Juneteenth marks the day in 1865 when enslaved people in Texas learned they were free. Here is the history behind it.

Los Angeles has been the world’s entertainment capital for 100 years. Efforts are under way to stop the exodus, but is it ...

Why do we carry books, gym shoes, laptops, and other items we may never use? The answer may reveal how humans prepare for ...

Why visit Colombia in 2026? I recently returned from ten days visiting four Colombian cities, Bogotá, Pereira, Cartagena, and ...

Tracy Morgan, seen here in June 2026, has been blunt about the health checks that come with life after 50, including the ...

Pride may have started as an uprising against homophobia and discrimination. But over the ensuing decades, it morphed into a celebration. Until recent years, the trajectory on LGBTQ+ rights and ...

For millennia, philosophers have argued over why humans sleep and dream. In his fourth-century-bc treatise On Sleep and Sleeplessness, the philosopher Aristotle argued that sleep is a necessary, ...

In “Why Do We Exist?” Hakeem Oluseyi explores how life may have emerged to move energy through matter—and why Earth is the perfect setting. The following is an excerpt from “Why Do We Exist?: The Nine ...

Data centers are increasingly running into local opposition, for a variety of reasons. The two most-cited complaints are power consumption driving up electricity rates, and noise from the generators ...

Follow this section to personalize your feed and get instant alerts. WHY FOLLOW? Update your preferences in Account Settings Personalized Content Follow this tag to personalize your feed and get ...

In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka’s column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. Forty years ago, Bill Weiss, a student at Columbia ...

Some medical procedures and treatments require prior authorization from your health insurance company, meaning you'll need pre-approval before you can receive care. This episode, health care reporter ...