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The Nobel Prize Winner Who Thinks We Have the Universe All Wrong

Cosmologists are fighting over everything.

Archivists Aren’t Ready for the ‘Very Online’ Era

The challenge: how to catalog and derive meaning from so much digital clutter

Five Movies Worth a Repeat Watch

Our writers and editors share which films they can enjoy over and over again.

Inside the Creepy, Surprisingly Routine Business of Animal Cloning

“Really and truly, a horse can be alive forever. Forever and ever.”

A Ukrainian Crime Caper That Undermines Expectations

Andrey Kurkov’s crime thrillers provide timely lessons for anyone living under an oppressive regime.

Now Is Not the Time to Eat Bagged Lettuce

Food safety in America is under attack.

The Coming Democratic Civil War

A seemingly wonky debate about the “abundance agenda” is really about power.

What Ketamine Does to the Human Brain

Excessive use of the drug can make anyone feel like they rule the world.

You Don’t Know Yourself as Well as You Think You Do

And that’s okay.

The Boulder Attack Didn’t Come Out of Nowhere

When demonstrators wave the flags of terrorist organizations and publicly commemorate the martyrdom of terrorist leaders, they’re not throwing the bomb, but their message can light the fuse.

Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid

It’s not just a phase.

Nutrition Science’s Most Preposterous Result

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

The New Dark Age

The Trump administration has launched an attack on knowledge itself.

Grandparents Are Reaching Their Limit

Older Americans might be doing more child care than ever.

‘I Run the Country and the World’

Donald Trump believes he’s invincible. But the cracks are beginning to show.

The Billion-Dollar Ponzi Scheme That Hooked Warren Buffett and the U.S. Treasury

How a small-town auto mechanic peddling a green-energy breakthrough pulled off a massive scam

The Last Children of Down Syndrome

Prenatal testing is changing who gets born and who doesn’t. This is just the beginning.

It’s the End of the World (And It’s Their Fault)

The tech bros have ascended to movie-villain status.

Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

What Porn Taught a Generation of Women

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