I simply love grapefruit. For me, the complexity of its bitter-sweet-tart flavors puts it head and shoulders above any of its citrus cousins. Oranges, lemons, and limes: Admit it, you all wish you were grapefruit. Clementines and blood oranges? You have your moments, but they are fleeting. I know star mixologists have fallen in love with the Meyer lemon, the kumquat, the yuzu. But those are just novelty acts. Read full article > >

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PARIS — Syria’s ambassador to France said Wednesday that someone impersonated her and announced her resignation on French TV amid increasing uncertainty about her country’s future. The apparently false resignation raised questions about how a respected French news channel, France 24, might have fallen for a hoax. France 24 said Wednesday that it is investigating that possibility. It also underscored the complexity of the message coming out of Syria, where the government keeps tight control on information and foreign reporters have been expelled. Read full article > >

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Syrian ambassador to France says she was impersonated as resigning on French TV, will sue

A traveling exhibition of photographs and X-ray images will put spacesuits in all their complexity on display.

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Benoit Mandelbrot, whose work on fractals aided understanding of the complexity of patterns in nature, dies at the age of 85.

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Research involving more than 180,000 people has shed light on the complexity of the genetic code which governs our height.

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Research widens height gene hunt