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When it comes to technology, the answer to the future could come from the past.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is taking on the fuzziest category in food science.

Levels of the hormone have dropped in the past half century—but no one knows exactly why.

Five years after the U.S. withdrawal, al-Qaeda remains weak and the Taliban has become an unexpected partner.

A 1978 massacre offers a warning for America today.

The film industry is starting to see Reddit and YouTube as gold mines, but those platforms won’t save Hollywood on their own.

The sun’s corona glows as the moon completely blocks the sun during the totality phase of the total solar eclipse, as seen from San Asensio, La Rioja region, Spain, on August 12, 2026.

Finalist, Ocean Adventure. A free diver is surrounded by a school of sardines, which part to form a halo as they move around her.

Francesca Hong’s surprise loss in Wisconsin is a blessing to the Democratic Party.

Bots are starting to conspire with one another. Can they be reeled back in?

A new regional pact highlights Iran’s isolation.

Phoebe Bridgers’s new record is heavy with post-pandemic disappointment.

The Meta CEO has a new message now that his company is losing the AI race.

The president cleverly evaded a serious threat, but he shouldn’t have kept it a secret.

Subpar connectivity on airplanes was a gift, in a way.

The U.S. is trying to destroy Mexican cartels. But so far, a turf war has only deepened.

How long can the impulsive, reactive president show restraint?

The president has spent the past week re-litigating old conflicts.

It’s never been more exhausting to buy stuff.

The history of a semantic mess––and a way out of it

A gym-class-style competition might be the oddest 250th celebration yet.

The center’s board voted—again—to shut down for a renovation. It threw in a design tweak.

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. thought Nixon’s downfall would restrain presidents for generations. Instead, Watergate helped write the script for the scandals that followed.

Americans have been stuck in a state of vaccine whiplash.

Also no.

New speakers include: Senator Mark Kelly, Padma Lakshmi, Joe Kahn, Gina Raimondo, Ben McKenzie, Malcolm Gladwell, Richard Linklater

Chang-rae Lee’s new novel examines a young man’s attempt to be tough—and its far-reaching consequences.

A short story

Whether dads do their fair share of the housework appears to have no effect on fertility.

Tomorrow’s eclipse will be the country’s first in a century. Next year’s will be even more dramatic.

The Treasury has made the American economy a safe space for corruption.

The plot of One Night Only is extremely silly. It also contains a grain of truth.

The Brink of War , a new film about the Reykjavik summit, is too kind to the Gipper.

Szabo Sopov Kristof of Hungary practices ahead of the 2026 IWWF World Cable Wakeboard & Wakeskate Championships at Shunyi Olympic Cable Park on August 9, 2026, in Beijing, China.

Kevin Dowdell, a lieutenant in an elite FDNY rescue unit, taught his sons to take action. When he disappeared on 9/11, they went to Ground Zero to search for him.

In his new novel, gay men struggle to escape violence in Kingston.