LONDON — Prime Minister Boris Johnson had been expected to trumpet a rare success in the campaign against the coronavirus on Friday: news that Britain had vaccinated 5.4 million people. By the end of the day, it was overtaken by a tentative finding that a new variant of the virus may be deadlier than the […]
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Daily Steals The other day a friend told me that her young daughter mistook one of those pump-style ketchup dispensers for hand sanitizer. That’s what COVID has done to us. So be it; I’d rather kids learn the importance of cleaning their hands, and we can relearn about ketchup machines when the pandemic is over. […]
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Peacock launched across the US on July 15. Angela Lang/CNET Peacock, a streaming app from Comcast-owned NBCUniversal, offers thousands of hours of free programming, as well as extra shows, movies and originals if you pay a $5- or $10-a-month subscription after a seven-day free trial. Those paying members get access to all nine seasons of […]
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They are survivors, essential workers and specialists still trying to understand the physical and emotional effects of the coronavirus. They make up a tapestry of people, offering a view of the first months of the pandemic, and of what China’s recovery means. A year after the Covid-19 lockdown in the Chinese city of Wuhan — […]
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No publisher is willing or able to publish her works in China. The social media posts and articles that support her are often censored. A few people who spoke up for her publicly were punished, including a literature professor in Wuhan who lost her Communist Party membership and her right to teach. “I think Fang […]
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GPX When my kids were young, the coolest tech they had access to was Clippy the paperclip in Windows 95. I wish I could do it all over again because laser tag is a thing you can do at home now. And since this set is recommended for ages 8 and up, it has my […]
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In official exhibitions and media, Wuhan is celebrated as the “city of heroes,” a triumph of the Chinese Communist Party. Across China, mentions of fatalities are muted. Wuhan still has not released statistics for cremations in the first quarter of last year, many months after they would normally be reported. Writers and independent journalists who […]
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The Hubble Space Telescope captured this sharp view of NGC 4535, nicknamed the “Lost Galaxy.” ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Lee and the PHANGS-HST Team There are a lot of gorgeous galaxies out there in the universe, but it’s hard to top a truly sublime spiral, the kind of galaxy that swirls sparkling curved arms across […]
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1800Flowers Here’s a friendly PSA: Valentine’s Day is a few weeks away, and that means you have just enough time to plan a few gifts for your significant other. No matter what else you’re planning — sweets, a candlelit dinner or that coffee grinder they’ve been dropping hints about — you should start with a beautiful […]
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