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Françoise Gilot, who died last year at 101, first became renowned for her 1964 memoir “Life with Picasso,” which chronicled her decade-long affair with the older artist; a famous 1948 Robert Capa photograph of Picasso holding a beach umbrella over her as they walked on the sand added to the legend.

My arguments on vacation have always been dreary — disagreements with my mom on how far to walk before setting up a beach umbrella, squabbles with friends over where to eat — but other people’s vacation arguments are sinister and seductive.

An 11-year-old girl sits under a beach umbrella in red lipstick and a polka dot bathing suit.

With Earth at its hottest in recorded history, and humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a fix that could have leaped from the pages of science fiction: the equivalent of a giant beach umbrella, floating in outer space.

With Earth at its hottest point in recorded history, and humans doing far from enough to stop its overheating, a small but growing number of astronomers and physicists are proposing a potential fix that could have leaped from the pages of science fiction: The equivalent of a giant beach umbrella, floating in outer space.