One of the most famous cuts in cinema history, from “2001: A Space Odyssey,” perfectly captures a concept known as the technological sublime. First, we see an angry ape bludgeoning one of his fellows ...

I don’t have all the answers, but I see how decades of changes in education and public discourse brought us here. Investment in education has declined, and access to higher learning is increasingly ...

Dr. Michael M. Segal ’76 is a neurologist and neuroscientist and a member of the Council on Academic Freedom at Harvard. The annihilation part is what we revile about Hitler. We don’t know if Hitler ...

A recent letter on the opinion-page titled “Purpose of education has been transformed” regarding the DEI committee in the Mankato schools sent me to the dictionary to better understand what is ...

I do not in any way believe that it is right to take someone’s life simply because they hold different views from mine. I believe our government officials should have a responsibility not only to ...

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times. Every week, critics and editors at The New York Times Book Review pick the most interesting and notable new releases, from ...

Artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the beauty industry. From AI-generated skin diagnostics to hyper-personalised recommendations, technology is increasingly woven into how consumers discover ...

Many years ago, in my junior high school civics class, our teacher asked: “Is the United States a land governed by laws or is it a land governed by men?” The United States of America was born from a ...

To the editor: The reason we need a free press is so it can report on government and business failures as well as their achievements. The Defense Department's policy that only information authorized ...

Prince Andrew has announced he is giving up his royal titles, including the Duke of York. The decision is understood to have been made in close consultation with King Charles and other members of the ...

Are we making a sustainable switch? That’s the question today’s newsletter seeks to answer. The short answer is no. But we still have time to turn things around. The slightly longer answer can be ...