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Can Knowing a Place’s History Make You a Better Traveler?

Mary Quade’s “Zoo World” contains multitudes — and that’s before the ducks show up

Pair of Unheralded Rookie Quarterbacks Star on “Monday Night Football”

Will Levis and Tommy "Cutlets" DeVito both led furious fourth-quarter comebacks

Colonizing Space Might Be More Difficult Than Anyone Expected

“A City on Mars” explores the big questions of space exploration — including booze and cannibalism

Is Social Media Killing Stand-Up Comedy?

Platforms like Instagram, TikTok and YouTube have been a boon to the careers of comics. Their unintended consequences, however, have also been quite disruptive.

Is Shohei Ohtani the New Bobby Bonilla? 

Per ESPN, a “majority” of Ohtani’s $700-million contract is deferred

What It Takes to Be a Great Explorer, From a Trained Expeditionist

From adventuring the depths of the ocean to exploring outer space, Richard Garriott talks about his most daring adventures — and how to find the explorer within you

The 10 Best Books of 2023

This year’s best books embraced contradictions and big ideas

Astronauts Find Missing Space Station Tomato

Strange things afoot on the International Space Station

Russian Government Issues Arrest Warrant for Putin Critic Masha Gessen

Gessen won a National Book Award in 2017 for a book on Russian totalitarianism

Tonight’s “Real Time” Included a Discussion of Campus Speech — and a Dig at the Jets

Also up for debate this week: ironic Christmas sweaters and Mr. Beast

Is America’s Pastime’s Top Star Headed to Canada?

The interwebs certainly think Shohei Ohtani is headed to the Toronto Blue Jays