A conversation with Faith Hill about daters’ competing desires for structure and serendipity
What’s your Elo rating?
The generative-AI boom looks very different for non-English speakers.
The author Ruby Tandoh argues for the freedom to cook—and eat—for pleasure.
Flag dishes you want to make, or don’t: The point of this practice is pleasure, not pragmatism.
https://www.theatlantic.com/books/archive/2024/04/cookbook-recommendations/678120/?utm_source=feed
The Tortured Poets Department excavates her private life more deeply than ever—but somehow, it’s a story we’ve heard before.
Progressive organizers are betting they can flip the conventional wisdom on voting.
Biden has inadvertently encouraged vulnerable nations to seek the ultimate shield.
In the 21st century, you are who you pretend to be. It’s a world Tom Ripley was made for.
“If time is a luxury, why don’t we flaunt it?”
Eid al-Fitr prayers in India, trophy winners at the Boston Marathon, the burning of a historic building in Denmark, a joyous water festival in Thailand, and much more
No, young voters aren’t definitively turning toward Trump. But there’s a more specific dynamic to pay attention to.
Interfering with Earth’s climate systems is becoming more possible—and less predictable—than ever.
Some of the winning and honored entries in this year’s annual photo competition
The founder of Chipotle wants to reinvent lunch using robots. Is that really a reinvention at all?
A new book explores the roots of our love for certain creatures—and our indifference toward many others.
The case has one important advantage the others don’t.
Finding a matched donor has always been the major challenge. A drug has solved that problem.
Assessing a debate about a controversial hiring practice
If you feel too rushed even to read this, then your life could use a change.
The first days of the criminal case against the former president have been mundane, even boring—and that’s remarkable.
They could benefit from a diversity of hormones, empathy about their experience, and a frank approach to sexuality—all hallmarks of trans health care.
Revisiting BlackPlanet, and a lost era when social media was still fun
Despite the easing of taboos and the rise of hookup apps, Americans are in the midst of a sex recession.
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/?utm_source=feed
“I am tempted to think that the perplexed businessman might discover a possible solution of his troubles if he would just spend a few days in his wife’s kitchen.”