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For six decades, the partnership summarized by the songwriting credit “Lennon-McCartney” has been pop music’s gold standard. So there was some surprise last week when fans woke up to a brand-new track from McCartney and Lennon — if not the same duo.James McCartney, the son of Linda McCartney and the Beatles’ Paul McCartney, released the song, “Primrose Hill,” last Thursday. He co-wrote it with Sean Ono Lennon, the son of Yoko Ono and the Beatles’ John Lennon.James, 46, announced the single — a dreamy ballad with echoes of the Beatles’ style — on social media the day after its release.…

When ancient humans pushed into the Arabian Peninsula, they found a world marked by magma. Swaths of it once erupted from volcanoes, leaving a landscape of craters and frozen lava flows. Many of these seemingly otherworldly volcanic fields are adorned with archaeological remains — from small dwellings to colossal animal-corralling structures called kites — that date back millenniums.Little is known about the identities and lives of those humans. But a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS One has revealed that their occupation of this volcanic realm extended underground. Archaeologists at a site in northwestern Saudi Arabia have excavated a…

Mount Ruang, a volcano in Indonesia, erupted on Tuesday, spewing fiery lava and ash thousands of feet into the night sky and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of people in the North Sulawesi province, according to the authorities and local news reports.The volcano erupted at about 7:19 p.m. local time, Antara, the national news agency, reported. The country’s National Disaster Mitigation Agency said on Wednesday that more than 800 people in nearby villages were displaced by the eruption, many using ferries and taking shelter in churches and community centers.The authorities said supplies such as mats, blankets, cleaning materials, and tents…

Bill Zito has come a long way since his days as bat boy for the Milwaukee Brewers.From playing in the World Series as a teenage bat boy to playing in the Stanley Cup Final as an NHL general manager, it’s truly a life.The Florida Panthers took a chance on Zito in September 2020, adding the former player agent to the Columbus Blue Jackets general manager of the year after several moves at general manager positions elsewhere. His first NHL general manager job was handed to him.Zito played with the Buffalo Sabers (hired Jason Botterill), Minnesota Wild (hired Paul Fenton), Wild…

In her new video series, the comedian Rachel Coster explores some of the foulest, most unsightly corners of New York City. No, not the grimy sidewalks of Times Square or the platforms of especially smelly subway stations.Ms. Coster trains her critical eye on the squalid apartments of male 20-somethings.Dusty shelves, sweat-stained pillowcases and teetering heaps of laundry are all staples of the home décor featured in her series, “Boy Room,” which profiles some of the most unkempt bedrooms owned by the male species.“This series is like watching Hoarders,” one Instagram user commented on a video, “but a little more happy…

A Boeing engineer who went public last week with safety concerns about the company’s 787 Dreamliner told a Senate panel on Wednesday that he was concerned that shortcuts the company was taking would eventually lead to a crash if they continued unchecked.The engineer, Sam Salehpour, testified that in an attempt to address bottlenecks, Boeing introduced production shortcuts with the potential to lead to planes breaking apart during flights. Mr. Salehpour said that the company was knowingly putting out defective planes and that he was punished by his superiors for raising his concerns.“I have analyzed Boeing’s own data to conclude that…

A pill taken once a week. A shot administered at home once a month. Even a jab given at a clinic every six months.In the next five to 10 years, these options may be available to prevent or treat H.I.V. Instead of drugs that must be taken daily, scientists are closing in on longer-acting alternatives — perhaps even a future in which H.I.V. may require attention just twice a year, inconceivable in the darkest decades of the epidemic.“This period is the next wave of innovation, newer products meeting the needs of people, particularly in prevention, in ways that we didn’t…

In avant-garde New York, one of the most pilgrimaged sites has been the “Dream House,” a sensory environment that since 1993 has occupied the third story of a walk-up on Church Street in Lower Manhattan.From the ceiling of that small, carpeted room, theater lights treated with red and blue filters combine to throw auras of deep magenta on opposing walls. Four split discs of aluminum hang from the ceiling at torqued angles. As visitors enter and lie down, these mobiles spin slowly, catching light and casting morphing shadows of cursive E’s and wishbones.Instead of being absences of light, the shadows…

As thousands of displaced Palestinians tried to return to their homes in northern Gaza on Sunday, Israeli troops shot into the crowd, forcing people to turn back in panic, according to an emergency worker and two people who tried to make the journey.Wafa, the Palestinian Authority’s official news agency, reported that five people were killed and 23 wounded by Israeli gunfire and artillery in the encounter, on Al-Rashid Street south of Gaza City, as a crowd of Gazans headed north to their homes.The circumstances of the deaths could not be confirmed independently, and the Israeli military did not immediately respond…

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken arrived in Italy on Wednesday for a gathering of foreign ministers from the Group of 7 nations at which the Middle East turmoil and the fate of Ukraine will be central topics.The meeting is taking place as world leaders try to contain the growing fallout from the war between Israel and Hamas. Most urgently, they are seeking to persuade Israel not to escalate its conflict with Iran in the wake of Iran’s strikes on Israel over the weekend, which did little damage but involved hundreds of missiles and drones and prompted calls within Israel…