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Science
The Rubik’s Cube Turns 50
Bright and early on the first Saturday in January, Tomas Rokicki and a few hundred fellow enthusiasts gathered in a vast lecture hall at the Moscone Center in downtown San Francisco. A big math conference was underway and Dr. Rokicki, a retired ...
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Newyork
My Unsettling Interview With Steve Bannon
I felt like I was talking with Leon Trotsky in the years before the Russian Revolution. I was sitting in Steve Bannon’s Washington living room in 2019. His stint in Donald Trump’s White House had ended ingloriously, but he had resumed his self ...
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World
Far Right’s Surge in France Lays Bare Deep Divisions
Many expressed shock that Marine Le Pen’s nationalist party was so close to power after the first round of a snap election.
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Books
Review: ‘Robeson’ Illuminates a Titanic Artist and Activist
Davóne Tines plays Paul Robeson in a solo show on Little Island that weaves together the words and music of this American hero to tell his story.
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Books
What Happened When an Orchestra Said Goodbye to All-Male Concerts
This season, the Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin experimented with programming works by female composers at every performance. Results were mixed.
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Books
Anything Can Happen, and Usually Does, on ‘Watch What Happens Live’
Two miniature horses, Aidan and Pearl, stood on the terrace of a tiny TV studio in SoHo earlier this month on a sweltering evening, one more equine guest than the producers of “Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen” anticipated. They were part of a ...
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US
48 Hours to Fix a 90-Minute Mess: Inside the Biden Camp’s Post-Debate Frenzy
With countless calls and a rush of campaign events, the president’s team began a damage-control effort to pressure and plead with anxious Democratic lawmakers, surrogates, activists and donors.
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Newyork
My Mom Failed to Warn Me About an Abuser. Should I Tell My Dad?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on cycles of abuse and a heartbreaking family secret.
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World
In the Basque Country, Muted Cheers for Spain’s Soccer Team
The region has long seen itself as distinct from its country and disinterested in the national team. Can a Euro 2024 squad studded with Basque stars turn heads?
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Newyork
Eddie Murphy Is Ready to Look Back
Eddie Murphy has been so famous for so long, occupying such a lofty place in the cultural landscape, that it can be easy to overlook just how game-changing a figure he actually is. Let’s start, as Murphy’s career did, with standup. There had been ...