The Life-Changing Power of a Book Review Before Algorithms
Jeff Bezos did not create the world’s biggest bookstore out of a deep love of literature. I interviewed him in...
Data Centers in Space? Faster-Than-Light Spaceships? Big Dreams Abound.
OPEN SPACE: From Earth to Eternity — the Global Race to Explore and Conquer the Cosmos, by David Ariosto Space...
34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year
The Trump administration began deportation proceedings for 34 former members of the military over the past year, according to federal...
Yes, Improv Comedy Sucks. And Everyone Should Try It.
You are born alone, you die alone and you manually enter your credit-card details into the comedy-school website alone. That’s...
How to Reduce Your Exposure to Pesticides
When Melissa Furlong, an environmental health researcher at the University of Arizona, asks people whether they use pesticides, they often...
Danes Vote, With Trump on Their Minds
Danish voters were heading to the polls on Tuesday to vote in a closely contested parliamentary election that has been...
The Final, Flying Colors of Matisse’s ‘Second Life’
“I hope that, however old we live to be, we die young,” the French artist Henri Matisse said in 1950,...
Comedy’s Most Manipulative Shot … and Its Greatest Weapon
It would seem absurd if a horror film followed a jump scare with an image of an audience screaming. But...
What Went Wrong at LaGuardia?
Good morning. It’s Tuesday. We’ll get details on the collision of a jetliner and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport...
What’s With All Those Raunchy Fruit Videos?
The juiciest show these days isn’t “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” or “The Bachelorette.” It’s a class of raunchy,...
Is It Possible to Solve the Ending of Puccini’s ‘Turandot’?
Even if you don’t know Giacomo Puccini, you know his aria “Nessun dorma.” From the opera “Turandot,” it has been...
A Grand New Space for African Art, Uniting the Continent
The Brooklyn Museum has one of the oldest institutional collections of African art in the United States, but it hasn’t...
America Needs Chips. Trump Killed an Effort to Develop Them.
The Trump administration has quietly killed an effort that would have helped secure America’s future in the crucial semiconductor industry....
We’ve Been Underestimating Flying Foxes
The grey-headed flying fox is one of the world’s largest bats. It can weigh more than two pounds and have...
LaGuardia Delays Expected to Last for Days After Runway Crash
Delays were expected to continue for days at LaGuardia Airport as the runway where the Air Canada plane collided with...
