Oppenheimer: A roller-coaster moral odyssey with no definitive answersChristopher Nolan’s direction and screenplay, and Cillian Murphy’s acting, turn the most important moment in modern history into a political thriller. This article contains spoilers
Viral comeback: How pop star Meghan Trainor TikToked her way back into the mainstreamFor music industry executives who crave the kind of success Trainor has had on TikTok — that sort of serendipitous virality is hard to manufacture
Book bans, chatbots, pedagogical warfare: What it means to read has become a minefieldEveryone likes reading. So, why are we afraid of it?
Novak Djokovic: The one and lonelyAs the world debates who’s GOAT (greatest of all time) in the world of tennis, we look at the men who would be kings
Should universities be more like monasteries?As it becomes abundantly clear that texting and chatbotting are making students miserable right now, what they may actually need is a taste of the monk’s life
Clint Eastwood turns 93: Looking back on the ugly, the bad, the goodEastwood, who celebrated his 93rd birthday on Wednesday, is probably Hollywood’s greatest. Revered as an icon, he has deeply inflfluenced the art of movie-making
Re-imagining rice, a crop that feeds the worldFrom the Mekong to the Mississippi, people are exploring new ways to grow one of the world’s most important staple crops in the face of climate crisis
Would you take financial advice from AI?The financial services industry is plotting how to incorporate tools like ChatGPT into its products. But humans will still be necessary to provide personal advice.
What’s funny about grief?A new generation of stand-ups is mining the heartbreaking loss of a loved one for ambitious shows