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Finding This Fossil Was Like Spotting a Crocodile in a Canadian Forest
A bigheaded predator resembling a giant salamander found in an African fossil deposit suggests unwritten chapters of how animals moved…
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Bruce Bastian, a Founder of WordPerfect, Is Dead at 76
A favorite of early personal computer users, his company was eventually overtaken by Microsoft Word. He later came out as…
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How Do You Restore a Chestnut Forest or an Apple Orchard? Very Slowly.
This botanic garden is determined to bring back the American chestnut tree and heirloom apples that taste like those grown…
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$550,000 Homes in Maine, the District of Columbia and Kentucky
A two-bedroom cottage in Castine, a one-bedroom apartment in a Beaux-Arts building in Washington and a circa-1900 house in Louisville.
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The ‘Philly Girl’ Shielding Biden From the Bad News
Amid the public fretting and finger-pointing rage over how to deal with a Democratic presidential nominee who most Americans think…
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Doing Nothing About Biden Is the Riskiest Plan of All
After last week’s debate disaster, some Democrats are trying to circle the wagons to protect President Biden, noting that Barack…
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On Abortion, the Supreme Court Purported to Say Nothing but Spoke Volumes About Itself
Given the breathtaking sweep of the Supreme Court’s decisions in the final days of its term, it’s easy to overlook…
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America’s Adversaries Have Seized on Its Leadership Crisis
Hours after the presidential debate, Vladimir Putin’s spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, said that his boss didn’t bother to watch. Mr. Peskov…
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Robert Towne, Screenwriter of ‘Chinatown’ and More, Dies at 89
Celebrated for his mastery of dialogue, he also contributed (though without credit) to the scripts of “Bonnie and Clyde” and…
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What Would a Better Israeli Prime Minister Do?
A better Israeli prime minister than Benjamin Netanyahu would immediately hold an election. Israelis deserve a government they believe can…