This article is part of Overlooked, a series of obituaries about remarkable people whose deaths, beginning in 1851, went unreported in The Times. The flat-bottomed paper bag is a marvel of quiet utility. It stands tall at the checkout counter of grocery stores ready to cradle the essentials of daily …
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Bruce Nathan Ames, a biochemist who discovered a revolutionary method of detecting potential carcinogens, paving the way for the banning of many commonly used chemicals, died on Oct. 5 in Berkeley, Calif. He was 95. His wife, Giovanna Ferro-Luzzi Ames, said his death, in a hospital, was from complications after …
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David Medina Álvarez hopped on a four-wheeled vehicle that looked like a speeder bike from Star Wars. Donning a helmet and goggles, the 25-year-old designer zoomed down 15th Street, driving alongside the massive Michigan Central train station, built in 1913, which had just reopened after a gleaming $1 billion renovation. …
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This article is part of our Learning special report about how the pandemic has continued to change how we approach education. While scrolling through Instagram, Joi Mitchell saw an ad for Saga Education, a nonprofit that provides high-impact tutoring in schools, and clicked on it. “I was running away from …
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