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The Supreme Court Affirmative Action Rulings: An Analysis

The underlying arguments project clashing worldviews of race and appropriate remedies.

An animal’s journey from grief to love shows how much humans need each other, too.

There’s (Still) No Gay Gene

Genes seem to play a role in determining sexual orientation, but it’s small, uncertain, and complicated.

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Nobel Prize recipient Joseph E. Murray dedicated much of his career to organ transplant surgery.

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Readers Respond to Our Adaptations Survey

We asked people to share their favorite art adaptations. Here’s what they said.

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Singer Elisa Smith’s whiskey-soaked voice and subversive feminism is part of the genre’s urban shift.