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For years at global climate summits, nuclear energy was seen by many as part of the problem, not part of the solution. Sama Bilbao y Leon has been attending the annual United Nations climate change talks since 1999, when she was a student of nuclear
When you live a long time with trees, they become a part of you. So it pained me to take down the old sugar maple, my arboreal cathedral, one rafter at a time, her demise not from flames but an underground blaze of fungus. Small honey-colored mushro
This article is part of the Fine Arts Exhibits special section on the art world stretching boundaries with new artistswinzir, new audiences and new technology. In 1990, Nicholas Herrera, then in his 20s, was in a nearly fatal car crash. When he got
The prizes were paper certificates. The red carpet measured just a few feet long. The catered lunch spread was state-issued bologna sandwiches wrapped in plastic. The first-ever San Quentin Film Festival, held just north of the Golden Gate Bridge in
In Unhitched, couples tell the stories of their relationships, from romance to vows to divorce to life afterward. Liza Cooper and Alex Yaroslavsky, both from New York City, met in their late 30s, in March 2007, through a dating app; they married abo
T’s Art issue looks at the iconoclastic artists who have found power in saying no. On the street, two big-shouldered N.Y.P.D. officers, one Black, one white, are arguing with an Asian man on the sidewalk. It looks like the 1970s — the man’s got a Bo
freshbet Commentary: Thai politics once again in turmoil, after PM Srettha’s shock dismissal
2024-10-08SINGAPORE: The Thai Constitutional Court’s ruling on Wednesday (Aug 14) to dismiss Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin of the ruling Pheu Thai party for violating ethical guidelines surprised most political observers - including myself - who have been c