Hush-Hush AffairThis article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading recommendation newsletter. Sign up here to get it nightly. The nondisclosure agreement is designed to live in the shadows. But earlier this year, I started to notice them everywhere.
Swap Your Meat for CheeseThis article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter. Sign up for it here. Times are tough for omnivores. By now, you’ve heard all the reasons to eat less meat: your health, the planet, the animals.
Olympics 2024: How to watch, when it starts, key dates in ParisIt’s almost time for the 2024 Olympics. Get ready for all the action — everything on the track, courts and fields, in the pools and all the other events — with a guide that tells you everything you need to know about the global gathering in Paris.
Conservatives Go to War — Against Each Other — Over School VouchersProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. This story is exempt from our Creative Commons license until Oct. 29, 2024.
Metal Machine Music, by Laurent Dubreuil“Far as the east from even, / Dim as the border star, / Life is the little creature / That carries the great cigar.” So wrote Emily Dickinson, with some unfortunate help from a computer.
Meet the Mad Scientist Who Wrote the Book on How to Hunt HackersThirty years ago, Cliff Stoll published ‘The Cuckoo’s Egg,’ a book about his cat-and-mouse game with a KGB-sponsored hacker. Today, the internet is a far darker place—and Stoll has become a cybersecurity icon.
20 of the Best Monster Movies of All TimeWhen was the last time you checked under the bed? Ghost, zombie, cannibal, mother-in-law—monsters come in many shapes. Monster movies are a vital subsection of the horror genre, one with ties to the earliest days of storytelling.
‘It’s the Right Environment for Cultures to Do Their Thing’When I was little, I loved to group things. Categorizing helped me make sense of the world — I would feel exhilarated by the vastness of what was out there, and relieved the moment I could figure out where it all belonged. An errand run to the specialty food store was a thrill ride.
New Parents Have Milestones, TooFlip through any baby book or parenting website (guilty) and you’ll find endless lists of the milestones your baby will hit during their first year of life: rolling over, babbling, pulling themself up, and on and on.
How to Fry Fish: The Ultimate Guide on Everything from Oil Temperature to Batter RecipesHere’s your guide on how to fry fish like a pro.
The Youngest Pandemic Children Are Now in School, and StrugglingThe pandemic’s babies, toddlers and preschoolers are now school-age, and the impact on them is becoming increasingly clear: Many are showing signs of being academically and developmentally behind.
Magic Johnson, Dwyane Wade, Tom Brady among the former pro athletes who have become WNBA ownersMagic Johnson’s love of basketball motivated him to save the Los Angeles Sparks from folding and also put him on the leading edge of what is now a growing WNBA trend.
Making, and Eating, the 1950s’ Most Nauseating Jell-O Soaked RecipesUnlike the menus on contemporary food blogs and in best-selling recipe books, mid-century cooking seems guaranteed to make you gag.
6 Of The Most Passive-Aggressive Phrases You’re Probably Using (But Shouldn’t Be)Passive-aggressive behavior occurs frequently in everyday interactions with our friends, romantic partners, family members and co-workers. But because it can be insidious, you may not always recognize when it’s happening to you — or when you’re guilty of doing it yourself.
How to Manage People Who Are Smarter Than You (or Think They Are)The ultimate test of your real talent as a manager is to create the conditions for talented people to deliver value, and to boost team performance.
The Sunflower and the Soul: Wendell Berry on the Collaborative Nature of the Universe and the Cure for Conflict“Every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you,” Walt Whitman wrote an epoch before the Nobel-winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger examined the quantum conditions of existence to ask that urgent, discomposing question: “What justifies you in obstinately discovering… the difference betwee
Move over, remote jobs. CEOs say borderless talent is the future of tech workTo work remotely or not is no longer the question. Experts say it's borderless hiring for technology roles that is stealing the conversation.
‘You have to get over the me thing’: Kevin Bacon on money, marriage – and learning to live with himselfThere’s a state that veteran Hollywood actors can reach, beyond ravenous ambition, but with retirement still distant, that seems to make them contented as professionals and mellow as people. Kevin Bacon, now 65, has hit that sweet spot.
People Who Jump to Conclusions Show Other Kinds of Thinking ErrorsBelief in conspiracy theories and overconfidence are two tendencies linked to hasty thinking.