Why Vivid Dreams Make for Better Sleep

Vivid dreams could be key to feeling well-rested, new study suggests

The Data Center Water Panic Has a Better Answer: Water Markets

Is It Right to Make Kids Share?

The Death of Millennial Feminism

New York Gov. Hochul Begs 'High-Net-Worth' Refugees To Return and Be Taxed

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Rodrigo Duterte's 'Death Squads' Fought in the Philippines' War on Drugs. Now He Might Get Life in Prison.

Calvin Tomkins (1925 – 2026) Writer And Art Critic

‘I’ve learned first-hand how evil is tolerated’: Colm Tóibín on living in the US under Trump

Long fact, literary nonfiction, narrative nonfiction: The genre is hard to define, essential, and imperiled. Paul Elie explains

What Is The Original Meaning of "Sectarian"?

Penny, a Doberman pinscher, wins the Westminster dog show

Sleep is subjective and lonely. What if it turns out we’re not alone in the bad dreams that plague us?

The poorly understood science of sensation. Music can make chocolate taste bitter; rice pudding can make you cry 

The Trump administration says some approved childhood vaccines need better studies. Scientists disagree

Can St. Louis Make a Comeback?

Jellyfish and Sea Anemones Sleep Just Like Us

Bumblebees Make Decisions as Efficiently as Humans

Oscar Wilde, William Morris, and John Ruskin were exemplars of socialist aesthetics, advancing the view that more leisure would result in better art

San Francisco Public Schoolteachers Make $79,468 for 184 Days of Work. Now They're Striking for Even More.

A better method for planning complex visual tasks

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