Warming may make hurricanes weaken more slowly after landfall
A new study looks at what happens after hurricanes make landfall and work their way inland. The research suggests that climate change is affecting storms during this phase of their...
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At Augusta National, not talking about race is tradition
Augusta National has always existed in a bubble, a byproduct of a famously private club consolidating its influence and then enforcing it over the decades while maintaining practices that, throughout...
Dive bars bring in the light
While "dive bar" is mostly a term of endearment these days, even the upper echelon of such dark, dank drinking establishments has never been regarded as particularly preoccupied with sparkling...
Four weeknight dishes: You deserve this mushroom ragu
On their face, this week's dishes are straightforward: a sheet pan chicken, a soup with ingredients you can grab from your pantry, a pasta that comes together quickly enough for...
Alexander Hamilton, enslaver? New research says yes
The question has lingered around the edges of the pop-culture ascendancy of Alexander Hamilton: Did the 10-dollar founding father, celebrated in the musical "Hamilton" as a "revolutionary manumission abolitionist," actually...
A step forward in the promise of ultrafast ‘hyperloops’
Hyperloop technology, which promises to transport people and goods at speeds of up to 600 mph, has long seemed too good to be true. But one company says it has...
Restaurants have lavish setups for outdoor winter dining. But is it safe?
The explosion of outdoor dining has been a savior for more than 10,000 restaurants and bars that have taken over sidewalks, streets and public spaces to try to keep their...
An early test for Biden: Managing a divided Democratic Party
Moderate Democrats said they were hopeful the urgency of the problems confronting the nation would delay the inevitable reckoning the party faces between its ideological wings. Beyond that, they said...
‘Hamilton’ was just the beginning. Hollywood loves Broadway, again.
After decades of sporadic adaptations, Hollywood has suddenly thrown a lot of financing — and entire brass sections — at theatermakers. Which means that film's latest special effect is a...
Brian Eno’s music for anxious times
Eno is now putting out a compilation called "Brian Eno (Film Music, 1976-2020)," although he admits he just as well could have called it "Music That Has Found Films." These...