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With each passing day, Greece’s economic and political malaise deepens despite one massive International Monetary Fund-European Union bailout package after another to keep that country afloat. And with each passing day, as the Greek economy continues i… more

Anna Deavere Smith, an actress and playwright, has been named artist-in-residence at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco and is working on a play about the meaning of grace. more

A project is to look at whether following a set of systematic movements for 10 minutes a day in class can boost pupils’ results. more

Russian researchers in Antarctica say they have successfully drilled through more than two miles of ice to reach a vast lake that has been sealed off from light or air for at least 14 million years. If living organisms are found in the lake, it would g… more

From an island off Maine to the Labrador Sea to the vicinity of Bermuda, the puffin really gets around after its nesting season concludes each year, researchers found. more

Humans aren’t the only species capable of forging true and lasting friendships. Animals do it too –and get many of the same rewards more

Under leaden skies, a steady stream of Lycra-clad skaters duck slightly as they glide under one of the wooden bridges over the Zijlroade river that runs like a gray ribbon through this picturesque town on the route of the Eleven Cities Tour. more