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Explore the December 2024 IssueCheck out more from this issue and find your next story to read.View MoreIt seems these...

This essay contains spoilers.The new movie Conclave is a faithful adaptation of Robert Harris’s 2016 novel—and an absurd portrait of...

This article was originally published by Quanta Magazine.About 2,500 years ago, Babylonian traders in Mesopotamia impressed two slanted wedges into...

A person who is “on the couch” is known to be in therapy, but most therapists these days don’t ask...

One of the many troubling consequences of Donald Trump’s reelection is that he will largely avoid responsibility for his conduct...

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Donald Trump hasn’t filled his Cabinet yet, but evidence suggests he’s looking for two main attributes in his picks: loyalty...

In his 2023 Netflix comedy special, Selective Outrage, Chris Rock identified one of the core contradictions of the social-justice era:...

This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to...

Why is a regular guy attracted to a billionaire candidate? It’s simple: Because the candidate can play to people’s fantasies....