Folk Culture

If you’re looking to understand the philosophy that underpins Silicon Valley’s latest gold rush, look no further than OpenAI’s Scarlett...

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Tennis is an elegant and simple sport. Players stand on opposite sides of a rectangle, divided by a net that...

At this point, Americans will believe almost any story about Donald Trump. That is both a strength and a weakness...

In the Martian lowlands, one rocky crater is dotted with small holes, winding from the floor to the rim like...

In 2011’s Rise of the Planet of the Apes, the intelligent chimpanzee Caesar (played by Andy Serkis) bellows “No!” at...

In 1989, a socially anxious handyman named Trent Reznor shut himself in the Cleveland recording studio that employed him and...

The End of the Golden AgeAnti-Semitism on the right and the left threatens to end an unprecedented period of safety...

By the time Jennifer Emerling was 12, she had been to 22 national parks. In an interview with her local...

In 1970, the American painter and conceptual artist Lee Lozano began planning her final project, a large-scale work of performance...