How One Animal Divided Europe
A new book explores what the wolf’s return to the continent means for people who have never known its presence.
Get Ready to Hear a Lot More About Your Mitochondria
Protecting the powerhouse of the cell is a central mission of MAHA.
What Number of Kids Makes Parents Happiest?
Zero? Three? Six? 2.1?
An Innocent Abroad in Mark Twain’s Paris
My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.
Where Is Barack Obama?
The “audacity of hope” presidency has given way to the fierce lethargy of semi-retirement.
When a Nasty Habit Is Part of Your National Identity
As France bans cigarettes in most public places, it stands to lose a strong cultural signifier.
Why Do Rich People Love Quiet?
The sound of gentrification is silence.
Stephen Miller Has a Plan
The White House point person on immigration is pursuing a strategy that is bedeviling his opponents and could provoke a constitutional crisis.
Five Books for People Who Really Love Books
These five titles focus on the many connections we can form with what we read.
The Growing Belief in ‘Love at First Sight’
Dating vibes may be dark, but a surprisingly optimistic notion about romance seems to be making a comeback.
Why Wittgenstein Was Right About Silence
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one may find life’s deeper meanings.
Teens Are Forgoing a Classic Rite of Passage
Fewer young people are getting into relationships.
A PTSD Therapy ‘Seemed Too Good to Be True’
What if overcoming trauma can be painless?
Good Taste Is More Important Than Ever
In a world of limitless AI-generated choices, people need to know how to choose best.
The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste
The internet makes most information instantly available. What if that’s why mass culture is so boring?
Dispatches From the Death Chamber
A conversation with Elizabeth Bruenig about murder and forgiveness
A High IQ Makes You an Outsider, Not a Genius
Acing an intelligence test only counts for so much.
How Smart People Can Stop Being Miserable
Intelligence can make you happier, but only if you see it as more than a tool to get ahead.
How I Accidentally Inspired a Major Chinese Motion Picture
A decade ago, I wrote a story about transcending cultural boundaries through sports. Now it’s a movie with a very different message.
The Invisibility of Older Women
As they age, women experience less public scrutiny—and entertain a wider set of choices about when and how they are seen.
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