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Summer in the Global Village: Highlights, Outtakes, and a Wrap

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Just like that. As the clock struck midnight on Labor Day, so tolled the bell on New York’s glorious summer. It was a season chock full of music from all over the globe and dance parties until the wee hours. Here are some highlights from this year’s edition of Summer in the Global Village, as […]

The science behind time

Environment

Karen Thompson Walker: The Age of Miracles

Arts, Culture & Media
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The Clock: A 24-Hour Movie

Arts, Culture & Media
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Still Life

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Still Life

Commentator Verlyn Klinkenborg notes the passage of time, as measured in the change of seasons.

Retiring the Wrist Watch

As people toss their old wrist watches for cell phones and other time-keeping gadgets, the Thousand Watch Project takes them in to create an illustrative display of this moment in time.

Emerging Science Note/A.M. Buzz

A new alarm clock could help eliminate the “morning blues.”

The World

Your Take: Turn Off the TV!

Arts, Culture & Media

Listener Darren Watson says he learned to love television via DVD. A fan of “Grey’s Anatomy,” “House’ and “Firefly,” he doesn’t have cable, but he still watches and watches and watches. We also hear from other listeners who respond to the shocking Nielsen report that says Americans watch 35 hours of television per week.

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Wristwatches of the Russian elite

Business, Economics and Jobs

Journalists, it has to be said, kind of enjoy giving politicians a hard time. Now one Russian newspaper has struck on a timely way of doing it. The World’s Alex Gallafent reports.