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Can I Use My Adopted Child’s DNA to Find His Biological Parents?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on protecting a child’s medical privacy while helping them learn about their past.
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Poem #1022
When the cold optics of domination are left unchallenged, the dead die twice. The cruel euphemism of profit and the…
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Judge John Hodgman on Bagpipe School
Should a family be sentenced to a vacation at Gaelic College?
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Premature Births Fell During Some Covid Lockdowns, Study Finds
Nearly 50,000 preterm births may have been averted across a group of mostly high-income countries in one month alone.
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Awards Without Gender Categories? Celebrities Debate
Nominees at the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday were split on combining award show categories for…
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The Best Looks From the Screen Actors Guild Awards
On a night of many, many, many, (so many) stars, here are some outstanding red carpet moments.
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Fur Sales Are Illegal in California. Does Anyone Care?
The popularity of fur products had been diminishing in the state even before the new ban.
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The Prison Letters Project: Considering Past Trauma
The case of Ivié DeMolina, convicted for her part in two murders, raises difficult questions about appropriate punishments for serious…
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Tennis Bracelet, Anyone?
Chris Evert made them famous, and their simple, elegant designs have stood the test of time.
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Tiny Love Stories: ‘This Man Who Shattered My Life’
Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.