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What humans might learn from nature’s real-life zombies

Cicadas can be infected by a fungal parasite that turns them into zombies. | Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Zombies, it turns out, are real — a...

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Is America on the brink?

Federal agents, including members of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Border Patrol, hold back protesters while deploying a smoke gr...

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Expelliarmus! How to enjoy Harry Potter while disarming J.K. Rowling.

Your Mileage May Vary is an advice column offering you a unique framework for thinking through your moral dilemmas. It’s based on value plura...

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The world is producing more food crops than ever before

If you ever find yourself in Battery Park City in Lower Manhattan, turn down Vesey Street toward North End Avenue. You’ll arrive at something...

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Saudi Arabia’s comedy festival is no laughing matter

American comedians performing at the Riyadh Comedy Festival in Saudi have faced criticism back home. | AFP/Getty Images Earlier this month, co...

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Will the Gaza ceasefire really stick?

People lift a banner and portraits of Israelis held hostage in the Gaza Strip during a rally in Tel Aviv on October 7, 2025. | Ahmad Gharabli/AF...

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The insidious legal strategy Trump and Stephen Miller are using against their enemies

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, FBI Director Kash Patel, and US Attorney General Pam Bondi in the Oval Office of the White Hou...

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This experiment could end all life. Or it won’t. Should we try it?

An employee works with a sample in the laboratory of the State Office for Agriculture, Food Safety and Fisheries in Rostock, Germany. | Jens Bü...

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The real lesson of Zohran Mamdani’s education controversy

Zohran Mamdani, New York City mayoral candidate, speaks to members of the media on September 29, 2025, in the Washington Heights neighborhood of...

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Trump’s indictment of Letitia James, briefly explained

New York state Attorney General Letitia James speaks during a press conference at the Manhattan Federal Courthouse on February 14, 2025, in New...

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The bleak lesson Israel — and the world — might learn from the Gaza war’s end

The scene in Jabalia, Gaza, on March 13, 2025. | Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images At last, Israel and Hamas have reached a deal — of a so...

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Animal abusers are getting let off the hook. Trump and his Supreme Court are partly to blame.

A pregnant rhesus macaque monkey infected with the Zika virus sit in a cage at the Wisconsin National Primate Research Center (WNPRC) at the Uni...