A Twelve-Country Science Fair Comes to Town
Young researchers from across the world arrived for a fair that is equal parts laboratory and playground.
By Richard Vance
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Ash Falls on the Bay of Naples
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A cloud like a great pine rose over Vesuvius at midday. By nightfall the towns beneath it were gone.
Bay of Naples · 24 August, AD 79
Shortly after midday a cloud of extraordinary size climbed above the mountain the people of Campania call Vesuvius. From the shore at Misenum it had the shape of a great umbrella pine — a long trunk of smoke that rose into the sky and
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Corrections Errors are corrected here, promptly and in full — the record outlasts the mistake.
The Almanac
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On this day
In 1873, the paper set its first line of type in a room above a bakery.
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The Front Page
After a Long Night, the New Central Library Is Approved
The session ran past midnight, but the city has something to show for the lost sleep: a new central library.
By Helen Marsh
The Quiet Science of a Perfect Cup of Coffee
Temperature, time and a little humility: a cheerful look at the small physics of the morning ritual.
By Richard Vance
In Praise of Slow Journalism
A modest manifesto for stories that are checked twice, written with care and built to be read.
By Nadia Brandt
City {es}Ciudad{/es} {fr}Ville{/fr} {de}Stadt{/de}A Centuries-Old Bridge Reopens After a Loving Restoration
Science {es}Ciencia{/es} {fr}Science{/fr} {de}Wissenschaft{/de}Amateur Stargazers Spot a Comet Before the Professionals
Culture {es}Cultura{/es} {fr}Culture{/fr} {de}Kultur{/de}The Saturday Market That Refused to Close
Sports {es}Deportes{/es} {fr}Sport{/fr} {de}Sport{/de}At 78, He Finished His First Marathon and Signed Up for the Next
Culture {es}Cultura{/es} {fr}Culture{/fr} {de}Kultur{/de}Reading Hour: How One Library Got a Whole Town Reading Again
Lifestyle {es}Estilo de vida{/es} {fr}Art de vivre{/fr} {de}Lebensart{/de}The Bakery That Opens at 4 a.m. So the Town Smells of Bread by Six
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After a Long Night, the New Central Library Is Approved
The session ran past midnight, but the city has something to show for the lost sleep: a new central library.
By Helen Marsh
The Town That Brought Its Tram Back After Thirty Years
By Nadia Brandt
A Centuries-Old Bridge Reopens After a Loving Restoration
By George Albright
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The Workshops Where Old Crafts Refuse to Die
Down a quiet street, the rhythm of hand tools still sets the pace, one apprentice at a time.
By George Albright
The Saturday Market That Refused to Close
By Richard Vance
Reading Hour: How One Library Got a Whole Town Reading Again
By Nadia Brandt
Late Desk
Ash Falls on the Bay of NaplesA Twelve-Country Science Fair Comes to TownAfter a Long Night, the New Central Library Is ApprovedThe Quiet Science of a Perfect Cup of CoffeeIn Praise of Slow JournalismThe Night the Team Believed AgainThe Workshops Where Old Crafts Refuse to DieLocal Startups Close Their Best Quarter on RecordAstronomers Capture the Sharpest Image Yet of a Spiral GalaxyThe Town That Brought Its Tram Back After Thirty YearsA Roman Harbour Resurfaces, Rewriting the City's OriginsA Centuries-Old Bridge Reopens After a Loving RestorationAmateur Stargazers Spot a Comet Before the ProfessionalsThe Saturday Market That Refused to CloseAt 78, He Finished His First Marathon and Signed Up for the NextReading Hour: How One Library Got a Whole Town Reading AgainThe Bakery That Opens at 4 a.m. So the Town Smells of Bread by SixNew Footbridge Links the Two Riverbanks at LastTelescope Upgrade Lets the Observatory See Twice as FarThe Choir That Sings on the Last Friday of Every Month
The Weekend
The Night the Team Believed Again
Three goals down at the half, they staged a comeback that the city will be retelling for years.
The Workshops Where Old Crafts Refuse to Die
Down a quiet street, the rhythm of hand tools still sets the pace, one apprentice at a time.
By George Albright
Local Startups Close Their Best Quarter on Record
The regional ecosystem posted its strongest three months yet, led by software and clean manufacturing.
By Joyce Adeyemi
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