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What Makes a Vacuum Cleaner Sexy?
When you imagine a life of luxury, what comes to mind? A mansion filled with walk-in closets the size of…
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Popular Science Shuts Online Magazine in Another Sign of Decline
The decision came three years after the publication ended its storied print edition, which began in 1872. It will still…
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A Tragedy, a Symphony, a Love Story
This month, writer Suleika Jaouad revisits her second bone marrow transplant in the documentary “American Symphony.”
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After 16 Days, Rescue Near for Workers Stuck in Tunnel, Officials Say
After repeated mechanical setbacks, the Indian operation turned to trained miners using manual tools to clear the final stretch of…
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Languages of Love: 3 Children’s Books About Sight, Sound and the Written Word
What children who face eyesight, hearing and literacy challenges can decipher may be limited, but what they appreciate and celebrate…
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Magic Man: The Story of the Greatest Point Guard in N.B.A. History
Roland Lazenby’s big biography of Magic Johnson gives us a wealth of detail, a huge cast of characters and, in…
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How New Motherhood Changed Me as a Doctor
When I was pregnant and working in the intensive care unit, I disguised my growing abdomen with the largest fleece…
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World
A Mayor Whose Past Informs His Approach to Homelessness and Addiction
Dan Carter, the mayor of Oshawa, Ontario, was a homeless addict from his teens until he was 31. Now he’s…
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Betty Rollin, Who Wrote Candidly About Her Breast Cancer, Dies at 87
Her coping with illness was the subject of a popular memoir, “First, You Cry.” In “Last Wish,” a best seller,…
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The Very Good Reason People Like George Santos Lie About Nonsense
All politicians lie. So many people consider that idea self-evident that I’ve heard it deployed as both a defense of…