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The Case Against Pessimism

The West has to believe that democracy will prevail.

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The West Has to Believe that Democracy W...

The case against pessimism—in Ukraine and around the world

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Michael Keaton’s Simple Trick on<em> SNL...

The actor can go from “regular guy” to awkward eccentric in a heartbeat.

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Tripping on Nothing

New, non-hallucinogenic versions of psychedelics are blurring the boundaries of the drug trip.

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Sunday Morning

A poem

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Why the Oil Market Is Not Shocked

Conflict in the Middle East always used to mean a spike in gas prices. So what’s changed?

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Five Stories for Autumn Lovers

These Sunday reads look at the shifting fall season, how Starbucks perfected the pumpkin spice latte, and more.

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The Farmers Subletting Their Fields to B...

Farmers are temporarily transforming their fields into much-needed wetlands.

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The Final Weeks

With just over two weeks until Election Day, will the candidates’ shifting campaign rhetoric sway any new voters?

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The Real Differences Between Introverts ...

Understanding these two types of personalities can help us better understand how personality is formed.

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What Elon Musk Really Wants

The Tesla and X mogul has long dreamed of redesigning the world in his own extreme image. Trump may be his Trojan horse.

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Sinwar’s Death Changes Nothing

The Gaza war will go on until both sides stop wanting it to.

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Two People Will Decide What Comes of Sin...

Freedom for the hostages, or more of the same?

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Trump’s ‘Day of Love’ Caps a Bizarre Wee...

The former president’s mental coherence continues to unravel in public.

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The ‘Moment of Chaos’ That Hostage Famil...

Sinwar’s death is an opening for a deal.

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The Age of AI Child Abuse Is Here

For maybe the first time, the scale of the problem is coming into view.

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Big Tech Has Given Itself an AI Deadline

Why are AI execs suddenly saying that superintelligence is just around the corner?

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The Domestic Thriller That Shatters Chil...

In Alia Trabucco Zerán’s novel Clean, a housekeeper’s testimony exposes social fissures that have endured after Pinochet.

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People Are Asking AI for Child Pornograp...

For maybe the first time, the scale of the problem is coming into view.

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Photos of the Week: Big Tex, Giant Regat...

A heart-shaped lake in Germany, sculptures by the sea in Australia, sightseeing in the Gobi desert, a colorful forest in Romania, ...

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The Domestic Thriller That Indicts an En...

In Alia Trabucco Zerán’s novel Clean, a Chilean housekeeper’s testimony exposes social fissures that have endured after Pinochet....

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Who Owns an Idea?

Cases of loose inspiration or coincidental convergences in art can be fascinating, because they force us to rethink what originali...

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Introducing Atlantic Labs: Research and ...

Today The Atlantic is launching Atlantic Labs, a research and development site from the product and technology team. The product t...

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The Weak Science Behind Psychedelics

If vulnerable patients are going to take powerful hallucinogens, they deserve better evidence.

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Trump Is Speaking Like Hitler, Stalin, a...

The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

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The ‘Peak Obesity’ Illusion

America’s obesity rate looks to be plateauing—again.

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Abortion Pills Have Changed the Post-<em...

Every month, thousands of women in states where abortion is banned are able to get the pills by mail. The right wants to put a sto...

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Psychedelics Have a Shaky-Science Proble...

If vulnerable patients are going to take powerful hallucinogens, they deserve better evidence.

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Ozempic’s Big Test

When will it bend the curve on obesity?

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The Jewish Quarterback at a Mormon Colle...

Faith and football at Brigham Young University

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Why Does Trump Sound Like Hitler, Stalin...

The former president has brought dehumanizing language into American presidential politics.

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The Fight Over Abortion Pills Is Just Be...

Every month, thousands of women in states where abortion is banned are able to get the pills by mail. The right wants to put a sto...

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Five House Races to Watch

Democrats face a plausible—but tight—path to regaining control of the House.

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Yahya Sinwar Finally Got What He Deserve...

The question now is whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has enough strategic and moral sense to leverage its military wins int...

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Harris’s Best Answer to Trump’s Resilien...

The Democrat needs to remind voters about what they really didn’t like about his presidency.

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Israel Has Won the War. Can It Win the P...

The question now is whether Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has enough strategic and moral sense to leverage its military wins int...

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Yahya Sinwar’s Death Was Preordained

Israel now has an opening to say that it has accomplished a core objective.

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Kamala Harris’s Closing Argument

As the voters’ verdict looms, the former prosecutor needs to press her case that Donald Trump is unfit for office.

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Why Humility Is the Key to Well-Being

The great wisdom of the Jewish holiday of Sukkot is that it teaches us to count our blessings.

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Donald Trump’s Roomful of Suspiciously F...

A female-focused town hall gets very weird indeed.

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A Calculator’s Most Important Button Has...

This is clearly a mistake.

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How to Bring the Light of Joy to Others

The Jewish holiday of Sukkot offers a great formula for generating happiness.

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Photographing the Microscopic: Winners o...

Some of the winning and honored images from this year’s competition

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Autocracy Is in the Details

Learn to spot the signs.

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The Donald Trump Way of Courting Women V...

A female-focused town hall gets very weird indeed.

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