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A Nobel Prize Might Lower a Scientist’s Impact
A team of researchers at Stanford find that older scientists are less productive after winning major awards like the Nobel…
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Nancy Van de Vate, Composer and Advocate for Women in Music, Dies at 92
An American who settled in Vienna, she had a prolific career in contemporary classical music and broke gender barriers in…
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World
One Way to Help Teacher Salaries Go Further: Free Housing
With affordable housing scarce, one Connecticut child care center is providing its staff with rent-free homes designed by Yale architecture…
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Travel
In the Faroe Islands, Art, Food and Fashion Take a Cue From Nature
Huddled in the North Atlantic between Iceland, Scotland and Norway, the Faroes — an 18-island archipelago and self-governing nation within…
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Style
Ja’Tovia Gary Sets Her Sights on Love
The experimental artist discusses Black Southern storytelling, the blues and the guilt-free pleasures of a romance novel.
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Douglas Lenat, Who Tried to Make A.I. More Human, Dies at 72
He spent decades working on artificial intelligence, striving to create computers that could replicate common sense.
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World
Labor Groups Target Hyundai — and Biden — Over Transition to Electric
A coalition of unions and civic groups is pushing one of the world’s largest automakers to protect and train workers…
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Artists Have Little to Fear From A.I.
I’ve got 99 problems with A.I., but intellectual property ain’t one. Media and entertainment industries have lately been consumed with…
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Leaving the Office at 5 Is Not a Moral Failing
In my 20 years in the work force, I have had many types of white-collar jobs at wildly different organizations.…
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The Absurd Republican Argument for Rolling Back Child Labor Laws
Last week, a law went into effect in Arkansas that allows 14- and 15-year-olds to work without a permit signed…