Gift-Giving Is About the Buyer, Not the Receiver
Many of us want to feel like we’re benevolent, yet we pay substantial attention to how...
2022 Space Telescope Advent Calendar
Every day until Sunday, December 25, this page will present a new, incredible image of our...
Too Wild to Love
Texas must have taught me what beauty is, because I still search for it everywhere I...
How Many COVID Deaths Will Chinese Protesters Accept?
Strict zero-COVID policies have kept disease from spreading, but at enormous social cost. How far should...
No Exit From Zero COVID for Xi Jinping
The death of a former leader, Jiang Zemin, is inconvenient for the Chinese Communist regime but...
The Bottom-Up Election-Denial Strategy
It’s wrong, it seems illegal, and it’s probably not going to work. For now.
The People Cheering for Humanity’s End
A disparate group of thinkers says we should welcome our demise.
Stubborn, Determined, and Dying
In the Netflix film The Wonder, a “fasting girl” becomes a holy spectacle of self-annihilation.
Your Creativity Won’t Save Your Job From AI
Robots were once considered capable only of unimaginative, routine work. Today they write articles and create...
Expiration Dates Are Meaningless
“When in doubt, throw it out” doesn’t cut it anymore.
The State of Free Speech
Conor Friedersdorf on Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover and his hopes and fears for American freedom of...
Instagram Is Over
The app’s original purpose has been lost in the era of “performance” media.
Photos: Apollo 17—The Last Time Humans Walked on the Moon
Fifty years ago, NASA launched its final Apollo mission to the moon.
It Was Sedition
The Oath Keepers imagine themselves to be true patriots, but, as a jury of their peers...
Unfortunately, the Sexy Teen-Cannibal Romance Is a Letdown
In Bones and All, the gore is paired with a love story that’s surprisingly tame.
You Should Probably Wait to Buy a Home
Why the housing market is so brutal right now
Just Wait Until You Get to Know Ron DeSantis
People who haven’t met him think he’s a hot commodity. People who have met him aren’t...
Please Look at My Metal Credit Card
Credit-card makers are ditching plastic in favor of something with much more … plunk.
The Mauna Loa Eruption Is a Gift for Science
Volcanologists have the first opportunity in nearly four decades to examine and measure an event of...
The Strength of the ‘Soft Daddy’
A modern generation of animated sitcoms shows a rarity in the genre: well-adjusted fathers.
The Tormented Soul of Iranian Soccer
This World Cup could pose the gravest threat yet to the Islamic regime.
What We Ask of Black American Athletes
The captain of the U.S. soccer team is the latest in a long line of sports...
What Kind of Man Was Anthony Bourdain?
He was so damaged, and yet he showed us so much of the world.
The Supreme Court Case That’s All About Donald Trump
Even if it’s not explicitly about him at all.
Tracking the Mountain Lion That Ate a Chihuahua
The wildlife biologist Jeff Sikich talks about the famous cat, its habitat, and how to keep...
The Black Investors Who Were Burned by Bitcoin
Neglected by the traditional financial system, they got into cryptocurrency with gusto—but late.
The Authoritarian Right Is Regrouping
In Moscow, Mar-a-Lago, and beyond, desperate men are mobilizing anyone they can to help them regain...
Photos: Europe’s Christmas Markets Return
Images of some of the Christmas markets that recently opened in Berlin, Strasbourg, Tallinn, Prague, Wrocław,...
A Ploy, Not a Principle
Republican criticism of the Mar-a-Lago dinner with a Holocaust denier will be disavowed if Trump looks...
China’s Zero Tolerance for Xi’s COVID Restrictions
The popular defiance is a direct challenge to the Communist Party leader’s authority.
The Future of Monkeypox
As case numbers fall, the outbreak could become entrenched.
'The Kingdom' Is the Strangest Medical Drama You’ll Ever See
Lars von Trier’s hospital horror-comedy, back for a third season, is a scathing satire of institutional...
Seven Books That Will Make You Smarter
These titles do more than answer questions: They explain how the world moves and what moves...
The Transcendent Power of Reading Diaries
Sally MacNamara Ivey has read more than 10,000 unpublished journals. She's on a mission to save...
An Unequal Liberty
Liberty does not have to mean what the Supreme Court thinks it means.
The Pandemic Exposed the Inequality of American Motherhood
Rich and poor women had completely different experiences.
The Next Afghan-Refugee Crisis Is Right Here in the U.S.
Without congressional action, the tens of thousands of Afghans we evacuated to the United States may...
Political Hobbyism Has Entered the Workplace
A new style of activism in the white-collar workplace is reshaping corporate life.
Football Has Found Its New Bogeyman
An analytics revolution has made the sport even more entertaining. So why are some fans and...
Hernan Diaz on Erasing Subjectivity
“Although the scope of ‘The Generation’ may seem, literally, cosmic, it is in fact intimate and...
Whoops, I Deleted My Life
A sense of panic set in when I realized I’d erased the entirety of my inbox.
We Still Don’t Know What Fundamentally Causes Canker Sores
But it’s probably the immune system’s fault.