Throughout “Magnifica Humanitas,” the two images used to represent the choice before us are of the Tower of Babel and ...

Of all the rooms a person could fall apart in, why is the shower always the one? It turns out there's a real answer. The ...

For millennia, philosophers have argued over why humans sleep and dream. In his fourth-century-bc treatise On Sleep and Sleeplessness, the philosopher Aristotle argued that sleep is a necessary, ...

Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

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Labor union activity has been trending upward in U.S. manufacturing since 2020, with 68 strikes and organized protests in 2025-2026 and 2023-2024, up from 39 in 2022-2023 and 40 in 2021-2022, ...

Long-extinct dinosaurs may still haunt us—possibly driving us to age faster than any vertebrate. Even though the dinosaurs that once hunted us are long gone, we still, in a sense, may be living in ...

In a film driven by chaos and ego, one of the most memorable moments in Marty Supreme is also one of its quietest. Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kay Stone, an aging actress trying to hold onto her place in the ...

Noah Hawley, the man behind prestige TV hits like Fargo and Alien: Earth, has shared a little more about his plans for the Far Cry TV show in an interview with Deadline. "One thing that really ...

We feel it every once in a while: a lump in our throat, a burning in our eyes, and then warm tears welling up in them. Whether it’s joy, grief, awe, or something undefinable, the experience is ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

We don't really understand AI's inner workings, so we're effectively flying blind. The availability of artificial intelligence for use in warfare is at the center of a legal battle between Anthropic ...