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‘A Nice Bike, When It Works’: Riders Fret After E-Bike Maker Goes Bust
It’s easy to spot VanMoof electric bikes on Amsterdam’s streets. The riders are often young professionals who are barely pedaling as they whiz past fellow cyclists. But those riding the sleek bikes these days aren’t sitting so comfortably. VanMoof, the Dutch e-bike maker that gained a zealous following, tripled its sales in the pandemic and…
Chinese Zoo Denies, in Voice of a Bear, That Sun Bear Is a Person in a Suit
Sun, moon, grizzly, black, spectacled, sloth: Bears all over the world can stand, shuffle, totter and walk on two legs, though they usually prefer four. They do not — strictly speaking — talk. But a zoo in Hangzhou, China, decided that the best way to clear up a conspiracy theory about one of its bears…
Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too
The researchers also found that women were more flexible in their approaches to hunting as they aged. Which weapons they chose, the game they chased and who accompanied them during hunts changed with age and the number of children or grandchildren the hunters had. “They have different strategies, but they’re still always going out,” Dr….
A Climate Warning from the Cradle of Civilization
“The marshes are drying,” Mohammed Raed, 19, said as he left them behind, walking his family’s emaciated buffalo toward a neighboring province, where there was still the hope of feeding them. Mr. Sahlani, the science teacher, said people now eyed their upstream neighbors with suspicion, accusing them of taking more water from the irrigation canals…
China’s Foreign Minister Is Removed After a Month of Silence
American officials who were present during Mr. Qin’s seven hours of meetings and dinner with Mr. Blinken at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing on June 18 did not notice anything amiss at the time. U.S. officials say it would have been strange for Mr. Xi to have Mr. Qin meet with Mr. Blinken if…
In Rare Move, Japanese Pop Star Comes Out Publicly as Gay
At first, there was total silence. Then, there were shrieks, wild applause, weeping and shouts of “I love you!” Fans of Shinjiro Atae, a J-pop idol who has been on a nearly two-year performance hiatus, had come to hear him talk about “the challenge of my life.” Standing onstage in a dark auditorium in front…
The Whales Gathered in a Heart Shape. Experts Feared What Would Come Next.
The pod of pilot whales huddled together for nearly a full day in the shallow waters off a remote beach in Western Australia. At times it made the shape of a circle, or spread into a line, or even, for a few moments, formed a loose heart shape. Some residents were thrilled by the unusual…