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Comedy’s Most Erudite Buffoon
Conan O’Brien has built a comedy career on committing to his own, dissonant bit.
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The Danger of a Flood of Anti-Trump State Lawsuits
What’s legal for the goose is also legal for the gander.
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What It Really Means to ‘Give Infectious Disease a Break’
The Trump administration isn’t just dismantling protections against illnesses. It’s inviting them right in.
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The Danger of a Too-Open Mind
Perhaps being persuadable is overrated—at least if it means “coming to accept the unacceptable.”
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What Shakespeare Got Right About PTSD
A new production of Othello foregrounds what its earliest audiences recognized: the psychological costs of war.
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Musk Comes for the ‘Third Rail of American Politics’
Donald Trump promised to protect social security. Elon Musk didn’t.
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Photos of the Week: Hare Boxing, Tea Terrace, Giant’s Causeway
A rally race in Kenya, tornado damage in Mississippi, a marine ranch in China, a bright-green...
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The 'Severance' Twist I Can’t Forgive
The Season 2 finale emphasized the show’s most philosophical queries, but one element was hard to...
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The Kennedy Center Performers Who Didn’t Cancel
When does quitting count as resistance, and when is it surrender?
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A Rapper for the Ketamine Era
Playboi Carti sounds like he isn’t saying much. But there’s a story to his music.
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Chuck Schumer Is Cautious for a Reason
Under fire from his own party, the Senate Democratic leader ponders the source of his political...
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A Warning for Columbia University
Surrendering to the Trump administration’s $400 million ransom demand would be a disaster for higher education...
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The Supply Closet That Film Geeks Love
A trip to the Criterion Closet is a dream for directors, actors, and their cinephile fans.
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The Education of Elon Musk
The Reagan administration offers a cautionary tale about cost-cutting zeal crashing up against the reality of...
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To Make Someone Happy, Ask for Help
Generosity is like the circulation of the blood, healthiest and best when it goes around and...
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Dr. Oz Is Now the Grown-Up in the Room
It takes a lot to make the “green coffee beans” guy seem mainstream.
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Everything TV Taught You About Autopsies Is Wrong
Americans’ beloved prime-time dramas threaten the future of a vital procedure.
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Searching for the Democratic Bully
Andrew Cuomo is resurgent, and Rahm Emanuel is considering a presidential run. Are these the tough...
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The Bird-Flu Tipping Point
If and when it happens, we might not know until it’s too late.
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Search LibGen, the Pirated-Books Database That Meta Used to Train AI
Millions of books and scientific papers are captured in the collection’s current iteration.
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The Unbelievable Scale of AI’s Pirated-Books Problem
Meta pirated millions of books to train its AI. Search through them here.
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Trump’s Appetite for Revenge Is Insatiable
The president is making good on his campaign promise.
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Winners of the British Wildlife Photography Awards 2025
Some of the winners and runners-up from this year’s photo competition
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How to Make an Instantly Forgettable, Very Expensive Movie
The Russo brothers’ Avengers films took hold of popular culture, but the directors have yet to...
