first Black person to sail alone by way of the arduous southern route, rounding the perilous Cape…

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Atop an Underwater Hot Spring, an ‘Octopus Garden’ Thrives

The heat, a new study suggests, makes for an ideal breeding ground for these eight-legged animals.

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Travel

The Wind, the Water, the Islands: Exploring Stockholm’s Archipelago

The moment the motor turned off, I was hooked. It was 20 minutes into my first Swedish sailing trip on…

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Food

Scampi Your Mushrooms, Fry Your Cheese and Don’t Flip Your Salmon

A batch of new recipes from Hetty McKinnon and Ali Slagle encourage a bit of cleverness in the kitchen.

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On Italy’s Coast, Empathy Mixes With Frustration After Migrant Tragedy

As bodies continue washing up in a poverty-stricken part of Calabria, some local residents wonder whether a hard-line government understands what drives migration.

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