From Leonardo da Vinci’s pyramid design in the 15th century to the supersonic version that helped land the Perseverance rover safely on Mars, the parachute,…
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Tag: Quarantine (Life and Culture)
A Teacher Marched to the Capitol. When She Got Home, the Fight Began.
Even the local yoga community, where Ms. Hostetter’s husband was a fixture, has found itself divided. “It goes deeper than just her. A lot of…
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For a U.K. Satirist and His Online Fans, Comedy Is Catharsis
LONDON — He is the hyperbolic news anchor with an agenda, the disgruntled Meghan Markle skeptic vying for Piers Morgan’s job, the British aristocrat insisting…
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How Are You Dividing Housework During the Pandemic?
Housework has always been difficult to divide. Now, perhaps, even more so. Over the last year, people around the world have done a ton of…
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Asian-Americans’ Politics, Pandemic Wilderness Explorers and O.J. Simpson’s Twitter Account: The Week in Narrated Articles
This weekend, have a listen to a collection of narrated articles from around The New York Times, read aloud by the reporters who wrote the…
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Cultural Venues’ Quest for Billions in Federal Aid Is Halted by Glitch
As the government prepared on Thursday to start taking applications for a $16 billion relief fund for music clubs, theaters and other live event businesses,…
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How to Be Social Again
Now, everyone is trying to navigate conflicting threat levels in a way that used to be specific to those populations, she said. Cues that used…
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After Pandemic, Shrinking Need for Office Space Could Crush Landlords
Roughly 17.3 percent of all office space in Manhattan is available for lease, the highest proportion in at least three decades. Asking rents on the…
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Maple Syrup Making Also Boomed as a Pandemic Hobby
Stress-baking and panic shopping. Vegetable regrowing and crafting. Now we can add another hobby to a year of quarantine trends: backyard maple sugaring. Among the…
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I’m Incarcerated. This Is My Covid Lockdown Story.
Afterward, I’d wait for a blockmate working as a porter to wipe down a phone with bleach and water before letting me use it. I’d…
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