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Dennis Overbye @overbye

Cosmic Affairs Correspondent @NYTimes.com

Joined September 2008
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my favoritecenter of all time. overlapped with him at UCLA nytimes.com/athletic/5420854…

Bill Walton, one of basketball’s most eccentric characters, dies at 71

Walton was regarded as one of the most dominant and versatile centers to ever play, and was named one of the Top 50 NBA players of all time.

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Happy Bob day in the jingle jangle morning I’ll come following you
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Earth seems to be pissed off this week I can’t blame it
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What's the baddest hungriest black hole of all time? nytimes.com/2024/02/21/scien…

A Voracious Black Hole at the Dawn of Time? (Published 2024)

Scientists debate whether this object is the brightest in the visible universe, as a new study suggests.

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Only NASA can get away with characterizing yet more delays as "progress" NASA Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew nasa.gov/news-release/nasa-s… via @NASA

NASA Shares Progress Toward Early Artemis Moon Missions with Crew - NASA

NASA announced Tuesday updates to its Artemis campaign that will establish the foundation for long-term scientific exploration at the Moon, land the first

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via @NYTimes RIP one of the smartest and fairest men I ever met nytimes.com/2024/01/05/busin…

Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86 (Published 2024)

As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new sections and ushering in the digital age with a Times website.

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Joseph Lelyveld, Former Top Editor of The New York Times, Dies at 86 (Published 2024)

As executive editor from 1994 to 2001, he oversaw a period of growth, expanding national and international readerships, creating new sections and ushering in the digital age with a Times website.

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It's impossible to describe how much light and humor and joy the Smothers Brothers brought to us in 1967 RIP Tommy
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Inside Eternity nytimes.com/2023/10/08/scien…

The Science Nobel Winners Were Short and Fast (Published 2023)

The awards for physics and chemistry were a reminder that the most important processes in nature unfold on a scale divorced from everyday human affairs.

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Antimatter plays well with gravity nytimes.com/2023/09/27/scien…

Nothing’s the Matter With Antimatter, New Experiment Confirms (Published 2023)

Consider it good news, physicists say: “The opposite result would have had big implications.”

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Why do commercials on football telecasts make the fans look so stupid?
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Careful with that amplifier Eugene nytimes.com/2023/08/15/scien…

Scientists Recreate Pink Floyd Song by Reading Brain Signals of Listeners (Published 2023)

The audio sounds like it’s being played underwater. Still, it’s a first step toward creating more expressive devices to assist people who can’t speak.

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The information booth at the end of the universe. nytimes.com/2023/08/18/scien…

The Biggest Question Mark in Astronomy? You’re Looking at It. (Published 2023)

Close scrutiny of a recent image from the Webb Space Telescope revealed some questionable punctuation.

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The Way We Live Today nytimes.com/2023/07/20/movie…

Christopher Nolan and the Contradictions of J. Robert Oppenheimer (Published 2023)

The biopic director argues that the physicist who oversaw creation of the atomic bomb was both the most important person who ever lived and hopelessly naïve.

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Hubble Sees Boulders Escaping from Asteroid Dimorphos oops hubblesite.org/contents/news…
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Can't think of a better guy for this psi.edu/news/grinspoontonasa
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Nancy Wartik reminds us why we love New York and Metropolitan Diary nytimes.com/2023/07/16/insid…

An Online Comments Section Where Everybody Knows Your Screen Name (Published 2023)

Metropolitan Diary, a column that captures the serendipity of New York City life, provides a place for regulars to meet.

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Nice to see all those new Teslas in the Times parking lot today
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Higgs boson is 12 years old today Still wondering what’s next?
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Cue Jennifer Coolidge Two Americans found dead in luxury hotel room in Mexico nypost.com/2023/06/15/two-am… via @nypost

Two Americans found dead in luxury hotel room in Mexico

Two Americans were discovered dead inside their luxury hotel room in Mexico's Baja California peninsula Tuesday night, according to authorities.

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