Neanderthals Used Wood for Tools, Housing — and Murder?
Our understanding of Neanderthal life has long been a story told in stone. Because organic matter rarely survives the millenniums,...
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Voters Prepare to Deliver a Verdict on Trump’s Second Term
For the last two months, President Trump has offered a consistent plea: Pretend he’s on the ballot. The midterm elections...
Who will govern Israel? It may come down to Arab voters.
The dust is beginning to settle a week after Israel’s first national election since Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023,...
Even the Worst Job on the Internet Isn’t Safe From A.I.
I’m not afraid to admit it, right here in the newspaper: It finally happened to me. I saw an A.I....
His Business Was Tough. Diesel Prices Made It Impossible.
Once a week for a year, Luis Escalante spread envelopes across his kitchen table, sorting them into piles of past-due...
Which races might predict a ‘blue wave’? Here’s what to watch
WASHINGTON — Americans are heading to the polls Tuesday in a historic set of midterm elections that will determine which party controls...
I’m an athletic trainer. Here’s how to know when kids’ sports are too intense.
At a recent T-ball game, I was talking with another father who mentioned that his son had never played before....
Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 November 2 Update Patch Notes
Infinity Ward has released a new Call of Duty Modern Warfare 4 update, bringing changes to Multiplayer, DMZ, and movement....
An artist says Meta’s bots overwhelmed her website and left her scrambling to protect her business
A Meta crawler bot visited a San Diego artist's website more than 550,000 times in 48 hours, consuming nearly all...
America is running Finland’s nuclear experiment in reverse
Vincent Ialenti is a former Energy Department program manager and a senior research fellow at Tampere University in Finland. On...
China and Russia have hypersonic missiles. This $13 billion startup wants the U.S. to catch up
For the last couple of months, when someone asked what I was working on, I’d mention in passing “a hypersonics...
A Guide to The New York Times’s 2026 Election Day Coverage
It’s Election Day. Millions of Americans are casting ballots in an election that will determine which party controls the House...
5 early signs of cataracts that can start in your 40s or 50s
Christopher Peterson had worn glasses since he was 21, but by his late 40s, he noticed something was very wrong...
The left and the right may loathe this next ruling on religious school funding
What a time to be a religious litigant at the United States Supreme Court. From challenges to LGBTQ-inclusive school policies...
High in Mexico’s Mountains, a Homecoming for the Dead
The dead here do not really die. Deep in the rugged mountains of southern Mexico, the dead returned home last...
