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The Frick, Renovated
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New York Times – March 15
Pew’s 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study
Gregory A. Smith et al.
Pew Research – February 26
Microsoft’s Topological Qubit
Cade Metz
New York Times – February 19
The 401(k) Tipping Point
Anne Tergesen
The Wall Street Journal – February 5
President Trump’s 2025 Inaugural Address
Donald J. Trump
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The 2025 Golden Globes Winners
Brent Lang and Jordan Moreau
Variety – January 5
Viaduc de Millau
The B1M
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Lauren Weber, Peter Santilli and Inti Pacheco
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A “New” Chopin Waltz
Javier C. Hernández
New York Times – October 27
Reviving U.S. Military Airfields in the Indo-Pacific
Niharika Mandhana, Mike Cherney and Camille Bressange
The Wall Street Journal – October 20
Beneath Petra’s Treasury
Olatunji Osho-Williams
Smithsonian Magazine – October 15
Tracking Perceptions of the Presidential Campaigns
Jennifer Agiesta
CNN – October 6
The West’s Struggle to Counter Islamic Militants in West Africa
Michael M. Phillips and Benoit Faucon
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What is Sea Level?
Brooke Jarvis
The New Yorker – August 19
The New Rules for Real Estate Commissions
Debra Kamin
New York Times – August 16
The Latest on Iran’s Nuclear Efforts
Laurence Norman and Michael R. Gordon
The Wall Street Journal – August 9
The 2024 Primetime Emmy Nominees
Eric Henderson
CBS News – July 17
China Pivots Toward Helping Address the U.S. Fentanyl Crisis
Brian Spegele
The Wall Street Journal – July 4
Tom Brady’s Patriots Hall of Fame Induction Speech
New England Patriots
YouTube – June 14
China’s New “Fengqiao Experience”
Vivian Wang
New York Times – May 25
Are Aircraft Carriers Becoming Obsolete?
Jamie McIntyre
Washington Examiner – May 17
A Primer on the War in Sudan
Abdi Latif Dahir and Declan Walsh
New York Times – April 30
Churchgoing and Mental Health
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The Editors – April 12
How AI Becomes Politically Biased
Zvi Mowshowitz
New York Times – March 28
Cuba’s Espionage Prowess
Brett Forrest and Warren P. Strobel
The Wall Street Journal – March 16
“Turn the Lights Back On”
Billy Joel
YouTube – February 16
Internet and State
Akash Kapur
The New Yorker – January 29
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Dov Lieber, David S. Cloud and Anat Peled
The Wall Street Journal – January 25
The 2024 Oscar Nominees
Benjamin VanHoose
People – January 23
The 2024 Emmy Winners
Jordan Freiman
CBS News – January 16
How to Keep Venice Afloat
Pro Perfected Series
The Wall Street Journal – January 4
The Quiet Revival of Lop Nur
William J. Broad, Chris Buckley and Jonathan Corum
New York Times – December 20
The 2024 Golden Globe Nominees
Rotten Tomatoes Staff
Rotten Tomatoes – December 11
Deorbiting the ISS
Meghan Bartels
Scientific American – November 21
The 2024 Grammy Nominees
Paula Cohen
CBS News – November 10
Increasing Functional Information: A New Law of Nature?
Will Dunham
Reuters – October 16
A $50 Million Wine Auction
Oscar Holland
CNN – September 28
The Hypersonic Missile Race
Sharon Weinberger
The Wall Street Journal – September 15
How to Age in Reverse
Bryan Johnson
World of Daas – August 29
The Trend in U.S.-China Trade
David J. Lynch
The Washington Post – August 6
Niger: Status and Stakes
Drew Hinshaw, Benoit Faucon, and Joe Parkinson
The Wall Street Journal – August 4
Reviving an Ancient Nematode
Emma Bowman
NPR – July 30
Discovering Ocomtún
Alan Yuhas
New York Times – July 20
This Year's Emmy Nominees
Jordan Moreau and Michael Schneider
Variety – July 12
A Mileage Tax to Pay for Roads?
Julie Carr Smyth
Associated Press – June 25
The Panama Canal Copes with Historic Drought
Costas Paris
The Wall Street Journal – June 20
Stand-Up Comedy in Medieval England
Tom Almeroth-Williams
University of Cambridge – May 31
"Statement on AI Risk"
AI Scientists and Other Notable Figures
Center for AI Safety – May 30
Immigrants' Share of U.S. Labor Force Hits a New Record High
Gabriel T. Rubin and Rosie Ettenheim
The Wall Street Journal – May 22
Titanic, Scanned in 3D
Rebecca Morelle and Alison Francis
BBC News – May 17
The Godfather of AI Has Regrets
Cade Metz
New York Times – May 1
Queens, Kings and War
Gwynn Guilford
Quartz – April 26
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New York Times – April 9
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Will Knight and Paresh Dave
Wired – March 29
The Stanford Law School Dean's Memorandum on Free Speech
Jenny S. Martinez
law.stanford.edu – March 22
American English
Ilan Stavans
The Wall Street Journal – March 3
"China’s Position on the Political Settlement of the Ukraine Crisis"
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
People's Republic of China – February 24
New Bing
Kevin Roose
New York Times – February 8
This Year's Oscar Nominees
Brent Lang, Jordan Moreau
Variety – January 24
2023 CES Highlights
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Gizmodo – January 10
The Durability of Roman Concretes
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Science Advances – January 6
Non-Financial Retirement Planning
Anne Tergesen
The Wall Street Journal – December 29
"The Chosen" Goes Mainstream
Ruth Graham
New York Times – November 25
The 2023 Grammy Nominations
Chris Willman
Variety – November 15
Marriage and Building Wealth
Julia Carpenter
The Wall Street Journal – November 7
The Return of the Snail Darter
Travis Loller
Associated Press – October 3
TikTok and U.S. National Security
Lauren Hirsch, David McCabe, Katie Benner and Glenn Thrush
New York Times – September 26
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Dave Kehr and Jonathan Kandell
New York Times – September 13
The Commonwealth's Future
Damien Cave
New York Times – September 11
An Elkhorn Coral Breakthrough
Isabel Rosales
CNN – September 4
The Artemis Program
Ailsa Harvey and Adam Mann
Space.com – August 17
Arming Schoolteachers
Sarah Mervosh
New York Times – July 31
Peter Thiel on Progress
Mary Harrington
UnHerd – July 25
The First Webb Telescope Images
Dennis Overbye, Kenneth Chang and Joshua Sokol
New York Times – July 12
Fin Whales Return to Antarctica
Helena Herr et al.
Scientific Reports – July 7
Climate Change and Solar Geoengineering
James Temple
MIT Technology Review – July 1
A Decade of DACA
Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times – June 14
Justice vs. Peace in Ukraine
Steven Erlanger
New York Times – June 14
Primal World Beliefs
Mark Travers
Forbes – June 12
Phantom Traffic Jam Science
Josh Zumbrun
The Wall Street Journal – June 10
This Year's Cannes Winners
Christian Zilko
IndieWire – May 28
Our First Look at Sagittarius A*
Geoffrey C. Bower
The Astrophysical Journal Letters – May 12
The Resilience of the Russian Economy
The Economist Staff
The Economist – May 7
The Deterioration of U.S.-Saudi Relations
Stephen Kalin, Summer Said, and David S. Cloud
The Wall Street Journal – April 19
Among the Most Vulnerable to COVID-19: Diabetics
Andrew Jacobs
New York Times – April 3
The Sun, in 83 Megapixels
Jamie Carter
Forbes – April 2
War Fashion
Fernando Alfonso III
NPR – March 22
The European Union and European Unity
Tomas Pueyo
Uncharted Territories – March 4
The State of India's Relationships with the U.S., China, and Russia
Sabrina Siddiqui, Alex Leary, and Rajesh Roy
The Wall Street Journal – March 4
The Past, Present and Future of Pickleball
Todd Plummer
New York Times – February 18
Is the Equal Rights Amendment Part of the U.S. Constitution?
Stephen Dinan
The Washington Times – February 9
This Year's Oscar Nominees
Kimberly Nordyke, Hilary Lewis
The Hollywood Reporter – February 8
Ukraine Crisis 101
Joanna Sugden, Yaroslav Trofimov, Michael R. Gordon
The Wall Street Journal – January 27
The Future of Money in the Metaverse
Anna Wiener
The New Yorker – January 4
The World's Most Expensive Michelin-Starred Restaurants
Charmaine Jacob
CNBC – January 2
What Foreign Trade Partners Think of Biden's Trade Policies
Yuka Hayashi
The Wall Street Journal – December 28
Weather and Inflation
Ryan Dezember
The Wall Street Journal – December 28
Sardi's Reopens in New York City, Subtly Refurbished
Michael Paulson
New York Times – December 25
The Art of the Lede
Calvin Trillin
The New Yorker – December 20
Lithium Mining and the Environment
Ella Nilsen and Rene Marsh
CNN – December 17
Immersive Van Gogh: Art vs. Entertainment
Kelly Crow
The Wall Street Journal – December 12
Refurbishing America's National Parks and Monuments
Rebecca Reynolds
Associated Press – December 10
The Amazon Effect on Labor Markets
Sebastian Herrera
The Wall Street Journal – December 8
Germany's Merkel Era, 2005-2021
Geir Moulson
Associated Press – December 7
The Race to Collect Customer Data Ahead of Big Tech Privacy Reforms
Suzanne Vranica
The Wall Street Journal – December 2
Listening to and Learning from Centuries-Old Music
Anna Zayaruznaya
Yale News – December 2
The Role of Gerrymandering in Swing-State Politics
Nick Corasaniti
New York Times – November 25
How Amazon Has Undermined U.S. Consumer Privacy
Jeffrey Dastin, Chris Kirkham and Aditya Kalra
Reuters – November 19
Inside the Biden Administration's Immigration Policy Rifts
Michelle Hackman and Tarini Parti
The Wall Street Journal – November 18
How Tiger Global Wins
Mario Gabriele
The Generalist – November 14
Museo del Prado Weighs In on Who Painted "Salvator Mundi"
Staff
The Times of Israel – November 14
Questions Around the Finance Sector's COP Pledge
Tom Metcalf, Alastair Marsh
Bloomberg – November 6
Philosophical Implications of AI
Henry Kissinger, Eric Schmidt and Daniel Huttenlocher
The Wall Street Journal – November 1
COVID-19 Disrupts China's Plan to Wean Itself from Western Demand
Stella Yifan Xie
The Wall Street Journal – October 24
“Maya Train” Construction Turns Up Troves of Mayan Artifacts
Radina Gigova
CNN – October 24
How CNN, Fox and Other Media Are Collaborating Against Facebook
Sylvia Varnham O'Regan, Mark Di Stefano
The Information – October 22
Russia's Internet Censorship
Adam Satariano and Paul Mozur
New York Times – October 22
Preppy Style Roars Back, Again
Nancy MacDonell
The Wall Street Journal – October 20
The Pros and Cons of Vaccination Mandates
Dhruv Khullar
The New Yorker – October 15
Where the U.S. Stands With Inflation
Bruce Yandle
Reason – October 13
What Does "Bipartisan Consensus" on Tech Mean?
Justin Sherman
Wired – October 13
The Implications of China's Crypto Mining Ban
Gian M. Volpicelli
Wired – October 13
5G Competition Scorecard
John McCormick, Meghan Bobrowsky and Dan Strumpf
The Wall Street Journal – October 13
The New York Times 2021 Recommended U.S. Restaurant List
Various Contributors
New York Times – October 12
Why the Origins of COVID-19 Are Still Unknown
Carolyn Kormann
The New Yorker – October 12
"Shadow Inflation" in Goods and Services
Neil Irwin
New York Times – October 11
Winners of the 2021 Drone Photo Awards
Suzette Lohmeyer
NPR – October 9
Entrepreneur Steve Kirsch and Vaccines
Cat Ferguson
MIT Technology Review – October 5
Explaining the Term "Metaverse"
Adi Robertson and Jay Peters
The Verge – October 4
Climate Change and the Promise of Nuclear Fusion
Rivka Galchen
The New Yorker – October 4
Democracy's Performance During the Pandemic
Justin Esarey
The Atlantic – October 4
Fox News Becomes Late-Night Comedy Contender with "Gutfeld!"
Cynthia Littleton
Variety – October 2
To Smuggle Migrants, Cartels Use Minors Who Face No Punishment
Kevin Sieff
The Washington Post – October 2
Christopher Columbus's World Map
Simeon Netchev
World History Encyclopedia – October 1
U.S. Explores Regulation of Stablecoin
Andrew Ackerman, AnnaMaria Andriotis
The Wall Street Journal – October 1
Some Rising, Some Falling Among European Social Democrats
Norimitsu Onishi
New York Times – October 1
Update on Efforts to Prove Viability of Fusion Power
Katie Brigham
CNBC – October 1
Digital Vaccine Credentials in the U.S.
Harini Barath
MIT Technology Review – October 1
The Perils of Defining Oneself by One's Work
Arthur Brooks
The Atlantic – September 30
The Facebook Files: A Wall Street Journal Investigation
None
The Wall Street Journal – September 28
Why Facebook Should Release the Facebook Files
Casey Newton
The Verge – September 28
Hybrid Work in the Knowledge Economy: Here to Stay or Go?
Cal Newport
The New Yorker – September 28
Darius Rucker on Country Music's Stigma of "Rebel Flags and Racism"
Darius Rucker
USA Today – September 27
Restoring a Pietà Michelangelo Began Sculpting for His Own Tomb
Elisabetta Povoledo
New York Times – September 27
School Bus Shortage Across the U.S.
Zachary Crockett
The Hustle – September 25
Using Dendrochronology to Date String Instruments
Paolo Cherubini
Science – September 24
Derrick Bell and the Origins of Critical Race Theory
Jelani Cobb
The New Yorker – September 20
The Politics of Behavioral Genetics
Gideon Lewis-Kraus
The New Yorker – September 13
Do Employers Understand Why Employees are Quitting?
Aaron De Smet et al.
McKinsey & Company – September 8
Modeling Business Innovation on Evolutionary Principles
Noubar Afeyan and Gary P. Pisano
Harvard Business Review – September 1
Petraeus on Trump, Biden and Afghanistan
Tunku Varadarajan
The Wall Street Journal – August 20
How to be Rational
Joshua Rothman
The New Yorker – August 16
Lessons in Pandemic Preparedness
Amy Maxmen
Nature – August 13
South Korea as a Unique Middle Power
Seong-ho Sheen
The National Interest – August 2
Why Only Some Tech Companies Have "Founder Mafias"
Auren Hoffman
Substack – July 30
The French Tacos
Lauren Collins
The New Yorker – April 21
Six American Substitutes for European Destinations
Debra Kamin
Conde Nast Traveler – July 14