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What to Know Before Seeing ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’

Who is Caesar? And how did apes learn to talk, anyway? Your burning questions about the “Planet of the Apes”…

Magazine

My Boyfriend Said He’d Save Our Cat but Not a Stranger if Both Were Drowning

The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on whether there is inherent value in human life more than any other kind of life.

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The Great Hypocrisy of the Pro-Life Movement

To understand the remarkable moral, political and intellectual collapse of the pro-life movement, look to the Alabama Supreme Court, not…

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Savages! Innocents! Sages! What Do We Really Know About Early Humans?

In “The Invention of Prehistory,” the historian Stefanos Geroulanos argues that many of our theories about our remote ancestors tell…

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Harvard Removes Binding of Human Skin From Book in Its Library

The decision to find a “respectful final disposition” for human remains used for a 19th-century book comes amid growing scrutiny…

World

Scientists Just Gave Humanity an Overdue Reality Check. The World Will Be Better for It.

The world’s leading institution on geology declined a proposal on Wednesday to confirm that the planet has entered a new…

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Where the Wild Things Went During the Pandemic

A new study of camera-trap images complicates the idea that all wildlife thrived during the Covid lockdowns.

Business

The Paradox at the Heart of Elon Musk’s OpenAI Lawsuit

Mr. Musk says in his complaint that the company’s technology is now so good that it must be made freely…

World

The World May Be Entering a Much Bloodier Era

War is on the rise everywhere. When the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London published its authoritative Armed Conflict…

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A Hopeful Reminder: You’re Going to Die

Fifty years on, Ernest Becker’s “The Denial of Death” remains an essential, surprisingly upbeat guide to our final act on…

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