Op-Ed

At least Gary Johnson said he was sorry...

How the presidential candidates handle gaffes

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Column

Pluto is dead — but have these scientists discovered a new ninth planet?

Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin looking for something their data tell them is there, but which they have to see with their own eyes: a newfound ninth planet in the solar system.

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Op-Ed

Let Gary Johnson debate

Johnson's campaign manager makes the case.

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Opinion

It shouldn't take a hack to get Colin Powell and other Republicans' true thoughts on Trump

Former secretary of State Colin Powell became the latest political figure to see his private thoughts thrust into the public spotlight by anonymous (but probably Russian) hackers.

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Column

Patt Morrison asks: Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin on finding a replacement for Pluto

In a couple of weeks, Caltech astronomers Mike Brown and Konstantin Batygin will be staying up late over six autumn nights, scanning part of the sky via the great Subaru  telescope in Hawaii. They’ll be looking for something their data tell them is there, but which they have to see with their own eyes: a newfound ninth planet in the solar system. They hadn’t gone looking for a planet — they went looking for explanations for why space debris behaves so weirdly, out beyond Neptune, in what’s called the Kuiper Belt.

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Op-Ed

The Marines are trying to expel an officer whose warning could have saved lives — and maybe the war.

In the decade I lived and worked in Afghanistan, from 2002 through 2011, I listened almost daily to people’s frustration at their government’s corrupt and

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Op-Ed

From burkinis to the Koran: Why Islam isn't like other faiths

I understand why many Americans might find Islam puzzling, and foreign.

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