You can still grab tickets for the Strokes at Barclays Center, jazz in the Village or comedy in Brooklyn. Here’s where to groove, laugh and ring in 2020. NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/26/arts/music/new-years-eve-concerts-comedy.html Original Source: NY Times >>
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The holidays are a peak time for waste. Here's how to deal with it.
If we had to make any predictions about the state of your home’s cleanliness at the moment, we’d guess that it’s probably in a somewhat dismal state, with wrapping paper, greeting cards, and half-eaten holiday cookies strewn everywhere. At least, that’s probably what your home looks like if you belong to the average American household, …
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Y2K @ 20
For millennials, Y2K felt like an apocalypse. Twenty years later, we’re still anxious. NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/23/style/y2k-bug-millennials.html Original Source: NY Times >>
New Year, New Conductor, New Program
Andris Nelsons will take the baton for the Vienna Philharmonic’s New Year’s Day Concert for the first time, “knowing the tradition, following the tradition.” NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/arts/music/andris-nelsons-conductor.html Original Source: NY Times >>
Everything coming to Amazon Prime Video in January 2020
Welcome to a new year of streaming! In January 2020, Amazon Prime Video is offering new installments of its original series, including Bug Diaries, James May: Our Man in Japan, Ted Bundy: Falling for a Killer, and Just Add Magic: Mystery City – as well as comedy specials from Rob Delaney, Russell Peters, and Ilana …
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How to Have a Party Without Enraging Your Neighbors
New Year’s Eve gets noisy. But we all have our limits. NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/21/realestate/how-to-have-a-party-without-enraging-your-neighbors.html Original Source: NY Times >>
There’s No Winter Break From ‘Publish or Perish’
An analysis of submissions to two top journals showed that scientists in the U.S. were highly likely to be working during holidays. NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/science/scientists-holiday-work.html Original Source: NY Times >>
One Thing You Can Do: Watch These Documentaries Over the Holidays
Also this week, a mission to expose invisible methane leaks NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/18/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-holiday-movies.html Original Source: NY Times >>
These species went extinct in 2019
The creatures that went extinct or likely went extinct in 2019 are as follows: 1. The Hawaiian snail Achatinella apexfulva: The last known member of its species, “George” died in a tank in a Hawaiian lab on New Year’s Day. The species is likely extinct, said David Sischo, the snail extinction prevention program coordinator at …
One Thing You Can Do: Be Smart About Holiday Lights
Also this week: air pollution in augmented reality, and new climate talks NYTimes New Year’s Eve https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/climate/nyt-climate-newsletter-holiday-lights.html Original Source: NY Times >>