At the end of The Age of Innocence (1920), Edith Wharton skips forward from her 1870s setting to give us an early-twentieth-century glimpse of her protagonist Newland Archer.
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Michael Gorra,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
The crew has also appeared live on camera throughout NASA’s continuing broadcast of the mission, allowing candid glimpses of their life in space.
In the blink of an eye, the Knicks were back up 10, courtesy of a 7-0 run to close the third quarter, before Cedric Coward made a three with under a minute to go.
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Kristian Winfield,
New York Daily News,
2 Apr. 2026
Pitino is expected to sign an extension with the Red Storm, but with UNC looming, as in the rest of college sports, anything can change in the blink of an eye.
Beneath the garish camouflage paint job, this is a first peek at the Peaq, a seven-seater all-electric SUV that’s the biggest, most luxurious and high-tech Škoda ever built.
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New Atlas,
New Atlas,
5 Apr. 2026
Newfound fossils from a site in southwestern China, preserved in exquisite detail, offer a peek at a time in Earth’s distant past called the Ediacaran (635 million to 542 million years ago).
As Juliet’s father (a stern but measured Clark Gregg) hands servant Peter (Jamie Ankrah) the guest list for that night’s feast, a bright white light flashes and the room goes dark, accompanied by the sound of a power surge.
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Ellise Shafer,
Variety,
1 Apr. 2026
The main concern with these storms is moderate to heavy rainfall that could lead to minor river flooding and flash flooding, the weather service said.
Later Wednesday, the SLS upper stage sent Integrity into a high Earth orbit ranging as far as 46,000 miles away, treating the crew to the sight of a lunar eclipse along the way.
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Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
3 Apr. 2026
Crew has an amazing sight in store Four days later during the lunar flyby, the moon will appear to be the size of a basketball held at arm’s length.
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