It wasn’t the first time that Trump had debased someone who serves him. It wasn’t even the first time that Vance had had to downplay a blasphemy-themed A.I. image. By Amy Davidson Sorkin
When Your Digital Life Vanishes
A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void. By Julian Lucas
How Professional Wrestling Prepared Linda McMahon for Trump’s Cabinet
The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd. By Zach Helfand
Was Raphael the Runt of the Renaissance?
Many have called him boring, a peddler of simpleminded beauty. At the Met, a blockbuster exhibition restores his standing. By Zachary Fine
An Iranian official vowed retaliation for the U.S. attack on a vessel near the Strait of Hormuz. But Iran’s president said the war “benefits no one,” as an American delegation prepared for more talks.
The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of President Trump’s trade policy.
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On the social internet, our fascination with analyzing the hidden messages in our culture has been flattened into one word. By Dan Brooks
We Don’t Really Know How A.I. Works. That’s a Problem.
For us to trust it on certain subjects, researchers in the growing field of interpretability might need to learn how to open the black box of its brain.
President Trump said the officials would arrive Monday evening in Pakistan, which has been mediating negotiations. The Strait of Hormuz remained largely closed on Sunday.
As Democrats try to find a way back to power in Washington, some see tax cuts as a quick and easy way to address affordability. The wonks are freaking out.
When a group of financial advisors quit to open their own firm, their departure sparked a wave of resignations at Merrill—and a marathon effort to win over clients and $129 billion in assets.
Despite a plethora of new products and applications, Coinbase’s stock price still closely follows Bitcoin’s volatile path after five years on the public market.
The military said it would tighten its grip on the waterway until the U.S. ended its blockade of Iranian ports, adding to the uncertainty over the strait.
Separate from the regular Iranian Navy, with boats that often go more than 115 miles per hour, it’s what a retired U.S. official calls a “disruptive force.”
This feature dives into the ethics and technology behind “resurrection biology.” It tracks the progress of teams working on the Woolly Mammoth and the Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger). Rather than just “cloning,” the article explains how researchers are using CRISPR to edit the genomes of living relatives to recreate extinct traits, questioning whether these hybrids truly represent the lost species or are simply “proxies” for a vanished world.
2. Ancient DNA and the Human Speed-Up
Drawing from a groundbreaking study, this piece explores how human evolution didn’t slow down after the dawn of agriculture—it accelerated. By analyzing 2,000-year-old genetic samples, researchers found that the transition to farming and dense city living forced our immune systems and metabolisms to evolve faster in a few millennia than they had in the previous 50,000 years.
3. The “Headless Wonder”: The Death of Comet MAPS
A standout in the space section, this article chronicles the dramatic disintegration of Comet C/2026 A1 (MAPS). Discovered only in early 2026, the comet skimmed the sun on April 4th and lost its nucleus entirely. Astronomers explain the “headless wonder” phenomenon—where a comet’s tail continues to drift through space without its head—and what its fragile structure reveals about the early solar system.
4. Starquakes: The Archaeology of Red Giants
Using data from “stellar archaeology,” this article describes how vibrations inside stars—known as starquakes—are allowing scientists to see hidden magnetic fields. By linking the magnetism of modern white dwarfs to their earlier lives as red giants, researchers have created a “fossil record” of a star’s evolution, offering a preview of what might happen to our own Sun in several billion years.
5. Artemis II: The Far Side and Beyond
Following the safe return of the Artemis II crew, this long-form report provides the first detailed look at the data gathered during their moon flyby. It highlights the crew’s record-breaking distance from Earth and their observations of the “Grand Canyon of the Moon”—the South Pole-Aitken basin. The article shifts focus to the upcoming Artemis III mission, discussing the challenges of establishing a long-term lunar base.
Think what you will about Donald Trump; no one can deny his flair. Take, for example, a segment of his State of the Union speech earlier this year. “I’m inviting every legislator to join with my administration in reaffirming a fundamental principle,” Trump said. “If you agree with this statement, then stand up and show your support: The first duty of the American government is to protect American citizens, not illegal aliens.”
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