Tag Archives: Yale University

Good Bones

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I never got over Brontosaurus excelsus (“noble thunder lizard” for those of us who don’t speak ancient Greek). I don’t know when I first visited Yale’s Peabody Museum, probably at age 4 or 5, but that ginormous dinosaur floored …

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Good and Mad

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A photo/video essay. To see all 14 images/gifs, check out the email edition.

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Vital Organ

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Picture a penny whistle, the size of a drinking straw and made out of tin. Blow on it and you’ll get a bright, high pitch. Now imagine a wooden whistle 33 feet tall. …

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Good Game

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We’re celebrating 2023 by revisiting some of the year’s most memorable photo essays, each plucked from—and emblematic of—one of the four seasons. First up? Winter, thanks to this icy March 14 photo essay.

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War Zone

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New Haven has been many cities in its nearly 400 years. Picture this one…

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Script Notes III

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First in January, then in July, I reeled off a series of movie and TV moments referencing New Haven.

Now, in December, I’ve got enough for a trilogy. And I hope you’ll agree: This third take is no …

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Going Medieval

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A photo essay. To view all 14 images, check out the email edition.

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House and Home

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Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo begins as the best fantasy novels do: with a map. A collection of locations exotic to most readers but not to us—Harkness Tower, Grove Street Cemetery, Beinecke Library—are tagged along the map’s greyscale streets, numbered …

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Return to Sender

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For our vacation this week, we’re traveling back to some favorite recent stories, including this life story.

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Power Balance

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A photo essay. To view all 16 images, check out the email edition. 

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