One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power
There’s a whole menu of different energy sources to choose from in generating electric power—coal, gas, wind, and so on—and...
In ‘Tristan und Isolde,’ a Woodwind Player Finds Himself Onstage
Good morning. It’s Friday. Today we’ll meet an English horn player who is appearing onstage at the Metropolitan Opera for...
Can We Settle Your Music Debate? Of Course We Can.
To love pop music is to argue about it — with your friends, with family members, with strangers on the...
‘Near-empty chamber’ appalls onlookers as only 5 senators attend midnight TSA crisis vote
Onlookers were left baffled early Friday after a “near-empty chamber” in the Senate managed to advance a major spending bill...
Book Club: Read ‘The Renovation,’ by Kenan Orhan, With the Book Review
Welcome to the Book Review Book Club! Every month, we select a book to discuss with our readers. Last month,...
A ‘Zoomer-to-Boomer’ Pay Phone Hotline Gets Two Generations Chatting
It’s a pay phone on a busy street in Boston, and if that were not unusual enough, picking up the...
Trump Says His Goal Is to Stop Iran Getting a Nuclear Bomb. But the Result Might Be Lots More Nukes Across the Globe
Of all the reasons proffered for the Iran war—and there’ve been a few—probably the easiest for Americans to get behind...
A Senate deal to fund most of the DHS doesn’t mean the pain is over for air passengers
John F. Kennedy International Airport on Sunday. Adam Gray/Getty ImagesThis post originally appeared in the Business Insider Today newsletter.You can...
‘For All Mankind’ Is the Anti-‘Black Mirror’
At the beginning of “For All Mankind,” it was the 1960s. By Season 5, which premieres Friday on Apple TV,...
We’re entering dangerous territory with AI
Just how much is AI poised to change our world? Unless you’ve been in hibernation, the flurry of attention surrounding...
