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The New Yorkerby The New Yorker6d ago
The Vanishing Family, by Robert Kolker (Doubleday). Unlike Alzheimer’s, frontotemporal dementia often begins in midlife.
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The New Yorkerby Gideon Lewis-Kraus6d ago
A run-in with human snacks transformed Kobuk the Destroyer’s mother into a “problem bear.” A native of the Alaskan wilderness, the grizzly was possibly ruined by a dumpster or a cache of campsite...
Arthur Jafa’s Odyssey of Appropriation
The New Yorkerby Zachary Fine6d ago
Is Arthur Jafa a rearguard artist or an avant-garde one in disguise? It’s hard to say. “I Am Tony,” a major retrospective at the New Museum, doesn’t frame him one way or the other, but it does make...
A Woman with a Past
The New Yorkerby Judith Thurman6d ago
When my cousin Danny introduced me to his new wife, almost forty years ago, Laura was in her early thirties, a radiant beauty of Taíno heritage with a lithe figure and a model’s cheekbones.
Maternal Intelligence: An Open Letter
The New Yorkerby Nell Freudenberger6d ago
I have been working in Maternal Intelligence for the past eighteen years, because of a profound belief that, with care and attention, human offspring can grow to accomplish important things—such as...
A New Approach to Public Safety Is Reshaping American Cities
The New Republicby Tahir Duckett6d ago
A couple of weeks ago, the city of Seattle announced that its community violence intervention work would move into the city’s community safety department, also known as CARE.
Four Years After Dobbs, Abortion Is Back on the Ballot in a Big Way
The New Republicby Grace Segers6d ago
Four years after the Supreme Court overturned the federal right to an abortion with the Dobbs decision, access to the procedure remains a critical matter for voters across the country.
Pathetic Republicans “Trans”-ition to Their Vile Closing Argument
The New Republicby Michael Tomasky6d ago
Well, we’ve entered that time-honored phase of the campaign that we’ve come to know so well: When Republicans turn to their closing argument about the issue that is keeping Americans up at night.
The Biggest Cases Coming in the Next Supreme Court Term
The New Republicby Matt Ford6d ago
Next week the Supreme Court will return from its summer recess to hear a new term of cases. While the court is already slated to make rulings with far-reaching consequences, the most important...
Democrats in Key Races Embrace 'Capitalist' Label
Timeby Nik Popli6d ago
In the past, Democrats rarely felt the need to explain their position on capitalism. They could campaign on fixing a rigged economy, reducing corporate power, or raising taxes on the rich without...
NFL Week 4: Redeemed QBs, the AFC’s best (so far) and the record streak that finally died
NBC Newsby Andrew Greif6d ago
Week 4 of the NFL season featured dramatic fourth-quarter comebacks, quarterbacks who redeemed themselves, quarterbacks who continued to struggle and three teams left standing with undefeated...
Omega Has New Bond Watches Even If There Isn’t a New James Bond
Wiredby Jeremy White6d ago
It's been five years since James Bond was on the silver screen in No Time to Die. For fans of the secret agent, the wait has been arduous, made even harder by the fact that Amazon, which now owns...
In rural Wisconsin, politics is still about meeting voters. Online, it’s getting weird.
The 19thby Grace Panetta6d ago
LA CROSSE, Wisconsin — September is both campaign season and parade season in Wisconsin, as communities across the state celebrate Oktoberfest and the harvest of fall crops like apples and...
The Supreme Court is back. These five cases could reshape American life
FOX Newsby Carrie Severino6d ago
The Supreme Court begins its new term on Monday. The justices have filled only part of their docket, with more cert grants still to come.
Nobel Medicine Prize Goes To 3 Scientists For Research Into Brain Activity
World Newsby Kostya Manenkov; Lauran Neergaard; Adithi Ramakrishnan6d ago
STOCKHOLM (AP) — The Nobel Prize in medicine was awarded Monday to three scientists who created a tool using light to help unravel how the brain works.
A Prediction Market About the Past? Sure, Why Not!
Wiredby Kate Knibbs6d ago
Would you put money on whether Covid-19 originated from a lab? How about whether some of the footage from the Apollo 11 moon landing was actually filmed on Earth?
Cancer-fighting t cells burn out. Scientists may have found a fix
ScienceDaily6d ago
Cancer-fighting t cells burn out. Scientists may have found a fix - Date: - October 5, 2026 - Source: - Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Summary: - Cancer immunotherapy can lose its punch...
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia
Literary Hubby Gina Gwenffrewi6d ago
How the British Media Legitimized J.K. Rowling’s Transphobia Gina Gwenffrewi on the Poisonous Media Discourse of Anti-Trans Panic in the United Kingdom Preserved like frozen eddies in the whirlwind...
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family
Literary Hubby Mabel Capability Taylor6d ago
Revisiting an Unsung 100-Year-Old Novel From an Intellectual New York Family On Reading Ettie Stettheimer’s Lost Days I recently visited a house on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing
Literary Hubby Charlotte Donlon6d ago
We Banned the Soul from the Building: On AI, Spiritual Life, and Sustainable Practices for Writing “AI will improve, but it will never develop the capacity for genuine longing, grief.” The literary...