From our jokes and slang to the White House’s policy messaging, internet “brain rot” has escaped our phones to take over … well, everything.

A counterintuitive antidote to turbulent times.

The ideology, economics, and psychology behind the modern world's draining of color from homes, cars, and everyday objects.

French filmmaker François Ozon offers a charged and rewarding adaptation of the classic book about a man in Algeria seemingly indifferent to his life and fate.

The Roots of Resilience

We often lack the tools for the job, even if the AI is capable enough Oh for S. Jobs, J. Ives, S. Kitzmiller & R. Dean...

As AI overwhelms the web, we will need a way to distinguish people from machines.

Is this the end of music as we know it?

The Metropolitan Museum of Art presents the nation’s first comprehensive exhibition on the artist, thoughtfully highlighting both his influences and his own ever-evolving genius across a wide array of media.

Anxious tech workers in Silicon Valley are trying to cultivate a quality they say ChatGPT can’t provide.

Earthworks go back to prehistoric times. But our turbulent era is inspiring a new generation of artists. Here are six projects that stand out.

In a time of AI sex and looksmaxxing, a new book calls on humans to rediscover intimacy.

The artist’s intimate 1929 canvas, from her first stay in New Mexico, seems to gaze up at a towering tree and stars with awe and fascination.

Our dependence on satellite technology means that private citizens now wield enormous power over communications, transportation and war.

Throwback messaging using toys and videogames—with a dash of AI—is lowering defenses and opening new avenues for the information wars between rival states

The AI sprint is hurtling toward a world where anyone can build personal concierges to do everything from executive presentations to March Madness brackets

A disturbing new low in the Polymarket era

The spread of fake imagery of the Iran war is helping make the question Is this real? all but unanswerable.

A Big Night Light in the Sky? Start-Up Wants to Launch a Space Mirror.m The company is seeking F.C.C. approval to test an idea to reflect sunlight to Earth at night, possibly powering solar panels. Critics say it could be bad for people and wildlife.

Many of us struggle to focus enough to read a whole book. Neuroscience says that’s terrible news for our brains but offers a fix.