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Here's some news for the word nerds out there. Merriam-Webster, the country’s oldest dictionary publisher, is releasing a hefty, new Collegiate edition for the first time in 22 years. “So, the ...

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A research team from the University of Basel, Switzerland, has developed a new molecule modeled on plant photosynthesis: under the influence of light, it stores two positive and two negative charges ...

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This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. Beckley Park, a country estate in Oxfordshire, lies at the end of a narrow ...