A New Race to the Moon
Last week, India landed its spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 on the moon, becoming the first country to land such a craft near the south pole, where scientists believe vital reserves of water could be found f...
28 Aug 202323min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Fight for the Right to Trespass’
The signs on the gate at the entrance to the path and along the edge of the reservoir were clear. “No swimming,” they warned, white letters on a red background.On a chill mid-April day in northwest En...
27 Aug 202343min
A Plane Crash, 10 Dead People and a Question: Was This Putin’s Revenge?
The mysterious crash of a private jet outside Moscow is believed to have killed Yevgeny Prigozhin, the boss of the Wagner militia who led an armed rebellion against Moscow in June. Anton Troianovski, ...
25 Aug 202325min
A Fiery First Republican Debate — Without Trump
Last night, Republicans held their first debate of the 2024 presidential cycle without the party’s dominant candidate onstage: Donald J. Trump.Maggie Haberman, a senior political correspondent for The...
24 Aug 202326min
Ready or Not, Driverless Cars Are Here
After a closely watched vote, driverless cars, once a Silicon Valley fantasy, have become a 24-hour-a-day reality in San Francisco. Are autonomous vehicles an interesting and safe transportation alter...
23 Aug 202333min
Why the Coral Reef Crisis in Florida Is a Problem for All of Us
A marine heat wave is warming the waters off the coast of Florida, pushing temperature readings as high as 101 Fahrenheit and endangering a critical part of sea life: the coral reef.Catrin Einhorn, wh...
22 Aug 202328min
Inside the Sputtering Campaign of Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis of Florida began the race for the Republican nomination with high expectations and a clear argument: that he was a political fighter with a solid record of conservative achievements ...
21 Aug 202329min
The Sunday Read: ‘The Ongoing Mystery of Covid’s Origin’
Where did it come from? More than three years into the pandemic with untold millions of people dead, that question about the origin of Covid-19 remains widely disputed and fraught, with facts sparklin...
20 Aug 20231h 2min
