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Look toward Orion ’s famous three-star belt, then a little below it: even without a telescope, you can spot a faint, fuzzy patch. That glow is the Great…

Today’s Wikipedia featured article takes us to early 20th-century China —and to a magazine that was not especially interested in keeping its readers’…

Sometimes, after an argument, you need a little space. A walk around the block. A lap of the neighborhood. Perhaps a brisk stroll until everyone has had…

In a garden outside Florence stands a fellow who looks as if he’s just surfaced from the earth and is already regretting the conversation. He is the Colossus…

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A holding cell is supposed to be temporary. In April 2012, for UC San Diego student Daniel Chong , “temporary” lasted five days. Chong was detained during…

If reports of Jack Antonoff and Margaret Qualley’s split are accurate, Antonoff appears to be doing what musicians have done for centuries: turning private…