’They Weaponized You Like Nobody’s Ever Been Weaponized’: Trump and Michael Cohen Make Peace
Timeby Connor Greene·21 Aug 2026
President Donald Trump on Thursday buried the hatchet with his former attorney Michael Cohen, appearing on Cohen’s radio show in what was the first public exchange between the two men in eight...
How Much the National Debt Grew Under Trump and Biden
Timeby Chantelle Lee·21 Aug 2026
The U.S.’s national debt surpassed $40 trillion for the first time ever this week—more than double what it was a decade ago.
What 72,000 Bodies at a Fence Revealed about Africa and Europe
Timeby Miriyam Aouragh·21 Aug 2026
Europe and Africa are at once impossibly close and worlds apart near the northern tip of Morocco.
Woman Charged in Alleged Plot to Bomb the New York State Capitol
Timeby Chantelle Lee·20 Aug 2026
A woman who authorities have accused of planning to bomb the New York State Capitol building has been arrested and charged, the Justice Department announced on Thursday.
State Farm Is Sending $5 Billion in Dividend Payments to Customers. Here’s How to Know If You’re Eligible
Timeby Connor Greene·20 Aug 2026
Tens of millions of State Farm customers are eligible to receive payments as part of a $5 billion dividend from the company’s Mutual Automobile Insurance, which State Farm has already begun doling...
Americans Are (Still) Drinking Less than Ever Before
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen·20 Aug 2026
Only 54% of U.S. adults surveyed by the analytics firm in July said they ever drink alcohol—the same share as last year and the lowest recorded since Gallup began surveying Americans on this topic...
What to Know About Israel’s Probe Into the Killing of Hind Rajab
Timeby Connor Greene·20 Aug 2026
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) has acknowledged for the first time that its soldiers opened fire on a vehicle carrying 5-year-old Palestinian girl Hind Rajab and six of her relatives in Gaza, and...
What to Know About Trump’s 250 Grand Prix
Timeby Connor Greene·20 Aug 2026
A slice of the nation’s capital will be transformed into a race track over the weekend for President Donald Trump’s final event commemorating the U.S.’s 250th birthday.
What Happens When the World is Run on Code No One Understands?
Timeby Patrick Shafto, Ken Ono and Scott Duke Kominers·20 Aug 2026
The International Congress of Mathematicians met in Philadelphia last month, its first U.S. meeting since 1986.
Iran Hits Back at Trump’s Threat of a ‘Crushing’ Economic ‘D-Day’ Campaign
Timeby Tiago Ventura·20 Aug 2026
Iranian officials have dismissed President Donald Trump’s threat to launch what he called the “most crushing economic operation”against Tehran, as the nearly six-month war enters a new phase of...
Burnham Weighs In on Prince Harry and Meghan's Return to U.K.
Timeby Callum Sutherland·20 Aug 2026
Harry and Meghan, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expected to move back to the United Kingdom later this year, after six years of living in the U.S.
Here's What a Leading Lettuce Breeder Wants You to Know
Timeby Veronique Greenwood·20 Aug 2026
In the town of Nipomo on the central coast of California, in Bill Waycott's fields, lettuces of the future are taking root.
David Sinclair's Research Is Now Testing Whether Blindness—and Aging—Can Be Reversed
Timeby Alice Park·20 Aug 2026
It looked like any other injection an eye doctor might administer. But contained inside was something that no patient had ever received: a cocktail of ingredients designed to change how genes...
Tony Wyss-Coray Is Measuring Biological Age One Organ at a Time
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen·20 Aug 2026
It seems odd that your body’s internal age may differ from your chronological one. But Tony Wyss-Coray, a Swiss professor of neurology and director of the Knight Initiative for Brain Resilience at...
Andrea Maier Wants to Solve Longevity's Evidence Problem
Timeby Veronique Greenwood·20 Aug 2026
Dr. Andrea Maier realized a fundamental truth about herself when she was in medical school: She was fascinated by old age.
Jamie Justice Is Running a $101 Million Longevity Science Fair
Timeby Alice Park·20 Aug 2026
As executive director of the XPRIZE Healthspan competition, Jamie Justice oversees a professional science fair for cutting-edge longevity science around the world.
An Antiaging Medicine Could Already Exist. Nir Barzilai Is On A Mission To Find It
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen·20 Aug 2026
Geneticist Nir Barzilai’s work has helped drive a new approach to medicine. Instead of treating individual diseases, his research has supported the idea that targeting the biology of aging with...
What Ovaries Reveal About the Secret Ways Women Age, According to Francesca Duncan
Timeby Dominique Mosbergen·20 Aug 2026
Scientists have long been preoccupied by the ovary’s babymaking potential. But mounting evidence suggests the organ is key not just to reproduction, but to a woman’s health span—the years she...
Longevity Is More Genetic than We Thought. That’s a Good Thing
Timeby Veronique Greenwood·20 Aug 2026
Living to a great old age seems to run in families. Centenarian studies show that siblings of people who reach 105 are 35 times more likely than average to reach that age themselves.
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