Science
A Lake Turned Pink in Australia. It’s Not the Only One
Images of a hot-pink lake in Melbourne have taken over the internet this week. The coloration is the result of a salt-loving microbe’s attempt to make its own sunscreen.Enjoy.
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Well
Mediterranean Diet vs. Statins to Prevent Heart Attack and Stroke?
The Mediterranean diet helps even if you are taking statins and, along with other benefits, might help avoid the need for statins altogether.Less fructose is the benefit.
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Opinion
Paul Ryan, Enemy of the Right
Ryan — like his health care bill — has turned into a punching bag on the right.https://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/08/flimflam-fever/
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Science
A Start Date for the Bison Invasion of North America
The serendipitous discovery of a fossil in northern Canada suggests that the furry, horned beasts crossed over from Asia more than 130,000 years ago.https://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/11/science/how-did-people-migrate-to-the-americas-bison-dna-helps-chart-the-way.html
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Business Day
Airlines Take a Proactive Approach to Potential Weather Woes
Air crashes lead to financial crashes.6
U.S.
Left or Right? Two Congressmen Take Debate to the Highway
One rental car; two Texas lawmakers, a Democrat and a Republican. Would they survive a 24-hour road trip to Washington?Unhelpful indeed.
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U.S.
Barring a Court Ruling, Travel Ban Takes Effect at Midnight
The president’s revised ban on travel from six predominantly Muslim countries will begin at 12:01 a.m. Thursday unless a judge intervenes.https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/03/15/us/politics/document-Order.html
Blocked.
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N.Y. / Region
City Report Looks at Local Business Improvement Districts
New York City’s network of 73 BIDs is the largest in the nation and increasingly takes the lead in addressing quality-of-life issues in neighborhoods.A voluntary tax.
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U.S.
Is It Illegal to Publish a President’s Tax Returns?
Stealing returns is undoubtedly a crime, but the question on publishing runs headlong into the First Amendment.No.
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Business Day
Airlines Take a Proactive Approach to Potential Weather Woes
Crashes, air crashes, cause financial crashes.
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N.Y. / Region
New York Plays It Safe With Storm Response, and It Pays Off
Officials took a cautious approach to Tuesday’s storm after learning painful lessons from recent winters. And, unlike in past storms, there were few complaints.The City was lucky. It caught the warm side of the storm.
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Opinion
Erick Erickson: Don’t Try to Fix Obamacare. Abolish It.
For years the Republicans have pledged to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Now that they are in power, they can’t bring themselves to do it.That would cost the Republicans 2018.
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Arts
Seth Meyers Thinks Rep. Steve King Is the Real Horror Master
Mr. Meyers finds the author of “Cujo” less frightening than the Iowa congressman, who wrote on Twitter, “We can’t restore our civilization with somebody else’s babies.”Representative Steve King is doing his job.
He should stop.
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Opinion
Paul Ryan, Enemy of the Right
Ryan — like his health care bill — has turned into a punching bag on the right.The bill might pass.
Self interest rules the Republican house.
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U.S.
Florida Stand Your Ground Defense May Be Strengthened
If the bill is passed, it will be up to prosecutors to prove that the law does not apply when a suspect says he was defending himself.Florida is clinically insane. It is a danger to itself and to others.
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Technology
Using Sling TV and Secure Texts to Keep on Top of Trump
Michael D. Shear, White House reporter, follows President Trump’s 140-character pronouncements closely. And he has Google Home — at home.Pointless. The Times has Mr. Shear.
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U.S.
One Certainty of G.O.P. Health Plan: Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
The House Republicans’ plan would make it easier to pass more tax cuts this year and would also break some of President Trump’s populist campaign promises.I hope the GOP plan would destroy the Republican coalition.
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