A.I.’s math problem reflects how much the new technology is a break with computing’s past.In the school year that ended recently, one class of learners stood out as a seeming puzzle. They are hard-working, improving and remarkably articulate. But curiously, th... More »
Prominent French film-makers are supported by their national industry and even their lockdown projects have been received with respectful attention. Earlier this year Olivier Assayas’s autofiction Hors du Temps, or Suspended Time, premiered in Berlin – a dream... More »
The tech billionaires backing a proposal to raise a brand-new city on the rolling prairie northeast of San Francisco Bay have agreed to pull their measure off the November ballot and will first fund a full environmental review of the project, officials announc... More »
Obviously, the big political news of the past couple of days has come from the Democratic side. But before last week’s Republican National Convention fades from view, let me focus instead on a development on the G.O.P. side that may, given everything else that... More »
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Portland, Ore. chef Naomi Pomeroy died tragically last week. As the news reverberated that the city had lost one of its most consequential, trail-blazing chefs, everyone whose life had been touched by her friendship and her cooking expressed their anguish. She... More »
Sales of sports cars have been steadily declining for about three decades, but there has been one exception to that trend. The Chevrolet Corvette has recently stormed back to near-record popularity.Like the company that makes it, General Motors, the Corvette m... More »
Water bottle hygiene is probably something you never thought about before, but we warn you, after reading this, it may never be far from your mind again.There are certain things we all kind of forget to wash: our phone screens, our keyboards, our sunglasses, o... More »
The origins of breaking, the newest Olympic sportThe origins of breaking, the newest Olympic sport05:58 The Olympic world's ever... More »
Earlier today I set you these three problems from Parabola, a wonderful magazine from Australia that was first published 60 years ago this month. Here they are again with solutions.1. The question with no question(a) All of the following.(b) None of the follow... More »
Getty ImagesScientists have discovered “dark oxygen” being produced in the deep ocean, apparently by lumps of metal on the seafloor. More »
Parabola, a wonderful Australian maths magazine for secondary school pupils, celebrates its 60th birthday this month. Today’s puzzles are taken from a recently published compilation of its best problems.1. The question with no question(a) All of the following.... More »