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Books
‘Patient H.M.’ Recalls the Story of a Surgery That Took a Man’s Memories
Luke Dittrich’s book examines the case of Henry Molaison, who, after a brain operation, was almost unable to form memories. His surgeon was Mr. Dittrich’s grandfather.I read the article.
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Fashion & Style
Unhitched: The Same Arguments, Then Finally a New Direction
After 30 years of marriage, an empty nest leads to changes and more changes.Ok
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Books
Criticism’s Sting: The Author Curtis Sittenfeld on Book Reviews
The novelist describes how she reacts to unsparing reviews and has come to take criticism less personally: “Sometimes fate smiles on you and sometimes it doesn’t.”It is better when the book is understood.
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Food
The Evolution of a Natural Winemaker
On Mount Etna, Frank Cornelissen has learned the difference between making wine and making good wine for the ages.Poesy.
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/poesy
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U.S.
In Florida Keys, Some Worry About ‘Science and Government’ More Than Zika
Officials want to test genetically modified mosquitoes built to blunt the spread of dengue and Zika, but many Key Haven residents fear the experiment more than the viruses.Oxitec has chosen well.
Key Haven residents are reactionaries.
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Opinion
What’s So Special About Another Earth?
We’re excited about the latest exoplanet because of what it says about our own celestial home.Fine words.
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Opinion
Why Donald Trump’s Election Observers Are a Bad Idea
There’s a long history of partisan poll watchers in American elections, much of it quite ugly.Abuses at the polls are not a novelty. They are often suppressed.
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Science
America’s First Offshore Wind Farm May Power Up a New Industry
A just-completed project off the coast of Rhode Island, though relatively tiny, is at the forefront of a sea-based transition to renewable energy.The sea is not free space.
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Food
One Tool for Peeling It All
One blade for soft foods, like peaches and tomatoes; another for potatoes and carrots.I will continue to use a paring knife.
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Magazine
Judge John Hodgman on Knitting Dog Fur Into a Scarf
When life gives you a big shedding pet, you’re not going to make lemonade.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hand_spinning#Hand_spinning
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The Upshot
How Expanding Medicaid May Lower Insurance Premiums
A new government study finds that middle-class people paid less for health insurance in states that offered Medicaid to the poor.A bigger pool is cheaper individually.
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N.Y. / Region
New York City Wages War on the Zika Virus
Health officials are preparing for the arrival of locally transmitted cases of the virus by laying traps, spraying and conducting lab tests.Warning is given.
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N.Y. / Region
A Modest Reward for Helping Amazon Fix a Mistake
Discovering what’s in a package delivered to the wrong building.Indeed a modest reward.
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U.S.
Obama Designates 87,500 Acres in Maine as National Monument
Not everyone is happy that the stretch of woods, donated by a founder of Burt’s Bees cosmetics, has been turned into a national monument by the president.Forever wild is resented by those with dreams of development houses.
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Magazine
Where the Death Penalty Still Lives
As capital punishment declines nationwide, a tiny fraction of the country generates an alarming number of death sentences. What this new geography tells us about justice in America.The death penalty is moribund everywhere in the U.S.
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Fashion & Style
Some Like It Hotter
Infrared saunas, which have taken off among the Hollywood celebrity set, are making their way to New York.Hot dry or hot wet makes little difference.
Sweating helps.
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