Timef 11/21/2025
- Saturn’s Rings Seem as if They’re About to Disappear: Here’s Why nytimes.com2025-11-21 18:01:39
During the weekend, the orbits of Earth and Saturn will combine to create an interplanetary optical illusion for anyone with a good telescope and clear skies.
- Fine Chocolate in Brazil, Home of the Cacao Bean nytimes.com2025-11-21 18:00:58
A new generation of craft chocolatiers in Brazil is making bars with “identity.” They’re helping to sustain the forest, too.
- Researcher’s Smuggling Arrest Casts Light on Dispute Over Chinese Students nytimes.com2025-11-21 13:01:05
As some lawmakers press U.S. universities to curtail ties with China, a postdoctoral student’s prosecution raises questions about how big the danger actually is.
- Secret to Decode CIA Kryptos Sculpture Sold at Auction for $770,000 nytimes.com2025-11-21 09:34:45
The encoded panels’ creator, Jim Sanborn, sought to unburden himself of the puzzle, and then discovered he had archived its solution in the Smithsonian.
- Secret to Decode C.I.A. Kryptos Sculpture Sold at Auction for $770,000 nytimes.com2025-11-21 09:34:45
The encoded panels’ creator, Jim Sanborn, sought to unburden himself of the puzzle, and then discovered he had archived its solution in the Smithsonian.
- Energy Department Reorganization Reflects Shift Away From Renewable Energy nytimes.com2025-11-21 06:38:54
The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels.
- Stephen Anderson, Linguist Who Refuted Doctor Dolittle, Dies at 82 nytimes.com2025-11-21 03:55:46
In “Doctor Dolittle’s Delusion,” he argued that language is a biological system unique to humans, despite the widespread belief to the contrary.
- The Moon Was an Inside Job nytimes.com2025-11-21 03:00:05
New research suggests that Theia, the object whose collision with Earth is theorized to have caused the formation of the moon, came from closer to the sun.
- Fire Breaks Out at COP30 Climate Talks in Brazil nytimes.com2025-11-21 02:20:30
Delegates were evacuated from the conference venue, where thousands from nearly 200 countries had gathered.
