Winners of the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2024
Some of the winning and honored photographs from this year’s competition
There’s No Longer Any Doubt That Hollywood Writing Is Powering AI
Dialogue from these movies and TV shows has been used by companies such as Apple and Anthropic to train AI systems.
Another Theory of the Trump Movement
Who else but Sigmund Freud to help explain?
Three Ways to Become a Deeper Thinker
You don’t have to become a Buddhist monk to realize the value of contemplating hard questions without clear answers.
Best of How To: Spend Time on What You Value
How to make the most of your downtime
I’m Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is
What’s happening in America today is something darker than a misinformation crisis.
How I Demolished My Life
A home-improvement story
How America Got Mean
In a culture devoid of moral education, generations are growing up in a morally inarticulate, self-referential world.
What Pete Hegseth’s Nomination Is Really About
Revenge on the military is just the start of it.
The ‘Democracy’ Gap
Almost all Americans say they support democracy—but they have very different ideas about what the word means.
Donald Trump’s Most Dangerous Cabinet Pick
Pete Hegseth considers himself to be at war with basically everybody to Trump’s left, and it is by no means clear that he means war metaphorically.
He Was the World’s Longest-Held Death-Row Inmate. He Was Also Innocent.
Each day for 50 years, the Japanese boxer Iwao Hakamada woke up unsure whether it would be his last.
The Sanewashing of RFK Jr.
Let’s call a crank a crank.
The Meat Myth: Free-Range Isn't Always Safer
Was Agriculture the Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race?
Did it solve scarcity or create it?
What to Read If You’re Angry About the Election
These seven books aren’t a cure for rage and despair. Think of them instead as a prescription.
How One Woman Became the Scapegoat for America’s Reading Crisis
Lucy Calkins was an education superstar. Now she’s cast as the reason a generation of students struggles to read. Can she reclaim her good name?
Six Hours and Three Minutes of Internet Chaos
In the annals of revelatory Trump tweets, “covfefe” is the ultimate.
German Militarism
The People Who Quit Dating
Being single can be hard—but the search for love may be harder.
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