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Bird Flu Is Infecting More Mammals. What Does That Mean for Us?

In her three decades of working with elephant seals, Dr. Marcela Uhart had never seen anything like the scene on…

Some of the ‘Adults in the Room’ Aren’t Who We Thought They Would Be

Bret Stephens: Hi, Gail. I think the theme for last week was the return of adult supervision. Mike Johnson, the…

Mike Johnson Steps Into His Power Even As He Might Lose It

On Saturday, the House of Representatives approved the most consequential legislation of this Congress, a foreign aid package for American…

An Octopus Took My Camera, and the Images Changed the Way I See the World

I was gifted with a new way of seeing the day I got mugged underwater. I had been filming creatures…

Why Aren’t We Saving the Urban Forests?

The volunteer black walnut sapling in our front yard arrived courtesy of a local squirrel. Deep into its third spring,…

‘James,’ ‘Demon Copperhead’ and the Triumph of Literary Fan Fiction

How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

For Sale: A Rare Klimt Portrait, Valued at $32 Million. But of Whom?

On Wednesday, an auction house in Europe will put a painting by Gustav Klimt up for sale, with a preauction…

How ‘Stereophonic’ Made Musicians Out of Actors

The new Broadway play conjures a group as dazzling as peak Fleetwood Mac. This is how five actors with limited…

For Her Met Opera Debut, Lileana Blain-Cruz Directs ‘El Niño’

When Peter Gelb, the Metropolitan Opera’s general manger, asked the director Lileana Blain-Cruz what she wanted to stage, she didn’t…

The Far Right Wants to Take Over Europe, and She’s Leading the Way

“There’s just one question on voting day. Do you want an Islamized Europe or a European Europe?” This stark choice…

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