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Dorothy Vogel and her husband, Herbert, kept art just about everywhere. In the closet. In the bathroom. Hanging from the ceiling. “We used every space available. We couldn’t even put another toothpick in. Then the National Gallery came to the rescue,” she once said of their unlikely collection, which was donated en masse to the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1992. Mrs. Vogel died Nov. 10 at 90, more than a decade after her husband’s death. Together, the couple defied art-collector stereotypes while building one of the most significant groupings of minimalist and conceptual art in the world, eventually boasting more than 4,000 works. Time and time again, coverage of the Vogels returned, with awe, to the fact that they never sold pieces to turn a profit. Read more: https://wapo.st/43Jy8Hf

We saw big cuts from big tech companies over the last two years, but this year they just kept coming. While slashing jobs, companies like Google, Meta and Microsoft have been reporting record revenues and massive investments in AI infrastructure. So what gives? I chatted with analysts, economists and tech workers to get a sense of what's going on and what that could mean for the future of jobs in tech and beyond. Here's what I found. https://lnkd.in/ghKsGcef

A spritz of perfume or a scented hair care product may feel like a minor chemical exposure compared to the pollutants elsewhere in our environment — microplastics, air pollution, PFAS. But scientists and clinicians are increasingly raising alarm over a group of chemicals used in many personal care products: phthalates. Internal medicine physician, Harvard Medical School instructor and Ask a Doctor columnist Dr. Trisha Pasricha (@trishapasrichamd) explains. (Video from 2024)

The bears are in the streets. They are on the sidewalks of rural roads. They are on airport runways. And they are attacking humans in record numbers, according to a flurry of warnings from the Japanese government. The increase in attacks is prompting foreign governments to issue warnings and Japanese officials to deploy troops and authorize police officers to shoot the animals. A declining human population in rural areas, combined with a growing bear population and a poor harvest of a key food source this year, is likely behind the increase in bear attacks, experts say. “Bears living in such conditions have likely become less wary of humans,” said Shinsuke Koike, a professor at Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, who studies Asiatic black bears.

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Emma Grede. @Rep. Lisa McClain. Ukrainian Amb. Olga Stefanishyna. Rebecca Yarros. Misty Copeland and many more join Washington Post Live for our Global Women’s Summit. The future speaks here.

Scientists have documented what may be the first instance of a wild wolf using a tool, according to footage published in the journal Ecology and Evolution. Although the intelligence of wolves is well known, the discovery adds to an expanding list of animals capable of manipulating tools to forage for food, a trait once thought to be unique to humans. “It’s not a surprise they have the capacity to do this,” said Kyle Artelle, an ecologist with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry who published the footage. “Yet our jaw dropped when we saw the video.”

Kawhi Leonard’s uncle Dennis Robertson has left a trail of conflict through the NBA. My colleague Sam Fortier and I spent weeks seeking to better understand how Robertson has navigated the basketball business. We talked to dozens of people and got corporate filings, property records, text messages, voicemails and court documents, including previously unreported depositions of Steve Ballmer and Jerry West about the Clippers’ pursuit of Leonard. Our story chronicles Robertson’s ascent, investigates his methods, and sheds light on the shadowy secondary economy that fuels player movement in the NBA: https://wapo.st/4oNuTXM

A harbor seal narrowly escaped a group of orcas on Nov. 2, climbing aboard a boat rented by amateur wildlife photographer Charvet Drucker off Camano Island in Washington. "I'm definitely Team Orca all day, every day. But once that seal was on the boat, I kind of turned Team Seal just because, I mean, you have to when it's on your boat," Charvet said.