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The heir to the throne overruled the shipโs pilot, and the ship went down. Many drowned. The pilot survived. Conspiracy theories soon emerged.
The heir to the throne overruled the shipโs pilot, and the ship went down. Many drowned. The pilot survived. Conspiracy theories soon emerged.
Memory retrieval feels hard at first, like failing to do a pushup. But thatโs precisely why it works. You must build new muscle.
Why do large infrastructure projects so often go wrong? One culprit is rushed planning, which can generate delays that push up costs.
During the Civil War, thousands of minors joined the Union army as boy-soldiers. Agitated parents clogged the courts appealing for their release.
David Thomsonโs screen idols, the political journey of Mario Vargas Llosa, black tennis trailblazer Althea Gibson and more.
David Thomsonโs love letter to actors pays special attention to the ones we barely notice.
Gibsonโs victories in the 1950s made her the first black tennis champion on the world stage. But she refused the role of political symbol.
Konstantin Paustovsky marveled at the wonders of everyday life, even in the middle of the Soviet Unionโs bloody and tumultuous birth.
Plus โBlack Doveโ by Colin McAdam and โMy Nemesisโ by Charmaine Craig.
As a demanding critic and teacher, Richard Gilman resisted being pigeonholed. His personal life was no less complicated.
The Nobel-winning Peruvian writer marks his political journey with a celebration of seven voices vital to modern democracy.
Mythologized by humans as an avatar of wisdom or symbol of doom, the owl in nature is a bird with secrets all its own.
Selected by Haji Jabir, the author, most recently, of the novel โBlack Foam.โ
Flemingโs roguish spy or the Fab Fourโs youthful charm? Opposing idols fought for dominance in 1960s Britain.
Plus โThe Sanctuaryโ by Katrine Engberg and โOf Manners and Murderโ by Anastasia Hastings.
Beyond the stars or here at home, an encounter with alien minds always leaves a mark.
Most outdoor lighting is light pollution. Instead of illuminating the ground, it spills into the skyโwhich disrupts the nocturnal ecosystem.
โArtisanal miningโ is a euphemism, meant to disguise the exploitation of Congolese laborers that makes our battery-powered lives possible.
The capture of an American frigate off the North African coast in 1803 heralded the worst foreign crisis yet for the young republic.
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