A Woman With a Rare Gene Mutation Fights to Avoid Her Mother’s Fate

A mutant gene is coming to steal Linde Jacobs’s mind. Can she find a way to stop it?

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Why Is It So Hard to Make a Robot Chef?

Restaurants are experimenting with automation. But in the kitchen, human labor is hard to replace.

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Removing Carbon From the Sky Could Be the Next Climate Gold Rush

Investors are betting that they can make a dent in global warming, and healthy profits, with companies that alter the atmosphere.

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Campus Groups Try to Make Room for Middle-Ground Opinions on the Middle East

Some college students and faculty members are seeking space for nuanced perspectives on the Israel-Hamas war on deeply divided campuses.

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‘Christmas Adam’ Celebrations on Dec. 23 Spread in Some Parts of the U.S.

First there was Christmas Eve … and then a new celebration was created.

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These Spiritual Democrats Urge Their Party to Take a Leap of Faith

In a party that has grown less religious, some prominent Democrats say discussing their deepest beliefs can be a way to connect — when it’s authentic.

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Refugees Are Bracing for Trump to Cut the Resettlement Program Again

As Donald J. Trump returns to office, the rebuilt program is under threat. Many vulnerable people approved for resettlement in the U.S. could be stranded abroad.

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Germany Searches for Motives in Christmas Market Attack

The authorities said they were struggling to understand the motives for the attack with a car in the eastern city of Magdeburg, in which a 9-year-old boy was among the five victims.

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We Gave Workplace Advice. Readers Shared What They’d Do Instead.

Some readers have their own opinions about the workplace advice that this columnist doled out over the past six months.

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Ron Eliran, Israeli ”Ambassador of Song,” Has a Bar Mitzvah at 90

In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate for Palestine was canceled when authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he has officially become a man.

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