Month: December 2024

In 1829, the Presbyterian minister Sylvester Graham invented a cracker made from coarse wheat that he believed would help restore...

Editor’s Note: Is anything ailing, torturing, or nagging at you? Are you beset by existential worries? Every Tuesday, James Parker...

The playwright August Wilson, who’s best known for his series chronicling 20th-century Black American life (colloquially known as the Century...

ESA / Webb, NASA, CSA, A. Hirschauer, M. MeixnerDay 10 of the 2024 Space Telescope Advent Calendar: the glow of...

July 1977: A 105-degree afternoon in Phoenix. I’m 17 and making deliveries in an underpowered Chevette with “4-55” air-conditioning (four...

The federal agency tasked with “improving the health, safety, and well-being of America” alerted its more than 2 million social-media...

As President-Elect Donald Trump prepares to seek a negotiated settlement to the worst European war since 1945, he confronts in...

Subscribe here: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube | Overcast | Pocket CastsCar-dependent suburban sprawl. Home prices and rents skyrocketing....

The election of Donald Trump this year shattered a long-standing piece of conventional wisdom in American politics: that Latinos will...

For more than two years, every new AI announcement has lived in the shadow of ChatGPT. No model from any...