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newspapers: The Magician in the Laboratory Rupert Sheldrake was a scientific superstar, then he was mocked as a magician.; How to Make Friends and Walk on Swords During the nineteenth century, magic tricks were commonly published in newspapers, encouraging teenagers to take dangerous risks to impress their friends.; Pick-a-Little, Talk-a-Little 2012: A new study suggests gossip, the bane of any social existence, might serve an important function. Researchers at the...; The Myth of the Fourth Estate We should think of reading the paper and watching the news as acts belonging to the world of ritual as much as the commerce of information.; A Very Dangerous Young Man Charlotte Cushman, the model for Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain, was one of the great actors of her generation, always preferring the male roles to the female.; The Girls of Summer Women’s baseball teams were serious from the beginning, it was the spectacle that made them the anomaly.; Up Close and Personal by Noga Arikha