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Review: ‘Outrageous Acts of Danger’ Makes Science Life-Threatening

Photo Todd Sampson tests the laws of physics with a one-ton wrecking ball in “Outrageous Acts of Danger.” Credit Discovery School’s out in most places, but you can still induce your kids to learn a little something. If, that is, you don’t mind having them watch a television show that …

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Diana Vishneva Bids Farewell to Ballet Theater, but Not to Dance

She’ll also use the space to help cultivate new choreographers, which will expand on her work with Context, a dance festival she initiated five years ago that will be in Moscow and St. Petersburg this November. She welcomed the Martha Graham Company in 2011 (its first time in Russia) and …

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Boeing noses out in front in orders race at Paris Air Show

Frederic Stevens | Getty Images The Boeings B737 max 9 and B787-10 are exhibited during the 52nd Paris Air Show at Le Bourget, on June 20, 2017 in Le Bourget, France. The Air Show is the world’s largest exhibition of the aviation and space industry and takes place at Le …

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Art of a Grenfell Tower Fire Victim Is Shown by the Tate

Photo “Sothiou,” a silk-screen print of a photograph by Khadija Saye, 24, who died in the Grenfell Tower fire, was displayed on Tuesday at the Tate Britain. Credit Khadija Saye, Courtesy of Jealous Gallery and The Studio of Nicola Green LONDON — An artwork by Khadija Saye, a 24-year-old British …

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What’s on TV Wednesday: ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ and ‘Amazing Monkeys’

Photo Jessica Chastain in “The Zookeeper’s Wife.” Credit Anne Marie Fox/Focus Features Animals rule the screen, with visits to fictional menageries in “The Zookeeper’s Wife” and “Postcards From the Zoo,” and real ones in “Amazing Monkeys” and “Great Yellowstone Thaw.” What’s Streaming THE ZOOKEEPER’S WIFE (2017) on iTunes and Amazon. …

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Li Ka-shing says his elder son Victor will be his successor in principle

Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Billionaire Li Ka-shing, chairman of CK Hutchison Holdings and Cheung Kong Property Holdings, adjusts his glasses during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Wednesday, March 22, 2017. “Arrangement for the group’s business has been well prepared. They (Victor and Richard) have …

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Here’s One Canadian Theater Company That Isn’t Afraid to Show Off

But the Signature Center’s multiple stages and radiating layout reminded them of their own theater complex, right down to the way actors exit through the lobby just like the audience, which encourages conversation. Visions of what they could do if they had the run of the place overtook them. “I …

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Tesla hires prominent A.I. researcher as Autopilot chief Lattner leaves

VCG | Getty Images Elon Musk, Chairman, CEO and Product Architect of Tesla Motors, addresses a press conference to declare that the Tesla Motors releases v7.0 System in China on a limited basis for its Model S, which will enable self-driving features such as Autosteer for a select group of …

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Review: ‘Fulfillment Center’ Finds the Poetry in Missed Connections

When they conduct what is commonly known as a conversation, they only half hear one another. But the director, Daniel Aukin, and his perfectly mismatched cast — Eboni Booth, Bobby Moreno, Deirdre O’Connell and Frederick Weller — find the resonant meaning in the battle between hope and cynicism that infuses …

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Pro-Islamic state militants storm school in southern Philippines, hold students as hostages

Richard Atrero de Guzman | NurPhoto | Getty Images Abandoned house vandalized with quote “I LOVE ISIS” is seen in a door of a house inside of a no-go zone in Marawi, southern Philippines. Pro-Islamic State militants stormed a town and occupied a school in the southern Philippines early on …

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