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- What鈥檚 in a name? For flowers, plenty.There鈥檚 the garden name, several local ones, and the long latinate moniker.
鈥楢sh Is Purest White鈥� burns with quiet, incandescent forceDirector Jia Zhangke does extraordinary work.
Performances in 鈥楾he Mustang鈥� have the sharp tang of authenticityMatthias Schoenaerts stars as a convict who bonds with a mustang while serving out his prison time in the Nevada desert.聽
Top Picks: 'The Guilty,' 'Diana Ross: Her Life, Love, and Legacy,' and moreNils Landgren has single-handedly made playing the trombone cool, the Criterion Channel is聽the Criterion Collection鈥檚 first native video streaming site, and more top picks.
What are you watching? Readers recommend 'Parks and Recreation,' 'The Princess Bride'Monitor TV and movie fans share what they've been watching lately.
In a WordCounting higher than fingers and toesLinguists speculate that the base-10 number system developed independently around the world because it was inspired by the most obvious tools we have to count with 鈥� our fingers.
Heavenly help for the working dogA modest achievement in my work as an interfaith activist: A canine rationale.
'Captain Marvel' lacks wit and oomphThe first Marvel Comics woman superhero movie suffers from wooden dialogue and a misuse of good actors.聽
Is the music industry finally facing its #MeToo moment?Iconic artists R. Kelly, Ryan Adams, and the late Michael Jackson have finally faced a reckoning for alleged sexual abuse. Credit a rise in the power of female musicians and shifts in public opinion about sexual abuse.
'Transit' unfolds an imperiled world with echoes of our own海角大神 Petzold's new movie draws on noir films and wartime melodrama, but he takes these elements in a wholly different direction.
One woman, one bike, one world
Beyond clich茅s: Teen anxiety prompts closer look at young livesA majority of young people say they feel stressed out, pointing to causes other than social media. How are adults trying to address and shift teenage thought?
In a WordLearning math is easier in some languagesI have been struck by how precisely Japanese encodes the base-10 number system used by most cultures around the world.
How I tapped into my success鈥楲earn to type,鈥� my immigrant mother urged me. It鈥檚 an 鈥楢merican skill.鈥櫬�
鈥楢pollo 11鈥� brings back awe of 1969 moon landingThe documentary's never-before-seen footage conjures up the聽transcendent hopefulness of the mission.
First LookNew Hampshire ice castles turn farmland into winter wonderlandA collection of ice tunnels and caverns delight visitors who brave the frigid temps. North Woodstock鈥檚 winter wonderland, one of six in the United States, is built from scratch when it becomes cold enough for ice to sprout from the ground.聽
In a WordNonce words, coined for the occasionSocial media commentary was focused on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's use of聽complexifier, which came up when he explained, 鈥淢y ownership of the Washington Post is a complexifier for me.鈥� The question echoed through cyberspace: 鈥淚s complexifier even a word?鈥澛�
It鈥檚 not just a game 鈥� it鈥檚 a lifestyleThere鈥檚 nowhere to hide from basketball in Bloomington, Ind.
The best movies to see in FebruaryThis month Monitor film critic Peter Rainer enjoyed films such as 鈥楩ree Solo鈥� and 鈥楻uben Brandt, Collector.鈥�
Looking for our nation鈥檚 forgotten stories? Turn up the volume.Ordinary folks often get left out of history books, but an overlooked medium may encourage a more inclusive historical record: audio. Sound recordings offer a more nuanced story of our past.聽
