Why Hotel-Room Cancellations Disappeared
The age of travel flexibility is over.
Trump’s Animal-Research Plan Has a Missing Step
No one is tracking the total number of animals used across U.S. labs.
An Evening Ritual to Realize a Happier Life
The right preparation for a good night’s sleep is valuable for not only your physical health but your mental well-being too.
What If AI Is a Bubble?
America’s economic fate looks tied to AI—for better or worse.
What Tariffs Did
Is this the end of the trade war?
The Left’s New Moralism Will Backfire
Under Trump, progressives have embraced the rhetoric of “moral clarity.” It won’t help their cause.
The End of Naked Locker Rooms
What we lose when casual nudity disappears
What Really Happens After the Shutdown Ends
Congress’s deal to reopen the government won’t immediately bring life back to normal for Americans.
Wait, Are the Epstein Files Real Now?
The White House’s responses get curiouser and curiouser.
The Criminal Enterprise Behind That Fake Toll Text
Beware the smishing triad.
Why Maduro Probably Can’t Count on Putin
Bogged down in Ukraine, Russia has shown little interest in helping distressed allies in Venezuela—or anywhere else.
America’s Best Pasta Is Slipping Away
Stock up on fancy noodles now.
Bill Gates Said the Quiet Part Out Loud
The world’s strategy for addressing climate change is not serving those most vulnerable to it.
Inside the Sandwich Guy’s Jury Deliberations
Can a flung sandwich cause bodily harm?
Photos: The Northern Lights Put on a Show
A powerful geomagnetic storm brought spectacular light displays to night skies across the Northern Hemisphere, with sightings of pink, red, and green lights as far south as Florida and Oklahoma.
MAGA Has Repulsed Young Women
Sarah Longwell on the growing voting divide between the sexes, the 2025 elections, and how Donald Trump remade electoral politics. Plus: David Frum discusses the deal to end the government shutdown and “The Emergency,” by The Atlantic’s George Packer.
Donald Trump Is a Lamer Duck Than Ever
Even though he doesn’t want you to think so
Well, That’s Definitely Frankenstein
Guillermo del Toro’s new adaptation is a feat of design but not of story.
The Accidental Trailblazers of a New Global Condition
A new book about Chernobyl’s child victims shows the human cost of seeking technological dominance.
Who Would Want to Kill 314 Ostriches?
How the plight of a few hundred birds in Canada became an all-out fight for freedom