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Improvised Cuisine

The joys of cooking with The New York Times's Sam Sifton 

How Birds Lost Flight

Scott Edwards discovers evolution’s master switches.

Reese Witherspoon Visits Harvard—and Talks Women, Media, and AI

Reese Witherspoon discusses female-driven content at Harvard Business School. 

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