Imagine this: you are walking through an art gallery in the heart of metropolitan San Francisco. It’s a fancy one. So fancy that all the men are wearing turtlenecks and the ladies boast full length ...

Philosophers are generally expected to display wisdom and calm in the face of existential questions. I am just not one of those philosophers. I spent 30 years racing away from these thoughts by ...

After my fourth rescue cat died in his sleep at age 16, I was determined not to adopt another. However, I missed having a pet and went to Companion Animal Alliance, CAAWS and Cat Haven once again.

Pity the paradox of the content producer in the age of AI. On one hand, AI is one of the greatest gifts ever in terms of topics to cover. The 2025 Stratechery Year in Review was, just like 2024 and ...

Scientists may have cracked the case of whether a seven-million-year-old fossil could walk upright. A new study found strong anatomical evidence that Sahelanthropus tchadensis was bipedal, including a ...

The Origins of Politics: How Evolution and Ideology Shape the Fate of Nations, by Nicholas Wade (HarperCollins, 256 pp., $32.00) No matter how he lands on one’s radar, Wade is worth reading. His ...

From the outside, autism can be difficult to understand. The unique sensory world of an autistic person can mean that a joyful event—like a Christmas party—can become nightmare of noise, lights, ...

When Harvard biologist E.O. Wilson described the human condition as “the most important frontier of the natural sciences,” he was pointing to what many consider the real barrier to human progress: our ...

Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai talks to the media during movie "Kagemusha" press conference at Broadway Cinematheque MOMA on June 7, 2011 in Beijing, China. (Photo by Visual China Group via Getty ...

Along the eastern coast of Ireland, just south of Dublin, you will find County Wicklow. This is where Andrew Hozier-Byrne, better known as Hozier, grew up and still lives today. He rose to fame after ...

Albany painter Brian Cirmo reflects on the human condition; animator/podcaster Evens Angulo-Duvil shares “The Aura of Upstate”; and Reality Distortion performs. AHA! A House for Arts is available to ...

COULD ACTUALLY BE MUCH MORE ACCURATE. A MARY SALADNA IS IN THE NEWSROOM AND MARY THE RESULTS AREN’T GOOD. NO, THEY’RE NOT, BUT THE RESULTS ARE MORE REALISTIC AND MORE PROOF THAT BODY COMPOSITION ...