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The Sea Geeks Are Ready for World War III
An Indian-born NASA-trained engineer who’s building flying boats for the Navy. An Irish guy who’s making underwater drones. Meet the ocean-trepreneurs…
Suzy Weiss
I’m a Former Opera Singer. Timothée Chalamet Is Right.
Opera in America is incredible. It’s also a dying art.
Billy Binion
Say It with Me Now: Open Marriages Never Work
All Lindy West proves in her new memoir, ‘Adult Braces,’ is that she loves being treated like a child by the man she was supposed to grow old with—and…
Kat Rosenfield
Who’s Excited to Be Replaced By AI? These Guys!
At New York City’s inaugural ClawCon, those attempting to automate their lives gathered to dream of a utopia without work, where humans can just drink…
Evan Gardner
The Journal I Started the Night I Thought I Might Die
During my years as a soldier stationed abroad, I wrote my young sons a journal about fear, courage, and love. Thirty years later, they asked me to…
Mark Hertling
Meet the Internet’s New Iran Expert—Who Thinks the Illuminati Run the World
Xueqin Jiang, a researcher at Harvard, believes that a coalition of Freemasons, Jesuits, and members of a defunct Jewish cult are conspiring to rule the…
River Page
Being Human Is Cool Again
As AI saturates everyday life, people are seeking refuge in flesh-and-blood alternatives—from bookstore signings to vinyl record sales.
Ted Gioia
The Ancient Male Art of Monitoring the Situation
Beneath the joke of ‘monitoring the situation’ memes lies a deep and unchangeable male instinct: the instinct for heroic action.
Nicholas Clairmont
The Generation Raised to Doubt Love
Long before our first crushes, women my age were taught that love doesn’t last and commitment is a trap.
Freya India
Can You Get Away with Murder in the Woods?
Emma Sharp didn’t seriously consider killing her husband—until she met his ex-girlfriend. Read an exclusive excerpt of Kat Rosenfield’s new novel!
Kat Rosenfield
I Survived My Father’s Kidnapping. This Is My Message to the Guthrie Family.
Time stops. You wait inside uncertainty, adapting to the unbearable, because there is no other choice.
Miles Hargrove
Leave Our Hockey Heroes Alone
Athletes are meant to do one thing really well: win, not stand in as avatars for your preferred political views.
Suzy Weiss
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