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12 Recipes for Pickles, No Canning Required
By MARK BITTMAN
As long as they’re eaten within a week or two, there are countless pickles that you can make quickly and easily.
The N.F.L. is more popular — and more profitable — than ever. But its coming settlement over brain injuries could lay the groundwork that pushes the sport to the margins of American culture.
As their military struggles to combat the Islamist terrorist group, everyday Nigerians have formed citizen battalions to defend their towns. But have they gone too far?
In 2012, the author was kidnapped in Syria by the Nusra Front. After months of beatings and torture, he was certain he would be executed. Instead, he lived to tell this tale.
With “Interstellar,” the director once again creates mass entertainment out of mind-bending fantasy.
Technically, this monstrous natural-gas refinery is a “floating facility,” not a “ship,” but c’mon.
The 49-year-old fighter is known for using his mental acumen to weaken, and eventually defeat, his opponents in the ring.
As long as they’re eaten within a week or two, there are countless pickles that you can make quickly and easily.
I was an English instructor, but what was I really teaching?
Some locals are hoping King James’s return will revive the city’s economy, but experts say these predictions are wildly inflated and unlikely to last.
Animal arms races always unfold in the same way. But those with the biggest weapons don’t always win.
A doctor reflects on his history with infectious disease.
Say nothing; pay something.
The chief technology officer of the United States is bringing a Silicon Valley ethos to Washington.
Amanda Lindhout’s 2013 account of her abduction in Somalia.
After 80, some people don’t retire. They reign.
What do kids around the world eat for breakfast? It’s as likely to be coffee or kimchi as it is a sugary cereal.
The Brown sisters have been photographed every year since 1975. The latest image in the series is published here for the first time.
Converting Chinese rice fields into luxury villas.
Few collegians work as hard as the U.S. Military Academy’s 786 female cadets.
Two photographers capture scenes from the most recent outbreak of war.
With the help of a 30-pound “concave easel,” Trevor and Ryan Oakes are creating a handmade version of an Edward Steichen original.
A rare photograph of a nighttime breach.
Underwater photographs of infants learning to swim.
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