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What a TikTok Ban Would Mean for the U.S. Defense of an Open Internet

Global digital rights advocates are watching to see if Congress acts, worried that other countries could follow suit with app bans of their own.

 By David McCabe

Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.

In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

 By Jonathan Moens

The Latest Impeachment Is History, but the Political Repercussions Will Live On

Republicans say the quick dismissal of charges against Alejandro Mayorkas sets a dangerous precedent. Democrats say the mistake would have been to treat the case seriously.

 By Carl Hulse

America Was Once the Country Begging Richer Allies for Help

The logic of foreign entanglement was the same then as now.

 By Stacy Schiff

Should We Change Species to Save Them?

When traditional conservation fails, science is using “assisted evolution” to give vulnerable wildlife a chance.

 By Emily Anthes and Chang W. Lee

What Makes Tiny Tardigrades Nearly Radiation Proof

New research finds that the microscopic “water bears" are remarkably good at repairing their DNA after a huge blast of radiation.

 By Carl Zimmer

Bizarre Sea Creatures Illuminate the Dawn of the Animal Kingdom

A new study bolsters the idea that the first animals were surprisingly complex, perhaps equipped with muscles and a nervous system.

 By Carl Zimmer

A Powerful Climate Solution Just Below the Ocean’s Surface

Restoring seagrass meadows is one tool that coastal communities can use to address climate change, both by capturing emissions and mitigating their effects.

 By Tatiana Schlossberg

Anxiety, Bedtime and Mating: How Animals May React to the Eclipse

When the total solar eclipse happens on Monday, animals at homes, farms and zoos may act strangely. Researchers can’t wait to see what happens when day quickly turns to night.

 By Juliet Macur and Emily Anthes

A.I. Has a Measurement Problem

Which A.I. system writes the best computer code or generates the most realistic image? Right now, there’s no easy way to answer those questions.

 By Kevin Roose

Your Brain Waves Are Up for Sale. A New Law Wants to Change That.

In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.

 By Jonathan Moens

How A.I. Tools Could Change India’s Elections

Avatars are addressing voters by name, in whichever of India’s many languages they speak. Experts see potential for misuse in a country already rife with disinformation.

 By Suhasini Raj

A.I.’s Original Sin

A Times investigation found that tech giants altered their own rules to train their newest artificial intelligence systems.

 By Michael Barbaro, Cade Metz, Stella Tan, Michael Simon Johnson, Mooj Zadie, Rikki Novetsky, Marc Georges, Liz O. Baylen, Diane Wong, Dan Powell, Pat McCusker and Chris Wood

Meta, in Its Biggest A.I. Push, Places Smart Assistants Across Its Apps

Users of Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp and Messenger will be able to turn to the new technology, powered by Meta’s latest artificial intelligence model, to obtain information and complete tasks.

 By Mike Isaac and Cade Metz

Quick! Someone Get This Book a Doctor.

Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

 By Molly Young and Nicholas Calcott

4 Books to Make You Fall in Love With Poetry

Gregory Cowles, the poetry editor of The New York Times Book Review, recommends four books that are perfect for National Poetry Month.

 By Gregory Cowles, Karen Hanley and Claire Hogan

Hundreds of Small Presses Just Lost Their Distributor. Now What?

A nonprofit that distributed books for many of the country’s small presses has closed, and the fallout could affect the publishing industry in ways both big and small.

 By Elizabeth A. Harris

Book Bans Continue to Surge in Public Schools

More books were removed during the first half of this academic year than in the entire previous one.

 By Alexandra Alter

The Widest-Ever Global Coral Crisis Will Hit Within Weeks, Scientists Say

Rising sea temperatures around the planet have caused a bleaching event that is expected to be the most extensive on record.

 By Catrin Einhorn

‘Narco-deforestation’ and the future of the Amazon

The fate of Colombia’s rainforest may lay in the hands of a rebel group linked to drugs and illegal mining.

 By Manuela Andreoni

What’s Killing Endangered Sawfish in Florida?

First, fish off the Florida Keys started swimming in spirals or upside down. Then, endangered sawfish started dying. Scientists are racing to figure out why.

 By Patricia Mazzei

China’s Cities Are Sinking Below Sea Level, Study Finds

Development and groundwater pumping are causing land subsidence and heightening the risks of sea level rise.

 By Delger Erdenesanaa

Trains, Trucks and Tractors: The Race to Reroute Goods From Baltimore

Since the collapse of the Key Bridge, other East Coast ports have absorbed the cargo previously handled in Baltimore, but some parts of the supply chain like trucking are struggling.

 By Peter Eavis

Countdown Is On for the Bitcoin ‘Halving’

Bitcoin aficionados are hoping that a scheduled reduction in the number of new coins going into circulation will cause the price of the cryptocurrency to skyrocket.

 By David Yaffe-Bellany

The Global Turn Away From Free-Market Policies Worries Economists

More countries are embracing measures meant to encourage their own security and independence, a trend that some say could slow global growth.

 By Patricia Cohen

China’s Economy, Propelled by Its Factories, Grew More Than Expected

China’s big bet on manufacturing helped to counteract its housing slowdown in the first three months of the year, but other countries are worried about a flood of Chinese goods.

 By Keith Bradsher and Alexandra Stevenson

How to Begin a Creative Life

We spoke to 150 artists, some planning retrospectives and others making their debut, to ask about the process of starting something.

Representing the U.S. and Critiquing It in a Psychedelic Rainbow

Jeffrey Gibson’s history-making turn at the Venice Biennale brings the gay and Native American artist center stage with works of struggle and freedom.

 By Jillian Steinhauer

Before She Became Music’s Greatest Teacher, She Wrote an Opera

Nadia Boulanger’s “La Ville Morte” was repeatedly thwarted by death and World War I, then nearly lost. Finally, it is having its American premiere.

 By Joshua Barone

A.I. Made These Movies Sharper. Critics Say It Ruined Them.

Machine-learning technologies are being used in film restoration for new home video releases. But some viewers strongly dislike the results.

 By Calum Marsh

The New Age of D.I.Y. Medicine

A new product for preventing cavities doesn’t have F.D.A. approval or promising clinical trials, but it does have customers.

 By David Wallace-Wells

Heat-Related E.R. Visits Rose in 2023, C.D.C. Study Finds

As record heat enveloped the nation, the rate of emergency room visits increased compared with the previous five years, a sign of the major health risks of high temperatures.

 By Noah Weiland

Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment

New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.

 By Apoorva Mandavilli

Scotland Pauses Gender Medications for Minors

The change followed a sweeping review by England’s National Health Service that found “remarkably weak” evidence for youth gender treatments.

 By Azeen Ghorayshi

America Was Once the Country Begging Richer Allies for Help

The logic of foreign entanglement was the same then as now.

 By Stacy Schiff

Women Who Made Art in Japanese Internment Camps Are Getting Their Due

A traveling exhibit will focus on the work of three Japanese American women artists, Hisako Hibi, Miki Hayakawa and Miné Okubo.

 By Rebecca Carballo

Where Kamala Harris Lives, a Little-Known History of Enslavement

The vice president’s official residence is in a quiet Washington enclave once home to 34 enslaved people. Ms. Harris has sought to reconnect the property to its Black heritage.

 By Robert Draper

The Eclipse That Ended a War and Shook the Gods Forever

Thales, a Greek philosopher 2,600 years ago, is celebrated for predicting a famous solar eclipse and founding what came to be known as science.

 By William J. Broad

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, April 13, 2024

Can you sort 8 historical events?

The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers

Amid a wider national atmosphere of division, distrust, bitterness and exhaustion, middle managers are the frontline workers trying to resolve tensions and keep communities working.

 By David Brooks

Julia Louis-Dreyfus Thinks Youth Is Overrated

The actor wants you to start listening to older women — and not just because they’re guests on her podcast.

 By Jancee Dunn

It’s Lonely at the Top

When making difficult decisions, you won’t help matters by over-explaining that you did what was best for everyone.

 By Roxane Gay

Elon Musk’s Mindset: ‘It’s a Weakness to Want to Be Liked’

In an interview, the tech billionaire slams advertisers for pulling back from X and discusses his emotional state.

 By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Evan Roberts, Elaine Chen, Dan Powell and Kelly Pieko

Why Your Big Sister Resents You

“Eldest daughter syndrome” assumes that birth order shapes who we are and how we interact. Does it?

 By Catherine Pearson

Sexism, Hate, Mental Illness: Why Are Men Randomly Punching Women?

Conversation about the attacks on the streets of New York have centered on mental illness, but the offenses seem to have their roots in hatred of women.

 By Ginia Bellafante

Perfectionism Is a Trap. Here’s How to Escape.

Perfectionism among young people has skyrocketed, but experts say there are ways to quiet your inner critic.

 By Christina Caron

Large Scientific Review Confirms the Benefits of Physical Touch

Premature babies especially benefited from skin-to-skin contact, and women tended to respond more strongly than men did.

 By Joanne Silberner

The Atmosphere of the ‘Manosphere’ Is Toxic

Struggling men need to leave the gurus behind.

 By David French

This Lava Tube in Saudi Arabia Has Been a Human Refuge for 7,000 Years

Ancient humans left behind numerous archaeological traces in the cavern, and scientists say there may be thousands more like it on the Arabian Peninsula to study.

 By Robin George Andrews

Sexism, Hate, Mental Illness: Why Are Men Randomly Punching Women?

Conversation about the attacks on the streets of New York have centered on mental illness, but the offenses seem to have their roots in hatred of women.

 By Ginia Bellafante

Barbara Joans, Anthropologist Who Studied Biker Culture, Dies at 89

In her 60s, she hit the open road on a hulking Harley-Davidson and found a new area of academic research: bikers, and in particular, women bikers.

 By Alex Williams