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A Revolution in How Robots Learn
A future generation of robots will not be programmed to complete specific tasks. Instead, they will use A.I. to teach themselves.
Published: 2024-11-25 11:00:00
Lake Tahoe’s Bear Boom
The vacation hot spot has been overrun by people—whose habits are drawing fast-moving animals with sharp claws and insatiable appetites.
Published: 2024-11-25 11:00:00
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
Published: 2024-11-25 11:00:00
How Old Age Was Reborn
“The Golden Girls” reframed senior life as being about socializing and sex. But did the cultural narrative of advanced age as continued youth twist the dial too far?
Published: 2024-11-25 11:00:00
The Island Where Environmentalism Implodes
New Caledonia is home to thousands of species found nowhere else—and to nickel that companies like Tesla desperately need.
Published: 2024-11-23 11:00:00
The Fundamental Problem with R.F.K., Jr.,’s Nomination to H.H.S.
Kennedy has many bad ideas. Yet the irony of our political moment is that his more reasonable positions are the ones that could sink his candidacy.
Published: 2024-11-24 11:00:00
The Rise of 4B in the Wake of Donald Trump’s Reëlection
Why the South Korean feminist movement, which calls for a boycott of men, is gaining traction among American women.
Published: 2024-11-23 11:00:00
The Pain Creating a New Coalition for Trump
Despair permeates white, Black, and Latino working-class life. Democrats will have to find a new way to speak to it.
Published: 2024-11-22 11:00:00
The Northeast Is Becoming Fire Country
Maps of recent fires across the region resemble California in August, with hundreds of red dots.
Published: 2024-11-20 11:00:00
How Trump Could Change the Trajectory of the War in Ukraine
Any deal will likely be favorable to the Russians, though the clock on Putin’s ability to sustain a wartime economy may be running out.
Published: 2024-11-19 19:56:30
Why the Humanitarian Situation in Gaza Is Worse Than It’s Ever Been
As “imminent” famine looms, Israel’s legislature has voted to ban the main U.N. relief agency for Palestinians.
Published: 2024-11-14 19:46:26
Marty Baron on the Washington Post’s “Spineless” Endorsement Decision
The former executive editor discusses his relationship with the newspaper’s owner, Jeff Bezos, who was reportedly behind the last-minute call to kill an editorial supporting Kamala Harris.
Published: 2024-10-27 18:13:41
Why No Real Antiwar Movement Has Developed in Israel
Even many of Benjamin Netanyahu’s harshest critics have supported the military campaign in Gaza. “We are seeing a different war than you are seeing,” the writer Yossi Klein Halevi says.
Published: 2024-10-24 16:43:01
Why Trump’s Pick for Treasury Secretary May Be His Most Important
In the second MAGA Administration, the hedge-fund manager Scott Bessent will have the job of acting as a voice of reason.
Published: 2024-11-25 11:00:00
Donald Trump’s Go-To Dance Move Has Invaded Sports
It’s not clear whether the popular gesture is celebrating the President-elect or mocking him. But does that distinction even mean anything?
Published: 2024-11-24 11:00:00
Why Is Elon Musk Really Embracing Donald Trump?
After spending more than a hundred million dollars to help Trump get elected, Musk stands to earn a lot more.
Published: 2024-11-18 11:00:00
Rafael Nadal’s Last Stand
Amid his impending retirement, the tennis champion leaves behind a legacy of courage.
Published: 2024-11-17 11:00:00
Donald Trump’s Administration Hopefuls Descend on Mar-a-Lago
Since Election Day, the Florida club has played host to a rotating cast of characters from MAGA world, all vying for positions of power.
Published: 2024-11-22 11:00:00
Turning a Blind Eye to War Crimes
A second Trump Administration could give impunity to American soldiers who commit atrocities.
Published: 2024-11-22 11:00:00
The Explosion of Matt Gaetz and Other Early Lessons in Trump 2.0
There are many more manic Thursdays to come.
Published: 2024-11-22 00:03:14
The Price Lebanon Is Paying for the Hezbollah-Israel War
The group’s supporters remain steadfast in the face of widespread displacement and thousands of deaths.
Published: 2024-11-21 11:00:00
The Technology the Trump Administration Could Use to Hack Your Phone
Other Western democracies have been roiled by the use of spyware to target political opponents, activists, journalists, and other vulnerable groups. Could it happen here?
Published: 2024-11-20 17:45:37
Donald Trump’s U.F.C. Victory Party
Dana White, the C.E.O. of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, helped Trump reach young male voters. Now White says he’s done with politics: “I want nothing to do with this shit.”
Published: 2024-11-19 11:00:00
Understanding Latino Support for Donald Trump
Democrats have often described Latinos as decisive when they support liberal candidates and inconsequential when they don’t.
Published: 2024-11-18 11:00:00
How Donald Trump Gave Democrats the Working-Class Blues
Kamala Harris spoke of creating an “opportunity economy,” a vague idea more likely to appeal to entrepreneurs than to struggling workers.
Published: 2024-11-16 11:00:00
