What happens at the dining table no longer stays at the dining table. If the city’s servers suddenly always seem to know your go-to drink order, or how you always order extra croutons on your salad – ...

Cancer continues to be one of the world's top causes of death, partly because of delayed discovery of the disease. But according to a recently released study, a simple blood test may be able to ...

While logic might suggest that getting more done means operating in a constant state of productivity, the opposite can actually be true: When you hit that afternoon slump and can’t seem to push ...

Pope Leo XIV greets visitors after celebrating Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2025. Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media “I have loved you.” The apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te” begins ...

Everything around us is built from sets of chemical elements. From the air we breathe to the jewelry we wear. All of these elements can be found on the periodic table that we’ve all had a chance to ...

The original stars of “Scrubs” have officially scrubbed back in for the reboot of the comedy, with Zach Braff, Donald Faison, Sarah Chalke and more posing for a new photo from the first table read.

At the start of “What We Can Know,” Ian McEwan’s eighteenth novel, the year is 2119 and the humanities are still in crisis. Thomas Metcalfe, a scholar of the literature of 1990 to 2030, props up his ...

For years, Ian McEwan was nominated for the Booker Prize so often that the judges kept him on speed dial. But then there came a moment — say around 2016 — when he published “Nutshell,” about a ...

With dystopian fiction a firm fixture in our literary landscape, it’s easy to imagine future English syllabi that include, from this decade alone, works by Ali Smith, Paul Lynch, and Stephen Markley.

My partner and I are in a bit of a pickle. Day to day, everything is good. We both earn a fair bit more than we did just a few years ago — combined, it’s about $150,000 a year. We avoid frivolous ...