Apps that offer short lessons in various subjects can help get the most out of your time whether you’re waiting for a train or a meeting.Autumn is edging closer, and the return to a more regular office schedule looms for many people — and with it, the waiting ... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGLONDON (Reuters) -Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk unseated LVMH as Europe’s most valuable listed company on Friday, ending the French luxury group’s 2-1/2 year-long reign at the top.LVMH, the world’s biggest luxury retailer, has been hurt by ... More »
Two episodes, where the Republican senator froze and did not respond to some questions, may be symptoms of a serious illness, according to neurologists not involved in his medical care.A four-line letter, signed by the attending physician of Congress and relea... More »
LOADINGERROR LOADINGOn Tuesday night, as Hurricane Idalia barreled toward Florida’s coast, Fox News host Jesse Waters teased his next guest, calling her “the nation’s most famous climate scientist.” Unsurprisingly to anyone following the right-wing climate den... More »
On Friday morning, just before writing this newsletter, I spoke to a conference of the Regional Science Association in Alicante, Spain. Notice the choice of preposition: “to,” not “at.” Given family commitments, I couldn’t attend in person, so this was a Zoom ... More »
Starlings perched in a motion-capture lab built inside a converted barnChristian Zeigler An animal behaviour lab built inside a converted barn uses motion-capture cameras to track the movements and behaviours of entire flocks of birds or swarms of insects. The... More »
The New Yorker Radio HourNo More SoutersPhotograph from CQ Roll Call / GettySaveSaveSaveSaveListen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up to receive our weekly newsletter of the best New Yorker podcasts.David Souter is one of the ... More »
Plenty of celebrities— Drea de Matteo among them,most recently — have monetized their fan bases by launching accounts on OnlyFans, the subscription platform where they can share exclusive material or racy adult content and get paid for it.High-profile folks ow... More »
Perry Bacon, a columnist for The Washington Post, has an essay about his experience with Christianity entitled “I left the church — and now long for a ‘church for the nones.’” The “nones,” as this newsletter’s readers probably know, are the growing share of Am... More »
Post Malone is introducing a new version of himself to fans. The “Rockstar” artist shared a mirror selfie on Instagram this week, showing his newly svelte self wearing a black shirt and dress pants with a black leather jacket and boots. And he topped it all of... More »
The US jobs market is holding steady as interest rates sit at a 22-year high, with US employers adding 187,000 jobs in August, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).The number of new jobs added in August is the same as the number of new jobs in Jul... More »
SAN FRANCISCO — Isaias Lopez was dying, but he didn’t know it. Lopez was slumped against a wall in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, where the concentration of homelessness and drug use have divided this city politically. A baby blue baseball cap and ... More »