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In a WordRuling out overindulgence in capital lettersPeople don't seem to know what 鈥� or when 鈥� to capitalize. It's a problem that streches back thousands of years.
My electrifying experiment in elocutionToday we are awash in a sea of language, but despite its abundance, very little attention seems to be paid to its refined usage.
Raiders of the last ark: Ford dons the fedora one more timeThe latest 鈥� and last 鈥� Indiana Jones film, 鈥淒ial of Destiny,鈥� raises the question: Can we experience action-adventure movie heroism the way we used to?
Letter from 鈥楪lasto鈥�: Kid packs, wilderness wipes, and 鈥楻ocket Man鈥�The Glastonbury music festival turns a patch of English pasture into one of the happiest places on Earth. The challenge: how to participate, in comfort, with a 2-year-old son and pregnant wife.- Letter from 鈥楪lasto鈥�: Kid packs, wilderness wipes, and 鈥楻ocket Man鈥�The Glastonbury music festival turns a patch of English pasture into one of the happiest places on Earth. The challenge: how to participate, in comfort, with a 2-year-old son and pregnant wife.
In a WordHumans, not chatbots, find capitalization trickyEarly European manuscripts don鈥檛 differentiate between uppercase and lowercase letters; all letters are the same size and come in only one shape.
First LookUpcycling movement: How US chefs transform waste into mealsChefs are turning wasted food into high-quality dishes 鈥� from ice cream to pizza. The upcycling movement, which aims to address the problem of food waste in the United States, is growing in popularity as consumers are increasingly environmentally conscious.
From 鈥楾he Flash,鈥� reflections on the past, the future, and ourselvesAfter seeing the latest version of 鈥淭he Flash,鈥� our columnist considers what we all have the power and freedom to do: Change ourselves.聽
鈥楽tarting From Zero鈥�: After Afghanistan, piecing together a life againA documentary about Afghan evacuees offers a window on the challenges many migrants face 鈥� and the lengths to which they will go to survive and thrive.聽
In a WordEnglish has many rules, some of them validSome rules of English you know, some you don鈥檛, and 鈥� despite what you might have been taught in grammar school 鈥� some aren鈥檛 rules at all.
Chu Lai, Vietnam, 1966: My life lesson in leaping"Our sergeant knew what lay ahead for us new guys 鈥� as well as a way to help us face that future," our essayist writes.
First LookPaul McCartney says new Beatles record features AI John LennonThe 鈥渓ast鈥� Beatles record is being made using artificial intelligence. Paul McCartney says audio engineers were able to extract John Lennon鈥檚 unfinished song from an old demo, decades after the band broke up. The new song is set to be released soon.
鈥楢steroid City鈥�: Stars, galaxies, and the meaning of lifeThe latest movie from Wes Anderson features the ingenuity and absurdity he鈥檚 known for. But more so than his other recent films, this one is fused with an undercurrent of emotion.
First LookSilver sleuth: How a German curator returns stolen Jewish heirloomsA museum curator has made it his mission to return silver objects stolen by the Nazis from German Jews during the Holocaust. Matthias Wagner has already returned 50 pieces to descendants and hopes to double this amount.
Forget perfect pitch, I had perfect timing 鈥� or so I thoughtSometimes you discover you have a true superpower. And sometimes things are not exactly what they seem.
In a WordSpelling tricks from the days before autocorrectIn the Middle Ages, "proper" spelling was not a cultural aspiration. People wrote words down as they pronounced them.
First LookLights, camera, no action? Actors poised to join Hollywood strike.As the Hollywood writers strike enters its sixth week, actors represented by the union SAG-AFTRA have voted to authorize a strike of their own. The guild鈥檚 main demand is better pay, and it has given producers a June 30 deadline to renegotiate its contract.
A hot, tomato-and-cheese solution to anguishI was unaware of pizza鈥檚 therapeutic value until I had kids, our essayist writes. But now I firmly believe in the 鈥減izza cure.鈥�
In a WordThe words we keep having to GoogleAccording to one tally, the word that prompts the most spelling-related Google searches, by a huge margin, is "restaurant."
Oh, what a web it weaves: 鈥楽pider-Verse鈥� spins a high-flying tale鈥淎cross the Spider-Verse鈥� doesn鈥檛 just challenge its most iconic phrase 鈥� it also challenges what we have seen in previous silver-screen incarnations of Spider-Man.
