In a landmark hearing, small island nations disproportionately affected by the climate crisis will take on high-emitting countries in a court in Hamburg, Germany, on 11 September, in what is being seen as the first climate justice case aimed at protecting the ... More »
As a species, we have been sleeping alongside our four-legged friends since … well, no one is entirely sure, but certainly long before modern bedtime routines emerged. The first real beds appeared about 4,000 years ago, while the domestication of dogs began at... More »
There are always a handful of designers on the radar of every editor, buyer, influencer, and fashion fanatic as the must-see shows of New York Fashion Week. One such brand is Khaite, known for the cool edge that comes with its highly covetable designs. In line... More »
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks to authors Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki about their new graphic novel, "Roaming."AYESHA RASCOE, HOST: Do you remember your first trip to the big city?(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "THEME FROM NEW YORK, NEW YORK")... More »
Days after Ken was murdered, in the summer of 1998, the then-21-year-old Hua Hsu went out into the California sunshine and bought a journal. Everything is wrong, he scrawled in permanent black marker across the first page – because everything was. Laughter dis... More »
Last month, it was reported that OpenAI — the company behind the generative AI chatbot ChatGPT — was on track to make $1 billion in revenue this year from user subscriptions and by licensing its technology to other companies. ChatGPT was introduced into the wo... More »
An hour into playing the video game “Baldur’s Gate 3” with my husband, we’d already broken the first and probably most ignored rule of “Dungeons & Dragons”: Never split the party.Separated on opposite ends of a crypt after an unfortunate incident with a trap t... More »
The New Yorker InterviewNaomi Klein Sees Uncanny Doubles in Our PoliticsA conversation with the writer about her new book, “Doppelganger,” and the strange intersections of right and left.By Jia TolentinoSeptember 10, 2023Photograph by Adrienne GrunwaldSave thi... More »
A recent study showed that a statin drug significantly lowered the risk of heart attacks and strokes among middle-aged and older people with the virus.Americans with H.I.V. are achieving the once unthinkable: a steady march into older age. But beginning around... More »
Cancer has been hitting the front pages again, and it can be difficult from the headlines to judge whether it is good news or bad.We seem to lurch from a game-changing new treatment one day to reports of rising rates the next – most recently, alarming news abo... More »
Covid-19 is the best documented pandemic in history. From the moment it became clear that the coronavirus would trigger a series of global lockdowns, every twist and turn in the pandemic has been chronicled in blogs, diaries and by print and digital media.The ... More »
As a writer, I spend much of my time alone, and yet I almost always want more. I’m fascinated by the relationship between solitude and loneliness, between the yearning to be alone and our deep desire not to feel isolated. A few months ago, I announced to my fa... More »