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The Age of AI Child Abuse Is Here

For maybe the first time, the scale of the problem is coming into view.

Who Owns an Idea?

Cases of loose inspiration or coincidental convergences in art can be fascinating, because they force us to rethink what originality really means.

The Domestic Thriller That Shatters Chilean Myths

In Alia Trabucco Zerán’s novel Clean, a housekeeper’s testimony exposes social fissures that have endured after Pinochet.

Photos of the Week: Big Tex, Giant Regatta, Leaf Bath

A heart-shaped lake in Germany, sculptures by the sea in Australia, sightseeing in the Gobi desert, a colorful forest in Romania, a wife-carrying race in Maine, and much more

The Jewish Quarterback at a Mormon College

Faith and football at Brigham Young University

The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion

America’s obesity rate looks to be plateauing—again.

The Weak Science Behind Psychedelics

If vulnerable patients are going to take powerful hallucinogens, they deserve better evidence.

Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-Roe Calculus

Every month, thousands of women in states where abortion is banned are able to get the pills by mail. The right wants to put a stop to that.

Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini

The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

Five House Races to Watch

Democrats face a plausible—but tight—path to regaining control of the House.

Yahya Sinwar Finally Got What He Deserved

The question now is whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has enough strategic and moral sense to leverage its military wins into a plausible vision of peace.

Harris’s Best Answer to Trump’s Resilient Appeal

The Democrat needs to remind voters about what they really didn’t like about his presidency.

Yahya Sinwar’s Death Was Preordained

Israel now has an opening to say that it has accomplished a core objective.

Photographing the Microscopic: Winners of Nikon Small World 2024

Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s competition

A Calculator’s Most Important Button Has Been Removed

This is clearly a mistake.

Why Humility Is the Key to Well-Being

The great wisdom of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is that it teaches us to count our blessings.

Donald Trump’s Roomful of Suspiciously Friendly Women

A female-focused town hall gets very weird indeed.

Autocracy Is in the Details

Learn to spot the signs.

Seven True Stories That Read Like Thrillers

These immersive works of journalism follow ordinary Americans facing long odds.

What Does That Bark Mean?

AI hype has come to dog research.