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2013-05-24 21:31:20 (37 comments, 14 reshares, 71 +1s)

How do you pronounce GIF? Chances are, many people in Times Square don't agree with you.

2013-05-23 21:24:26 (229 comments, 62 reshares, 266 +1s)

President Obama delivered the first major speech on counterterrorism of his second term Thursday and announced a shift in his administration's use of drones. 

Read the full story: http://nyti.ms/10nSfVZ

2013-05-22 17:36:40 (27 comments, 34 reshares, 80 +1s)

Visit a small community in Florida known as "Miracle Village," where more than 100 registered sex offenders have settled since 2009. Surrounded by sugar cane fields, the community has become a rare refuge for them as they try to rebuild their lives in one of the only communities that will have them: stringent residency requirements make it almost impossible for them to live anywhere else.

2013-05-21 23:17:44 (63 comments, 112 reshares, 273 +1s)

The creator of the GIF weighs in on the debate that has divided us all: "It is a soft ‘G,’ pronounced ‘jif.’ End of story.”

2013-05-17 18:02:25 (4 comments, 7 reshares, 67 +1s)

There are big changes afoot in the world of late night television. Jimmy Kimmel explained to The New York Times's Bill Carter why he'll be happy when NBC's Tonight Show moves to New York City, and more.

2013-05-16 20:23:34 (2 comments, 30 reshares, 105 +1s)

Every summer, the blogger "Tiger Temple" bikes around China to report on rural news stories censored by state-run media.

2013-05-15 23:59:54 (0 comments, 1 reshares, 26 +1s)

Foodies, watch now! Julia Moskin of The Times, the cookbook author Norman King and three home cooks are discussing the art of frying and how to make the perfect southern fried chicken.

2013-05-15 22:57:04 (3 comments, 23 reshares, 116 +1s)

An epidemic of starvation struck Southern California's baby sea lions last February. Although some have died, the Pacific Marine Mammal Center is nursing many of them back to health.

2013-05-15 19:43:32 (1 comments, 4 reshares, 26 +1s)

If NASA engineers cannot find a way to keep the Kepler spacecraft’s telescope pointed, it could spell a premature end to one of the most romantic and successful of NASA’s missions: the search for Earth-like planets in habitable orbits around other stars. 

2013-05-15 18:27:40 (17 comments, 20 reshares, 94 +1s)

Change is coming to Google+. The New York Times's Vindu Goel explains how your photos will be the focal point of major updates to this social network.

Do you welcome the changes to Google+?

2013-05-10 18:56:46 (12 comments, 27 reshares, 155 +1s)

Watch a scene from "The Great Gatsby" as its director, Baz Luhrmann, narrates how it was made.

Will you be seeing "Gatsby" in theaters this weekend? The New York Times's A.O. Scott calls it "an eminently enjoyable movie." Read his full review here: http://nyti.ms/10xDyMz

2013-05-09 23:12:27 (40 comments, 64 reshares, 271 +1s)

Do you want to cook this recipe for fried chicken, talk about it with a southern cooking expert in a Google+ Hangout and receive a copy of his cookbook? Sign up here by the end of the day on Friday: http://nyti.ms/11T4Y0u

2013-05-09 22:01:25 (4 comments, 16 reshares, 60 +1s)

The cicadas are coming. Born in 1996, this month’s army of periodical cicadas are emerging en masse from North Carolina to Connecticut.

See this graphic on cicadas: http://nyti.ms/10ehbP9

2013-05-08 18:31:13 (0 comments, 2 reshares, 19 +1s)

Are you a fan of fried chicken and southern cooking? On May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, join Norman King, the author of the new cookbook "The Way To Fry," as he demystifies frying in a live Google+ Hangout On Air. Our live discussion with Mr. King will include three home cooks we will select in May and Julia Moskin, dining reporter for The New York Times? We hope you'll try your hand at making Mr. King's fried chicken recipe and put your hand up to participate in the Hangout, sharing your frying triumphs and tribulations. Sign up here: http://dinersjournal.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/05/07/the-art-of-frying/

2013-05-08 17:36:15 (14 comments, 24 reshares, 75 +1s)

Watch the actor Alan Cumming perform a short scene in the role of Lady Macbeth.

2013-05-08 16:21:42 (8 comments, 27 reshares, 60 +1s)

Could the world use some more vigilante copy editors?

2013-05-03 21:45:37 (4 comments, 5 reshares, 40 +1s)

The Kentucky Derby will be run tomorrow. Learn about the steps the race is taking to make sure that none of the horses are being doped. 

Read more about the Derby and the prospects of the horses who are running: http://nyti.ms/108kxyS

2013-05-03 15:53:07 (5 comments, 34 reshares, 91 +1s)

These photographs taken 150 years ago tell the story of the American Civil War. Read more about how one picture of a runaway slave changed the way Americans saw the war: http://nyti.ms/Ysqpc2

2013-05-01 14:58:10 (14 comments, 18 reshares, 58 +1s)

What would it be like to have no sense of direction, even in your own home? Meet Sharon Roseman, who suffers from a rare neurological disorder that renders her unable to orient herself in any environment. "It's almost as if somebody picks up the entire world, turns it and sets it back down."

2013-04-29 20:46:59 (12 comments, 15 reshares, 50 +1s)

The movie "Traffic" tells the story of a Mexican informant who helps the U.S. fight drug trafficking from Mexico. But there are many details in the film that aren't at all like the reality of the life of Luis Octavio López Vega, an informant abandoned by the Americans and sought by Mexican authorities who accuse him of colluding in narcotics trafficking. Watch this video about the differences between Hollywood and real life in the Drug War.

Read more here: http://nyti.ms/1558jjr
Leer en Español:http://nyti.ms/16ehfSW

2013-04-26 21:50:12 (11 comments, 23 reshares, 99 +1s)

Can you judge "The Great Gatsby" by its cover? The literary classic got a new cover to go with the film adaptation starring Leonardo DiCaprio that's opening at theaters soon. But some book lovers and sellers don't like it.

Read more about "Gatsby's" two covers here:http://nyti.ms/12NWKti

2013-04-26 18:36:25 (20 comments, 61 reshares, 134 +1s)

In Afghanistan, a Chinese mining company threatens to destroy the remains of an ancient Buddhist city, which archaeologists are now racing to excavate. 

2013-04-24 19:58:42 (36 comments, 17 reshares, 55 +1s)

The Ghost of Gun Control Past looks back at the history of American laws putting limits on gun ownership in the latest Op-Doc video from The New York Times.

2013-04-23 22:28:08 (31 comments, 11 reshares, 76 +1s)

Alan Gendreau's motivation is not to become the first openly gay player in the N.F.L. It is simply to play in the N.F.L. “I’m a kicker that happens to be gay,” Gendreau said. “It’s a part of who I am, and not everything I am. I just want to be known as a normal kicker.”

2013-05-16 19:57:50 (7 comments, 10 reshares, 23 +1s)

Are you a fan of fried chicken and southern cooking? On May 15 at 8 p.m. ET, join Norman King, the author of the new cookbook "The Way To Fry," as he demystifies frying in a live Google+ Hangout On Air. Our live discussion with Mr. King will include three home cooks we will select in May and Julia Moskin, dining reporter for The New York Times? We hope you'll try your hand at making Mr. King's fried chicken recipe and put your hand up to participate in the Hangout, sharing your frying triumphs and tribulations. Sign up here: http://nyti.ms/11T4Y0u

2013-04-22 15:20:07 (7 comments, 12 reshares, 30 +1s)

In the latest in The New York Times's Op-Doc series, The Gregory Brothers make an auto-tuned case against the War on Drugs.

2013-04-19 13:17:42 (9 comments, 3 reshares, 40 +1s)

Follow our latest updates on the manhunt in the Boston area for the surviving marathon bombing suspect, identified by police as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev: 

2013-04-18 21:46:44 (439 comments, 145 reshares, 626 +1s)

The F.B.I has released images of two men they said that they would like to question in connection with the Boston Marathon bombing. “Today we are enlisting the public’s help to identify the two suspects,” said Richard DesLauriers, the special agent in charge of the F.B.I.'s Boston field office.

2013-04-16 19:29:33 (1 comments, 3 reshares, 25 +1s)

Watch Live: New York Times Dining reporter Julia Moskin, three home cooks we've selected and the cookbook author Deborah Madison are discussing Ms. Madison's new cookbook, “Vegetable Literacy,” via G+ Hangout as part of Recipe Lab, a monthly feature in which you are invited to cook with The New York Times.

2013-04-16 18:55:20 (2 comments, 5 reshares, 16 +1s)

Watch live as Julia Moskin, Dining reporter for The New York Times, along with the cookbook author Deborah Madison, talk about food with three home cooks from around the country. All five of them will have cooked two recipes from Ms. Madison's new cookbook, "Vegetable Literacy" -- an onion tart and an asparagus salad. Don't forget to tune this Tuesday at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time on The New York Times Google+ page. Post your questions or comments below; Ms. Madison and Ms. Moskin may address them on air. 

2013-04-12 22:49:14 (35 comments, 14 reshares, 78 +1s)

You may have never heard of Jenna Mourey, better known as Jenna Marbles. But if you have a teenage daughter, it's quite possible that she worships her. 

The reigning queen of YouTube answered some questions about her life and work for The New York Times in the video below.

Read more about how Ms. Mourey's YouTube stardom could represent the future of celebrity: http://nyti.ms/XxbElC

2013-04-12 14:58:41 (59 comments, 26 reshares, 57 +1s)

Remember Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss? The Harvard-educated, Olympic -rowing twins have moved on from social networking and Facebook to investing in virtual currency in the form of Bitcoin.

Watch this short video on Bitcoin and read more about the Winklevoss brothers and other investors who are accumulating significant quantities of the digital currency: http://nyti.ms/Yv1zHE

2013-04-10 02:30:35 (5 comments, 4 reshares, 29 +1s)

Home cooks: You have until the end of the day on Wednesday to raise your hand to participate in our latest Recipe Lab Google+ #Hangout . If you want to cook a recipe at home by Deborah Madison, the author of a new cookbook called "Vegetable Literacy," and then join Ms. Madison and a New York Times Dining reporter in a G+ Hangout, visit the link below and sign up now. We're looking forward to hearing from you; we're particularly interested to hear from some #vegetarian foodies, though all are welcome.

2013-04-08 22:51:36 (20 comments, 33 reshares, 90 +1s)

Watch this short video for important moments from some of Margaret Thatcher's most memorable speeches and other public addresses.

Dig deeper into Lady Thatcher's key speeches, letters and interviews here:
http://nyti.ms/Z4o5pm

Which of her words do you find most memorable?

2013-04-08 16:31:56 (24 comments, 19 reshares, 44 +1s)

Look back at the life of Margaret Thatcher in the full New York Times obituary for the former prime minister of Britain.

“I am not a consensus politician,” Lady Thatcher had often declared. “I am a conviction politician.”

Share your thoughts about her legacy in the comments on the article below.

2013-04-05 20:31:12 (7 comments, 13 reshares, 62 +1s)

Calling all home cooks: Join The New York Times Dining section for Recipe Lab, a monthly feature with reporter Julia Moskin. This month we've invited the chef and cookbook author Deborah Madison to join us and our readers for a Google+ Hangout to talk about cooking and her new cookbook, "Vegetable Literacy." And we're selecting three recipe testers to be part of the live video conversation. If you're interested, click on the link for details. 

2013-04-03 15:45:14 (3 comments, 14 reshares, 44 +1s)

"You don't really want to think about the fact that you, like any other creature on this planet, is a big, fermenting, digesting, excreting sack of guts," says Mary Roach, the author of “Gulp: Adventures on the Alimentary Canal.”

Ms. Roach helps readers digest their questions about various digestive subjects in the video below. Read more in her essay here: http://nyti.ms/16nXDrd 

2013-04-02 15:02:16 (0 comments, 18 reshares, 41 +1s)

Watch Trey Anastasio of Phish accompany actors on a song from the Broadway musical "Hands on a Hardbody." 

Read The New York Times review of the show, which Charles Isherwood calls, "a cleareyed portrait of an America that’s a far cry from the fantasyland of most commercial musicals": http://nyti.ms/ZxVxRa

2013-03-29 15:08:18 (40 comments, 96 reshares, 182 +1s)

2012 was a disastrous year for bees.

Read more about the mysterious malady that's wiping out as many as half of the beehives needed to pollinate much of America’s produce: http://nyti.ms/YIncTx

2013-03-28 19:28:10 (6 comments, 21 reshares, 70 +1s)

To illustrate the work of Adam Grant and his theories on the benefits of helping others, we asked the comedy duo Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele to demonstrate the art of workplace altruism.

Related article: http://nyti.ms/YWnNgd

2013-03-27 21:40:57 (4 comments, 31 reshares, 82 +1s)

Two years after a tsunami and nuclear meltdown in Fukushima, Japan, the filmmaker Itai Keshet presents a documentary portrait of public fear, mistrust and suspicion about the safety of food.

2013-03-26 18:16:12 (24 comments, 18 reshares, 59 +1s)

Today, T-Mobile formally replaced its old phone contracts with new plans that do not require signing a contract. For $50 a month, customers can get unlimited minutes, text messages and 500 megabytes of data; they can pay an extra $20 for unlimited data. What do you think of T-Mobile's new plan?

2013-03-22 15:21:41 (3 comments, 32 reshares, 95 +1s)

Watch this time lapse video of two days behind the scenes at New York City's Metropolitan Opera.

Read more about what it takes to run one of New York's most celebrated cultural institutions: http://nyti.ms/XvbckS

2013-03-21 21:54:55 (8 comments, 16 reshares, 80 +1s)

Astronomers have released the latest and most exquisite baby picture yet of the universe.

2013-03-20 22:42:41 (7 comments, 9 reshares, 41 +1s)

Everything you've ever wanted to know about picking the perfect Easter ham is contained in this mouth-watering graphic.

2013-03-19 22:21:54 (2 comments, 9 reshares, 55 +1s)

FiveThirtyEight blogger Nate Silver talks to The Times's Megan Liberman about his statistical analysis of the N.C.A.A. tournament as well as strategies that could help you win your pool.

2013-03-18 21:50:40 (17 comments, 37 reshares, 92 +1s)

Paint a bullseye on it: North Dakota could see a new technological boom in the years to come if the unmanned aerial vehicle business takes off.

Read more about how many academic settings, along with companies and individuals, are preparing for a brave new world in which cheap remote-controlled airplanes will be ubiquitous in civilian air space: http://nyti.ms/16Fg9OM

2013-03-15 21:16:39 (9 comments, 11 reshares, 42 +1s)

United States Border Patrol agents in Arizona's Tucson sector say the border is safer and more secure than ever, but can it withstand a potential new wave of illegal immigration?

New York Times readers shared their photos of the parts of the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border they know: http://nyti.ms/ZckNPS

Read more about border patrol efforts in Arizona here: http://nyti.ms/YgJLew