What innovations have you made in your daily life? Whether it’s a gadget you’ve fashioned, or something less tangible, we want to hear about it. Your submissions will be published on nytimes.com and may be featured in the New York Times Magazine if our judges — Martha Stewart, James Dyson, Paola Antonelli and Ben Kaufman …
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A study of the biology and geology of Mars, from the Australian National University, shows there is plenty of room for life on Mars. Granted, much of that room is in caves just below the planet’s surface, and much of that life will likely be microbes rather than little green men. But here’s the kicker — fully …
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1. Today you are you, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is youer than you. 6. Think and wonder, wonder and think. 7. Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting. So…get on your way. 9. Think! You can think any think that you wish… 13. Sometimes the questions are complicated …
A puzzling part to the equation has emerged. While humans are in fact living longer lives on average, the oldest age that the oldest people reach seems to be stubbornly and oddly precisely cemented right at 114. A person born in the US at the turn of the 20th century could expect to live 49.2 …
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When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life …
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When you grow up you tend to get told the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life …
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Would you like to celebrate a new holiday with me? I call it Family History Day, or Ancestors Day. Let’s celebrate it right before Halloween with a variety of fun and somber rituals, pulled from the most popular festivals around the world: Qingming festival from East Asia Día de los Muertos from Mexico The rituals of Shinto …
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Here are the rules, pulled from Tina Fey’s, Bossypants. #1 – Start with Yes [author] “Freeze, I have a gun!” “No, you don’t that’s your finger.” [/author] [author] “Freeze, I have a gun!” “The gun I gave you for Christmas? You jerk!” [/author] Now, obviously in real life you’re not always going to agree …
Below is a list of 8 questions that was given to me by Bill Jordan, an 80-year old man I met while waiting at the Ritz Camera in DC. He was wearing an Obama cap and holding an iPhone. We started talking about iPhones, Apple, and travel. His blind 12-year old granddaughter convinced him to …