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January Jan 31, 2021 Hello. Every day, we’ll send you stories we think you’ll love. Let us know what you’re interested in to improve your recommendations. Choose your interests From Education Opinion | San Francisco Schools, Radicalism and the Pandemic When normal life recedes, ideology fills the vacuum. From Science This Ammonite Was Fossilized Outside Its Shell The bizarre fossil is one of very few records of soft tissue in a creature better known as a whorled shell. From Race in America He Can’t Carry a Tune, but Chang-rae Lee Has a Song to Sing “My Year Abroad,” his sixth novel, is about letting yourself plunge into the world, even when it hurts. He’s been thinking about that a lot over these past, painful months. From Obituaries Andrew Brooks, Who Developed a Covid Spit Test, Dies at 51 His breakthrough helped millions get their results quickly in the early days of the pandemic, when tests were scarce and lines were long. From Business & Technology Here’s a Way to Learn if Facial Recognition Systems Used Your Photos An online tool targets only a small slice of what’s out there, but may open some eyes to how widely artificial intelligence research fed on personal images. IMPROVE YOUR RECOMMENDATIONS Science The wonders of humans and our world Innovation The big ideas and new trends Space Exploring the cosmos COLUMNS AND SERIES The latest updates for you From Metropolitan Diary ‘We Were Greeted by an Older Woman With Two Small Dogs’ One way to explain a T-shirt slogan, gambling on concert tickets and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary. From At Home Ella Emhoff Gets a Major Modeling Contract The second daughter follows the inauguration poet Amanda Gorman to IMG. From At Home Am I Too Old to Keep the Bargain With My Kids? As an older parent of young children, I feel that I am holding a big secret — my own mortality. TRY SOMETHING DIFFERENT From Parents & Families Couple Forced to Adopt Their Own Children After a Surrogate Pregnancy Tammy and Jordan Myers will have to adopt their twins after two Michigan judges denied them parental rights because the children had been carried by a surrogate. From Sports The Pop Star Wants to Be an Olympian Cody Simpson has been a singer, a dancer, an actor and an author. Now, with support from Michael Phelps and Ian Thorpe, he is resurrecting a childhood swimming dream. From At Home Catch a Movie About Time Loops ‘Groundhog Day’ may feel a little too close to home this year. Here are some films you may not need to relive. From Race in America How Trump’s Focus on Antifa Distracted Attention From the Far-Right Threat Federal law enforcement shifted resources last year in response to Donald Trump’s insistence that the radical left endangered the country. Meanwhile, right-wing extremism was building ominously. From Smarter Living Soak With a D.I.Y. Bath Bomb Your first batch of scent, salt and fizz may not be beautiful, but you’ll know exactly what you’re introducing to your tub. THAT’S IT FOR TODAY Help us find the best stories for you. Choose your interests To stop receiving these emails, unsubscribe or manage your email preferences. Subscribe to the Times | Get the NYT app Change Your Email | Privacy Policy | Contact | Advertise | California Notices The New York Times Company 620 Eighth Avenue New York, NY 10018