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Tracking fitness better than BMI
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How to keep track of your fitness without the scale
Your cardiovascular health is far more important than BMI.
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November 19, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback
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Old ‘Ghost’ Theory of Quantum Gravity Makes a Comeback | Quanta Magazine
Has the secret to understanding gravity been hiding in plain sight for nearly 50 years?
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 AM
On Solvej Balle
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She Has Taken 30 Years to Write a 7-Part Novel About 1 Day. It’s a Sensation.
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November 18, 2025 at 4:42 PM
How likely being hit by satellite debris
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What is the chance your plane will be hit by space debris?
It's low but, um, never zero.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Rebecca Mead on Oscar Wilde and Stephen Fry
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Stephen Fry Is Wilde at Heart
The polymathic entertainer has had a lifelong bond with the wittiest—and the most tortured—of writers. And now he’s starring in “The Importance of Being Earnest.”
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November 18, 2025 at 7:19 AM
David Runciman : Are We Doomed?
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David Runciman · Are we doomed? The End of the Species
Are we doomed to die out? We find ourselves at the only point in the history of the species when the rate of population...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Carl Zimmer on evolution inspired inventions
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How Inventors Find Inspiration in Evolution
Soft batteries and water-walking robots are among the many creations made possible by studying animals and plants.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Zadie Smith on fashion
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Zadie Smith: Can You Be Serious And Seriously Glamorous?
“I’ve taught Kafka in a kaftan and Muriel Spark in sparkles. I’ve colour-blocked for a class on ‘The Bluest Eye’ and worn bright yellow platform shoes with one circular heel and one triangular to disc...
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November 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The craft of John le Carré
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The craft of John le Carré
He was a writer who created his own world, filled with lamplighters and scalphunters, babysitters and pavement artists.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Whether it’s actually possible to “curve” a pitch
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When Baseball Threw Physics a Curve | Broadcast
Sports, science, and collective delusion.
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November 12, 2025 at 8:17 AM
13 yoga positions to do every day
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13 yoga positions to do every day for increased flexibility
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November 10, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The ant that may destry Europe
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A deadly fire ant has reached European shores. The insect invasion could wreak havoc
The red imported fire ant is one of the world’s most destructive invasive species. Can its spread be stopped?
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November 8, 2025 at 5:59 PM
A new paint that blocks 97% of sunlight
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This roof paint blocks 97% of sunlight and pulls water from the air
A roof paint that can cool your home and pull fresh water straight out of the air? It's within reach, as scientists scale up production of a new kind of paint-like coating that shields roofing from th...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Google’s new hurricane model was breathtakingly good this season
Meanwhile, the US Global Forecasting System continues to get worse.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:41 AM
What Is a Manifold?
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What Is a Manifold? | Quanta Magazine
In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation for modern geometry and physics.
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November 4, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Lab-grown chocolate
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I tried lab-grown chocolate. Could it be the future of Halloween?
It could eventually cut down on the production of traditional chocolate, which degrades soil and requires much fertilizer and pesticides
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November 3, 2025 at 7:42 PM
When Will Quantum Computing Work?
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When Will Quantum Computing Work?
Quantum computers will create good businesses beyond 2030, maybe 2040, but not before then. Many R&D breakthroughs are required to build useful machines.
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November 2, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Patti Smith on her youth
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Essay by Patti Smith: Art Rats in New York City
Finding my own words.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:51 AM
James Lasdun on serial killers
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James Lasdun · American Berserk: Serial Killers in Seattle
For a period beginning in the 1960s and ending around the turn of this century, the preferred form of the homicidally...
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November 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
How long we can balance on one leg is an important indicator of general health, especially as we age
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How long can you stand on one leg? What it says about your health.
Our ability to balance decreases as we age.
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October 31, 2025 at 7:12 AM
On Helen DeWitt
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A Work of Genius or a Complete Mess? Even Its Author Can’t Decide.
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October 31, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The secret language of plants
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Plants have a secret language that scientists are only now starting to decipher
Signals from the plant cell wall help to orchestrate growth, reproduction and immune function. Can harnessing this molecular cross talk help in creating better crops?
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October 29, 2025 at 2:14 PM
How Nontoxic Is ‘Nontoxic’ Cookware? www.nytimes.com/2025/10/27/w...
How Nontoxic Is ‘Nontoxic’ Cookware?
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October 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
October 25, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Knausgård on Dostoyevski
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The Light of “The Brothers Karamazov”
Although Fyodor Dostoyevsky wrote with wildness and urgency, he patiently insisted on asking an essential question: What are we living for?
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October 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM