?The Interview?: Tilda Swinton Would Like a Word with Trump About His Mother

The Academy Award-winning actress discusses her lifelong quest for connection, humanity?s innate goodness and the point of being alive.

A Guy I Know Had a Liver Transplant. Now He?s Boozing Again.

The magazine?s Ethicist columnist on how to support someone with an addiction problem.

The Civil War in Ethiopia That Never Really Ended

A rare look inside a region still reckoning with the toll of war crimes, even as new conflicts roil the nation.

America?s Hidden Racial Divide: A Mysterious Gap in Psychosis Rates

Black Americans experience schizophrenia and related disorders at twice the rate of white Americans. It?s a disparity that has parallels in other cultures.

Is the Awkward ?Diversity Era? of Hollywood Behind Us?

The past decade?s clumsiest attempts to cram new faces into old stories now feel like a moment, and a genre, of their own.

Never Underestimate the Power of a Good Cookie

Biscochitos might not seem to have anything fancy about them until you take a bite. That?s when they revive and restore.

Take the Middle Seat on an Airplane and Be Purified

It?s exposure therapy to the full spectrum of mistreatment modern life inflicts on us.

The Secret Pentagon War Game That ?Offers a Stark? Warning for Our Times

The devastating outcome of the 1983 game reveals that nuclear escalation inevitably spirals out of control.

An I.V.F. Mix-Up, a Shocking Discovery and an Unbearable Choice

Two couples in California discovered they were raising each other?s genetic children. Should they switch their girls?

What Alice Munro Knew

The Nobel-winning author?s husband was a pedophile who targeted her daughter and other children. Why did she stay silent?

Judge John Hodgman on Shelf-Stable Parmesan

Can an Italian American use ?shaky cheese? if he?s cooking for a toddler?

Is It Fair to Judge a Friend by the Way She Voted?

The magazine?s Ethicist columnist on friendship, suspicion and character assessment.

Can Voters Be Held Accountable for Their Candidate?s Behavior?

The magazine?s Ethicist columnist on voter responsibility.

Judge John Hodgman on Putrid Flowers

Can you prevent your spouse from growing a plant that (occasionally) smells like a rotting corpse?

Am I a Hypocrite for Calling Donald Trump a Liar?

The magazine?s Ethicist columnist on hypocrisy.

Lovable Movie Robots Are Coming to Charm Your Children

The adult world is ever more full of robots. Children?s entertainment feels as if it?s working hard to make them seem adorable.

French Toast Gets a Polynesian Pick Me Up

Ipo, Tahitian coconut bread, takes the place of toasty French bread, merging long histories.

Moths Were Destroying My Clothes. Tiny Parasitic Wasps Saved Them.

A ?weird city version? of common countryside wisdom saved my favorite outfits.

Modern Warfare Is Breeding Deadly Superbugs. Why?

Researchers are trying to understand why resistant pathogens are so prevalent in the war-torn nations of the Middle East.

?The Interview?: K-Pop Trained Rosé to Be ?a Perfect Girl.? Now She?s Trying to Be Herself.

The Blackpink star strikes out on her own, away from the system that turned her into a global phenomenon.

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