St Silas Church, a treasured landmark in North London, has been a beacon of faith and community since the early 20th century. In 2010, the church underwent a significant restoration project that ...

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Produced by Sara Curtis Edited by Wendy Dorr Featuring Rhoda Feng Engineered by Diane Wong The actress and comedian Jenny Slate just published her second collection of essays, called “Lifeform.” ...

They’re the only common roof material with a life span comparable to that of metal. Clay tiles are expensive, though, and prone to damage during installation. Synthetic slate roofing mimics the ...

Properly maintained, a slate roof can last up to 200 years ... be 100% natural stone or hybrids composed of stone and steel or synthetic materials. Hybrid shingles cost and weigh less than ...

The actor chats with The Times about her book ‘Lifeform’ and how motherhood has curbed her feelings of self-doubt. The rumored behind-the-scenes drama with “It Ends With Us,” she says, has ...

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He aims to understand life by trying to reconstruct it; he is building simplified artificial versions of biological systems that can be used as components for a synthetic cell. Six Dutch research ...