The Future of the U.S.-Israel Relationship
“Very simply, the Israeli military has a sort of lower threshold for what it’s willing to tolerate and the risk that it’s willing to put civilians in.”
Into the Unknown
Our writers’ journeys into new communities, ways of thinking, and ways of being
Drones Could Unite Ranchers and Conservationists
Flying robots could offer a nonlethal way to keep wolves away from cattle.
The Rock Never Blinks
He’s not a person; he’s a parade.
Why Beyoncé Keeps Reinventing Herself
A conversation with Spencer Kornhaber about all that Beyoncé takes on in her new album
Did You Feel That?
The earthquake internet actually works.
What Is AI Without Its Capacity for Delight?
The technology is losing its spark, which means it’s here to stay.
The United States and Israel Are Coming Apart
The disagreements aren’t just over tactics. They’ve become fundamental.
A Brilliantly Brutal Dev Patel
In Monkey Man, the actor and filmmaker channels his persistent irritations about Hollywood into a stylish thriller.
Feminism, Womanhood, and Celebrity
The books Sophie Gilbert turns to while writing
Why a Cognitive Scientist Put a Head Cam on His Baby
The perspective of a child could help AI learn language—and tell us more about how humans manage the same feat.
How Trump Is Dividing Minority Voters
And why it could propel him to a second term
What Orwell Really Feared
In 1946, the author repaired to the remote Isle of Jura and wrote his masterpiece, 1984. What was he looking for?
Is Theo Von the Next Joe Rogan?
Or is he something else entirely?
Photos of the Week: Solar Oasis, Leaf Spirit, Burning Judas
The World Coal Carrying Championships in England, damage from an earthquake in Taiwan, a destroyed hospital in the Gaza Strip, a beekeeper at work in Ukraine, and much more
Don’t Let Trump Exhaust You
This election is about fortitude and endurance.
A Vision of the City as a Live Organism
In this novel, Prague is impish, tyrannical—and alive.
Solar Eclipses Are Always With Us
“In celestial spaces shadows cannot fail to fall, and the solid earth must now and then intercept them,” Mabel Loomis Todd wrote in 1897.
AI Has Lost Its Magic
That’s how you know it’s taking over.
A Secret Code May Have Been Hiding in Classical Music for 200 Years
A violinist believes he has discovered a previously unknown system of dynamics in Beethoven’s original manuscripts.
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