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May 9, 2024

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Loneliness Can Change the Brain

By Dana G. Smith

Feeling chronically disconnected from others can affect the brain’s structure and function, and it raises the risk for neurodegenerative diseases.

Well938 words

At the Met, Sleeping Beauty Wakes Up in the Chemistry Lab

By Vanessa Friedman and Jason Farago

The immersive show features fragile dresses inside airtight vitrines, overcoats growing grass, pat-’n-sniff walls and a hologram. Does it work?

Weekend2089 words

Cass Elliot’s Death Spawned a Horrible Myth. She Deserves Better.

By Lindsay Zoladz

The Mamas & the Papas singer was known for her wit, her voice and her skill as a connector. For 50 years, a rumor has overshadowed her legacy.

Culture2674 words

How Republicans Echo Antisemitic Tropes Despite Declaring Support for Israel

By Karen Yourish, Danielle Ivory, Jennifer Valentino-DeVries and Alex Lemonides

Prominent Republicans have seized on campus protests to assail what they say is antisemitism on the left. But for years they have mainstreamed anti-Jewish rhetoric.

Investigative3636 words

Israel’s Shutdown of Al Jazeera Highlights Long-Running Tensions

By Vivian Yee, Emma Bubola and Liam Stack

The network will keep covering the war in Gaza, but it will be harder for Israelis to watch. Israel calls the network a security threat, while Al Jazeera says Israel wants to conceal its brutality.

Foreign1399 words

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