What Has Alcohol’s Existence Done to Humans?
Plus: extremism on both the left and the right
A Show About the Secrets Parents Keep From Their Children
Hulu’s Black Cake explores how marriage, migration, and motherhood can shift one’s sense of self.
Generative AI Is Confusing Google
This technology won’t be contained.
Peter Thiel Is Taking a Break From Democracy
It’s one of his many, many disappointments.
Hollywood’s Dual Strike Is Over, and the Studios Lost
The writers and actors didn’t get everything they wanted, but they forced their bosses to blink.
Why Israeli Security-Service Agents Wanted to Talk With Charlottesville’s Mayor
Even a year ago, they worried that extremist politics could undermine their work.
‘Nothing Is Going to Stop Donald Trump’
The former president’s rally in Hialeah, Florida, showed yet again that no other Republican is quite like him.
An Unusually Tricky Campus Free-Speech Fight
Florida’s shutdown of pro-Palestinian student groups was wrong. But was it illegal?
Younger Than War
The AI Debate Is Happening in a Cocoon
The risks posed by new technologies are not science fiction. They are real.
Sleep More and Be Happier
When Shakespeare called a good night’s rest the “balm of hurt minds,” he was really onto something.
The Baffling Cruelty of Alfred Hitchcock
A new book examines why the director was so stringent with—and sometimes even sadistic toward—his female leads.
The Republican Primary Is Slipping Away
At the GOP debate, Trump’s rivals once again declined their opportunity to take on the absent front-runner. They’re running out of chances.
Ivanka Trump and Her Father’s Scandals
At the Trump Organization’s civil trial, Donald Trump’s daughter was thrust back into the spotlight.
Bats Could Hold the Secret to Better, Longer Human Life
A team of researchers dreams of anti-aging, disease-tempering drugs—all inspired by bats.
What If Psychedelics’ Hallucinations Are Just a Side Effect?
Some neuroscientists now believe that the drugs’ mental-health benefits don’t come from tripping.
A Photo Appreciation of Star Forts
Aerial images of various star-shaped forts around the world
How the Democrats Won Virginia
The abortion backlash continues to hamper the Republican Party.
When Anti-Zionism Is Anti-Semitic
The most consequential form of anti-Zionism today is the one that deploys guns and rockets.
The Songs That Shaped My Life
Joni Mitchell’s wisdom, Otis Redding’s invitation, and the Beatles’ schematic of love