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The One Thing That Drives Trump

Ashley Parker and Michael Scherer discuss the challenges of reporting on the president.

The 35th Anniversary of the Hubble Space Telescope

A collection of amazing recent images made with the Hubble Space Telescope

Musk’s High-Tech Polygamy Is a Dead End

The billionaire’s vision of family is bad for women and children.

You’ve Probably Already Met Your Next Best Friend

The loneliness industry is trying to solve the wrong problem.

The Conversation That Moviegoers Don’t Need to Be Having

Sinners has made a splash at the box office, but analysts want to focus on the money it isn’t making.

I Should Have Seen This Coming

When I joined the conservative movement in the 1980s, there were two types of people: those who cared earnestly about ideas, and those who wanted only to shock the left. The reactionary fringe has won.

An ‘Impossible’ Disease Outbreak in the Alps

In one tiny town, more than a dozen people were diagnosed with the rare neurodegenerative disease ALS. Why?

A Defense Against Gaslighting Sociopaths

If you can recognize their signature move, then forewarned is forearmed.

When a DNA Test Reveals Your Daughter Is Not Your Biological Child

A father reflects on an experience that is becoming more common.

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

It colored our ambitions, our sense of self, our relationships, our bodies, our work, and our art.

Harvard and the Making of the Unabomber

A series of purposely brutalizing psychological experiments may have confirmed Theodore Kaczynski’s still-forming belief in the evil of science while he was in college.

Does Anyone Still Hitchhike?

Traveling by thumb isn’t popular anymore. Some say it should be.

What It Means to Tell the Truth About America

And what happens when empirical fact is labeled “improper ideology”

Why a Dog’s Death Hits So Hard

I loved my mom more than my dog. So why did I cry for him but not for her?

Trump Administration to Judges: ‘We Will Find You’

The attorney general’s message to the judiciary is clear.

Ben-Gvir Can’t Bring Himself to Pretend

The Israeli national-security minister came to New Haven to tell the story of his political awakening.

Trump’s Cosplay Cabinet

The president’s appointees often appear to be acting out a made-for-television version of their jobs rather than actually doing them.

Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result

Studies show a mysterious health benefit to ice cream. Scientists don’t want to talk about it.

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

The Project 2025 Presidency

The blueprint for Trump 2.0 predicted much of what we’ve seen so far—and much of what’s to come.