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The philosopher Bernard Williams refused every ism. That made him hard to pin down. And hard to refute

The Rise and Fall of Privacy

Robert Wilson created spectacles that defied interpretation. So his critics wrote about their own ideas instead

Pinning down the structure of quark-gluon plasma, the universe’s first fluid

Alabama Voters Put School Prayer in the State Constitution

The far-right marches under its banner. But what is “Western civilization”?

Put the Ocean at the Center of COP31

Europe's Plot To End Americans' Online Anonymity

Mentees, colleagues, friends share remembrances of Susumu Tonegawa

Annie Ernaux: “Alfred Nobel’s intentions were noble. But everything that follows — the mountains of mail, the endless requests — is a burden”

NYC Looks To Scale Up Mamdani's Office of Community Safety. Minneapolis Leaders Just Voted To End Theirs.

Federal Judge Halts Minnesota's Prediction Market Ban, Signaling Other States' Efforts Might Be Illegal Too

Extreme Heat Comes for the Red Chile Capital of Pakistan

Before puritanism and personality cults made it boring, affect theory brimmed with real intellectual potential. Laura Kipnis explains

The End of Oak Street Is a Nasty, Effective Exercise in Dino Terror

The ominous ‘fire clouds’ or ‘pyrocumulonimbus’ seen in France for the first time

How Art Invented Humanity

Almost three-quarters of England is now in drought conditions

Haley Stevens Endorses Mike Rogers, Spurns Leftist Abdul El-Sayed

Trump Says He Wants Drones and Snipers in 250-Foot Triumphal Arch, Complicating His Controversial Proposal