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Racehorses Have No Idea What’s Going On

If you give a horse a trophy, will he even know he raced?

Medieval Pets Had One of Humanity’s Most Cursed Disease...

Medieval people had a lot of leprosy. So did their pet squirrels.

The Horses at the Kentucky Derby Are Very Confused

If you give a horse a trophy, will he even know he raced?

House Republicans Showed Up at a Campus Protest. Of Cou...

Just what the college unrest needed: political theater

Poetry Is an Act of Hope

Through verse, we can perhaps come closest to capturing events that exist beyond our capacity to describe.

The Surprising Animal Spreading One of Humanity’s Most ...

Medieval people had a lot of leprosy. So did their pet squirrels.

What’s Left to Restrain Donald Trump?

If the former president really did order an assassination—as his lawyers argue he could—does anyone believe it would cost him his ...

Don’t Both-Sides This One, Joe

Biden’s speech about anti-Semitism is a test of courage as well as compassion.

Marijuana’s Health Effects Are About to Get a Whole Lot...

Rescheduling weed will clear the way for scientists to study it more directly.

House Republicans at the ‘Liberation Camp’

Just what the campus protests need: political theater

What Biden Needs to Say About Anti-Semitism

He must show that the liberalism he represents will stand strong against intimidation and violence directed at American Jews.

How Do You Make a Genuinely Weird Mainstream Movie?

Jane Schoenbrun, the director of the unsettling new film I Saw the TV Glow, has some ideas.

What Is Wagner Doing in Africa?

Russian mercenaries are wringing wealth and political leverage out of the Sahel.

When Writers Silence Writers

PEN America and the authoritarian spirit

The Blindness of Elites

No one really knows what America looks like anymore. Walter Kirn wants to change that.

Photos of the Week: May Day, Campus Protests, Snake Fes...

Devastating floods across Kenya, a Pagan fire festival in Scotland, antler gathering in Wyoming, pro-Palestinian demonstrations at...

What's Left to Restrain Donald Trump?

If the former president really did order an assassination—as his lawyers argue he could—does anyone believe it would cost him his ...

A New Era in Weed Research

Rescheduling marijuana could help make its health effects a whole lot clearer.

A Failure of Imagination About Trump

American minds are not ready to think about how fast democracy could disintegrate.

Milk Has Lost Its Magic

The bird-flu panic is getting out of hand.

Milk Can’t Catch a Break

The bird-flu panic has gotten out of control.

<em>Hacks </em>Goes for the Jugular

In its third season, the show faces the failures of late-night comedy head-on.

Biden’s Patience With Campus Protests Runs Out

Chaos in the streets—real, imagined, or exaggerated—is never to an incumbent’s advantage.

A Critic’s Case Against Cinema

Sixty years ago, Pauline Kael said that the movies were going to pieces. In a sense, she was right.

Cancer Supertests Are Here

But are they really such a good idea?

Trump’s Naps Are Actually Worrying

He can’t even seem to stay awake for his own trial.

The Blistering Power of an Overlooked Woman

In its third season, Hacks faces the failures of late-night comedy head-on.

If Plants Could Talk

Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?

You Can Test Your Blood for 50 Kinds of Cancer

But is that really such a good idea?

America’s Colleges Are Reaping What They Sowed

Universities spent years saying that activism is not just welcome but encouraged on their campuses. Students took them at their wo...

The Botany Revolution

Some scientists are starting to reopen a provocative debate: Are plants intelligent?

America’s IVF Failure

One out of every 50 babies born in the U.S. was conceived via IVF. Why is the industry so poorly regulated?

Why a Bit of Restraint Can Do You a Lot of Good

An uninhibited quest for authenticity sounds great. But if that just means acting out, you’re unlikely to be so happy.

What If He Actually Did It?

I argued that Jens Söring was wrongfully convicted of a double murder, and in 2019, he was released on parole after three decades ...

The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting

Literary treasures are too often hidden away from the public—but the world of private collecting isn’t all bad.

Colleges Love Protests—When They’re in the Past

Many of America’s universities are reaping what they sowed.

Every Tech Company Wants to Be Like Boston Dynamics

America’s favorite robot company has perfected the art of freaking people out.

The 1968 Hangover

Like Nixon before him, Trump could use campus protests to further stoke an already polarized electorate.

America Can’t Stop Watching Creepy Robot Videos

Boston Dynamics has perfected the art of freaking people out. Now other tech companies are trying to do the same.

Biden’s Electoral College Challenge

How demographic change is scrambling the geography of the 2024 presidential race

<em>The Atlantic</em> Hires Ali Breland as Staff Writer...

The Atlantic is sharing news about four new staff writers: the hire of Ali Breland, most recently at Mother Jones, to report on di...

Charge Palestine With Genocide Too

The case for having the International Court of Justice hear two cases at once

What Florida’s Abortion Ban Means Beyond Florida

A new ban has providers there scrambling—and clinics in other states preparing for a crush of new patients.

The Mysteries of Plant ‘Intelligence’

Scientists are debating whether concepts such as memory, consciousness, and communication can be applied beyond the animal kingdom...

The Diminishing Returns of Having Good Taste

The internet makes most information instantly available. What if that’s why mass culture is so boring?


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