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Rats have shockingly vivid dreams and scientists cracked the plot

Rats do not simply drift through vague, sleepy fog. Their brains light up with detailed replays of the day, from sprinting ...

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A tour guide goes one step beyond, a macaw on the Q and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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"I'm not a punk rocker. I don't make punk music. I don't walk around calling myself punk." How Shania Twain, Christina Aguilera's songwriters and an iconic neck tie helped ...

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Siren: meaning, etymology, myth and why the sound still owns you

The Wordle word of the December 31, 2025 is siren, a word that has survived by learning how to travel. It begins in myth, migrates into machinery, embeds itself in language, and ends up inside the ...
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I heard sounds, not meaning

A dry, minimalist way to explain exactly what just happened. Trump proposes new monument near Lincoln Memorial Johnny Carson book exposes 'Tonight Show' ban list featuring Jay Leno, Ellen DeGeneres ...
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Listening to the Sound of Silence: the Power, Politics and Meaning of Silence

“We used to use our culture to understand cancer. Now we use cancer to understand our culture.” (From NPR interview of Pulitzer Prize winning author of “The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of ...