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How Long Is the Drive to the Edge of the Universe?
The edge of the observableuniverse is about 270,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 miles away. If you drive at a steady 65 miles per hour,…
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A Music Producer Finds a Waterfront Home, and a More Harmonious Commute
Since moving to Weehawken, N.J., last fall, Stanley Brown has developed a nightly habit: He works long hours at the…
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The Joke’s on Fashion Week
Is it appropriate to tell a joke about body fluids while wearing Chanel? This was the question posed on Thursday…
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Sheila Tobias, Who Defined ‘Math Anxiety,’ Dies at 86
When Sheila Tobias finished her freshman year at Radcliffe College in 1954, her professor in a natural sciences course congratulated…
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Lars Vogt, Acclaimed Pianist and Conductor, Is Dead at 51
Lars Vogt, a sensitive, communicative pianist whose warmth as a collaborator made him an outstanding chamber musician and a conductor…
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Thomas Carney, Crusty Bartender at Elaine’s, Dies at 82
Thomas Carney, who served stiff drinks, hard-boiled humor and rough justice for three decades as the bartender in chief of…
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Galileo Forgery’s Trail Leads to Web of Mistresses and Manuscripts
When the University of Michigan Library announced last month that one of its most prized possessions, a manuscript said to…
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Mr. Mayor, Who Are You Wearing?
The mayor of New York City is not a labels guy. “I see something that I like, I’m going to…
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‘Three Divas, What Could Be Better?’ Making ‘The Hours’ Operatic
New York City’s opera event of the fall — an adaptation of “The Hours” having its staged premiere at the…
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Kurt Gottfried, Physicist and Foe of Nuclear Weapons, Dies at 93
Kurt Gottfried, a theoretical physicist who barely escaped the brutal reality of one world war and devoted his career to…