The Most Unsettling Books We Know

A wild sprite haunting the West Yorkshire moors? Not quite. Emily Brontë’s legend distracts from what we know about her life

The New Politics of Pricing

Brazil Cannot Afford Bolsonaro’s Spending Cuts

Early Humans in America Endured Climate Chaos

In Praise of Ignorance

How to Unself in Order to Be Who You Really Are

This lizard’s ‘great escape’ was frozen in amber for 99 million years

The 2010 <em>Deepwater Horizon</em> oil spill devastated deep-sea life—and it hasn’t recovered

Trump's War With Iran Pushed Him To Waive a Century-Old Shipping Law. Commerce Boomed.

Iran Just Offered to Reopen Hormuz. Today, Russia Flies In to Broker It. Will Trump Take the Exit?

What Newsrooms Should Know Before They Take Money From OpenAI

This Week’s Photograph

Catspeak

The ladder of knowledge

Trump Keeps Coming Up With Legally Dubious Tariff Justifications

Some Progressives Tried To Abolish the Tipped Minimum Wage. Now They're Backtracking.

Thursday Poem

Brickbat: Listening In

This is why butterflies are so hard to catch

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