Remember PageMaker? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/21/t...

A lawyer by day, Mr. Bengtson used his spare time to become the Sherlock Holmes of silent films. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/m...

A legend. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

“From his personal choices to political ones, he was a steady and relentless force for good,” the singer Joan Baez, a friend and admirer, said in an interview. “He never veered from the path of nonviolence.” www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/b...

“You know how they say somebody lights up the room?” the poet Bob Holman said. “Rose was actually the lightbulb. Being with her was like living on another planet. It was the Planet Rose.” www.nytimes.com/2026/02/26/b...

A brilliant journalist whose unadorned prose neatly told the stories of those with incredibly difficult lives. Also, she helped her husband, Neil, photocopy the files that became known as The Pentagon Papers. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/22/b...

He used mathematical models to reveal the systemic patterns of crime, fundamentally reshaping a field that had long relied on anecdotal evidence and sociological theory. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/14/science/alfred-blumstein-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.MVA.Glr4.HmDydtNF8zxr&smid=bs-share

On the frigid and crustacean-filled waters of Penobscot Bay, Mrs. Oliver was known as the Lobster Lady. She was a folk hero to Mainers — an enduring, if fading, emblem of the state’s hardy, matter-of-fact work ethic. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/03/b...

She was almost 90 before she received any recognition for her work. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/27/s...

Weight-Loss Drugs Could Save U.S. Airlines $580 Million Per Year www.nytimes.com/2026/01/19/t...

David Rosen, the co-founder of Sega and a principal figure of my happiness in college, has died. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/20/b...

In Nazi Germany, Goebbels picked an infant picture for a magazine cover to show the ideal Aryan baby. The only hitch? The baby was Jewish. Hessy Levinsons Taft's amazing story by @mikerosenwald.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

Without her parents’ knowledge, her portrait was entered as a prank in a contest in 1935 to represent the ideal Aryan infant — and she won. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/09/w...

She stubbornly refused to follow popular artistic trends. Instead, she spent decades exploring the effects of light on glass. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/01/a...

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An Oxford professor and renowned critic, he was pugnacious, fearless and disdainful of the received wisdom of his intellectual milieu. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/b...

Race car driver, painter, costume designer. A remarkable life. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/m...

He was a familiar byline in Newsweek and The Washington Post for decades, explaining the intricacies of economic policy in reader-friendly vernacular. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/15/b...

"We've eaten it for breakfast. We've eaten it for dessert. No matter how I make it or when we eat it, it's heavenly."

The first player to hit two home runs in a game off Sandy Koufax #Cubs #MLB www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/s...

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

For years he lived a double life, secretly making anti-Communist paintings. He found fame in the late 1980s, once his work was shown outside the Soviet Union. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

Erik Bulatov, Russian Painter Who Undermined Soviet Propaganda, Dies at 92 www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/a...

“Every animal has a trick,” Professor Anderson said. “Language is our trick.” www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/s...

As one of the most riveting unsolved crimes in American history, the audacious incident inspired decades of conspiracy theories, prompted scores of amateur sleuths to chase down leads and turned Mr. Cooper into an unlikely folk hero www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

John Cleary, who was shot in the chest by Ohio National Guard troops during an antiwar protest at Kent State University in 1970, a moment captured in a Life magazine cover photo, died last month. He was 74.

A shocking moment in American history. This photo appeared on the cover of Life magazine. The wounded man on the ground recently died. Here is his obituary. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/07/u...

She promoted an image of witches as benevolent and spiritual, trailblazers in the feminism movement. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/s...

As a pediatrician, she helped elevate breastfeeding from a medical afterthought to a specialty of its own. As a mother of nine, she practiced what she preached www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...

Ruth A. Lawrence, Doctor Who Championed Breastfeeding, Is Dead at 101 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/23/h...

Made with colorful, high-end silks and cottons, Mr. Rose’s pajamas were a lot like the bespoke suits stitched on Savile Row in London — elegant, impeccable, pricey — except they were rarely seen beyond the bedroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

Made with colorful, high-end silks and cottons, Mr. Rose’s pajamas were a lot like the bespoke suits stitched on Savile Row in London — elegant, impeccable, pricey — except they were rarely seen beyond the bedroom. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/15/s...

Defying scholarly norms, he took a hands-on approach to research. To study resilience, he visited the Crow Nation; to explore Freudian theory, he became a psychoanalyst. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/b...

Saul Zabar, Smoked Fish Czar of Upper West Side, Dies at 97 www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/d...

His use of PCR sparked a movement that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people. Dr. Blake’s testing alone helped to exonerate more than 50, including several sentenced to death. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

His use of PCR sparked a movement that has freed thousands of wrongfully convicted people. Dr. Blake’s testing alone helped to exonerate more than 50, including several sentenced to death. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

Edward T. Blake, 80, Dies; Forensic Expert Sparked Innocence Movement www.nytimes.com/2025/10/01/s...

The daughter of an English professor and a teacher, Ms. Vincent received a master’s in public health while battling addiction. That year she helped start the North Carolina Survivors Union, among the first organizations in the country to offer safety rails for addicts who were struggling to quit.

Patrick McGovern, an archaeologist who analyzed ancient cauldrons, shards of pottery and broken bottles to discover and then recreate the alcoholic beverages that intoxicated prehistoric civilizations, including booze found in the tomb of King Midas, died last month. He was 80.

An archaeologist, he discovered and analyzed the residue of beverages imbibed by long-vanished civilizations and then figured out how to recreate them. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/14/o...

At any moment, he could cite how many times a president visited Camp David, flew on Air Force One, hosted championship sports teams, met with foreign heads of state, went on date nights and promised to not rest for the American people www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/b...

‘My wife and I live apart so I can hunt the Loch Ness Monster’ www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/96b4700...

Taco Bell rethinks AI drive-through after man orders 18,000 waters bbc.com/news/article...

She was a pivotal figure in linking quilts to the American experience — although she herself never stitched so much as a sweater in her life. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/21/a...

Polymathic, erudite and a trailblazer in a field dominated by men, Professor Boden helped shape the philosophical conversation about human and artificial intelligence for decades. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/14/s...

“We’ve finally solved the mystery of where potatoes came from.” www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/new...

“Don was a scoundrel, but he was a talented scoundrel and a colorful scoundrel — a well-intentioned scoundrel,” Lou DiBella, a boxing manager and former head of programming for HBO Sports. www.nytimes.com/2025/08/09/s...

‘Come With Me, Chuck E.’: Mouse Arrested on Credit Card Fraud Charges www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/u...

Dan Pelzer read at least 3,599 books since 1962. After he died this month at 92, his family made his handwritten reading list public, hoping to motivate readers everywhere.