Q: Who Found a Way to Crack the U.K.’s Premier Quiz Show?
Brandon Blackwell, a 30-year-old from Queens, helped turn London’s Imperial College into a “University Challenge” powerhouse.
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Opinion | Happy 20th Anniversary, Gmail. I’m Sorry I’m Leaving You.
There’s a better way to do email.
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‘Star Trek’ Fan Leaves Behind a Collection Like No One Has Done Before
When Troy Nelson died, his shelves were filled to the rafters with memorabilia from the popular franchise. Soon, the massive collection will be boldly going, going, gone.
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This Man Turned the Worst Job in College Basketball Into a Slam Dunk
South Carolina Salkehatchie had no budget, players or running water in the locker room when Matt Lynch arrived. One season in, the first publicly gay head coach is figuring out how to win, on the court and off.
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Art in Multiples, Back at the Armory
The Print Fair returns to Park Avenue, with a critic’s advice on connoisseurship, and where the buys are.
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Can a Big Village Full of Tiny Homes Ease Homelessness in Austin?
One of the nation’s largest experiments in affordable housing to address chronic homelessness is taking shape outside the city limits.
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Opinion | The Truth About Airplane Safety
The Japan Airlines and Alaska Airlines incidents could have been much worse.
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Opinion | Look What We Made Taylor Swift Do
Whether she is conscious of it or not, Ms. Swift signals to queer people — in our language — that she has some affinity for queer identity.
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The End of Snow
The phrase “wintry mix” fills me with despair. But even so, the lack of cold and ice in 2023 felt unsettling.
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Opinion | Don’t Flee the American Southwest Just Yet
The era of shrinking water resources and rising temperatures will undoubtedly test Southwestern states, but it’s a question of how we adapt, not whether we survive.
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What If People Don’t Need to Care About Climate Change to Fix It?
“I think the debates on climate change are far too politicized, and that’s doing a disservice to making progress,” says researcher Hannah Ritchie.
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Opinion | I Want a City, Not a Museum
New York’s layers of laws to protect existing buildings has led to a shortage of housing.
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Opinion | This Was a Terrible Year, and Also Maybe the Best One Yet for Humanity
Child mortality and extreme poverty appear to have reached record lows in the history of civilization.
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Poison Gas Hints at Potential for Life on an Ocean Moon of Saturn
A researcher who has studied the icy world said “the prospects for the development of life are getting better and better on Enceladus.”
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Opinion | Why I Am a Liberal
Perhaps more than ever, there is an urgent need for a clear understanding of liberalism.
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Why Vultures Might Just Be the Smartest Birds Above the Block
The birds are widely reviled for their carrion-eating ways. But an evolutionary history of scavenging has forged a creative, cunning and wide-ranging mind.
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Silicon Valley’s Big, Bold Sci-Fi Bet on the Device That Comes After the Smartphone
Humane, a company started by two former Apple employees, says its new artificial intelligence pin can stop all the scrolling. Can it live up to the hype?
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An Extremely Detailed Map of New York City Neighborhoods
More than 37,000 New Yorkers told us where their neighborhoods start and end. We mapped them all.
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How Rich Donors and Loose Rules Are Transforming College Sports
A shift that allows booster groups to employ student-athletes has upended the economics of college football and other sports while giving many donors a tax break.
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‘The Woman Suggested Trying to Get a Better View From a Different Spot’
Looking for a hawk in Prospect Park, a Brooklyn Navy Yard tour and more reader tales of New York City in this week’s Metropolitan Diary.
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My Delirious Trip to the Heart of Swiftiedom
Taylor Swift’s greatest gift is for telling her own story — better than any journalist could. But Taffy Brodesser-Akner gives it a shot anyway.
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Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.
Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.
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Who Runs the Best U.S. Schools? It May Be the Defense Department.
Schools for children of military members achieve results rarely seen in public education.
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This Simple Fix Could Help Anxious Kids
Overprotection may be making kids scared of the world. If so, wouldn’t the obvious solution be more independence?
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Opinion | In Alabama, White Tide Rushes On
Bama Rush is like royal watching through Mason-jar-tinted glasses.
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The Instagram Account That Shattered a California High School
It had barely a dozen followers, but the discovery of its racist posts turned a Bay Area community against itself — and changed students’ lives forever.
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Studying the Limits of Human Perfection, Through Darts
Why do athletes always seem to get better, generation by generation? It’s not always for the reasons you might think.
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Opinion | Our Oppenheimer Moment: The Creation of A.I. Weapons
Why the United States should lead the development of A.I. technology, including for military applications.
