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The dishes can't get clean if the appliances isn't. Have you been using the same sponge to handwash dishes for years? I’d hazard a guess that you haven’t. Even though a sponge is a tool that cleans ...

Regarding Jeffrey Selingo’s “Choosing a School: The Elite College Myth” (Review, Aug. 30): There are more than economic reasons to attend top-tier schools. I graduated from Brown University with a ...

He rarely communicates with the family, except when he’s in trouble. By Kwame Anthony Appiah Kwame Anthony Appiah has been the The New York Times Magazine’s Ethicist columnist since 2015 and teaches ...

Baking soda emerges as a versatile gardening tool, effectively combating fungal infections like powdery mildew on roses, peas ...

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The winners of the 2025 Ocean Photographer of the Year competition captured the ocean and its wildlife like you’ve never seen ...

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A spellbinding image of two tiny but vibrant “ladybugs of the sea” has won the Ocean Photographer of the Year 2025 award.