10 Boats, 10,000 Troops

Oliver Sacks and the art of annotation. His marginalia spanned 10,000 books, the chronicle of a life well read

Enduring passions for medicine, journalism, and triathlons

Friday Poem

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The Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore: Death and satire

Don't Legislate Morality: Most Americans Can't Agree on What's Immoral

She never dances alone

Unanimous Supreme Court Says Internet Service Provider Not Liable for Internet Users' Illegal Downloads

Do Mamdani's Wife's Posts Really Matter?

The Paradox of Contemporary AI: Engineering Success and Institutional Failure

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Supermassive Black Hole Sagittarius A* May Have Once Shone 10,000 Times Brighter Than Today

Trump Administration Insists Blowing Up Boats Is Not 'Hostilities'

How Boats Are a Buzzkill for Porpoises

Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities Cost Half a Billion Dollars in 2025

This glass wafer could back up your phone—and last 10,000 years

Muhammad Ali Funeral

Sick Astronaut on ISS Forces Early Transfer of Command from NASA Crew Member to Russian Cosmonaut

Today in Supreme Court History: February 17, 1801

The Economy Is Doing Fine, the Federal Budget Not So Much

A New Anti-Political Fervor