Seeds of something different

Adam Phillips: "Psychoanalysis is not better than aromatherapy or worse than neurology, it’s simply something for people who find it intriguing"

A Few Republicans Think War With Iran Is a Bad Idea

Wednesday Poem

‘Insane’ images depict ant species in stunning 3D

This Week’s Photograph

The First Question From The Florida Supreme Court's Newest Member: "Is your position more like Justice Gorsuch in Bostock or Justice Alito in dissent?"

Court Blocks Florida Gov. DeSantis's Executive Order Designating CAIR as Terrorist Organization

Incompleteness and Its Discontents

How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy? Ezra Klein talks to Jack Clark

Seeing Silence: The Paintings of Helene Schjerfbeck

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

A Grand Jury Rejects Trump's Attempt To Prosecute 6 Legislators for Saying Something He Did Not Like

“How we live as ethical people and behave and think wisely is not something to optimize, or, crucially, to even let ourselves think about in this way”

Why This Time Is Different for Iran

We associate confessional poetry with Robert Lowell, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton. But Larry Levis’s confessionalism was different

"I find myself being more and more difficult," Toni Morrison once said. "It's something I really relish." The difficulty was the point

Something Big Is Happening (with AI)

Is This the End of Endangerment?

SpaceX Could Go Public in 2026. What Does That Mean for Space Exploration?

The Midterm Election Won’t Fix US Politics

Why This Region of Space Appears to Be Populated by Snowmen