AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar1 day agoHow to Both-Sides a “Civil War”verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Andrew MarantzIn his new film, Alex Garland seems to be trying to have it both ways, using our dire politics as buzzy I.P. while tap-dancing around conversations that might get him in trouble. Years ago, when I was a freelance journalist desperate for work, I went to Jackson Hole, Wyoming, on a press junket for a …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar1 day agoThe Fate of Israel’s Hostages After Iran’s Rocket Attackverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Ruth MargalitAs Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu oversees an increasingly fraught regional confrontation, the families of Hamas captives work to free their loved ones. On Saturday night, Matty Dancyg was at home in the southern Israeli town of Sde Boker when Iran launched a huge rocket strike on Israel, to …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar2 days agoAre Flying Cars Finally Here?verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Gideon Lewis-KrausThey have long been a symbol of a future that never came. Now a variety of companies are building them—or something close. A little more than a decade ago, Founders Fund, a venture-capital firm run by the entrepreneur, investor, and political gadfly Peter Thiel, issued a proclamation called “What …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar2 days agoHow Perfectly Can Reality Be Simulated?verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Anna WienerVideo-game engines were designed to mimic the mechanics of the real world. They’re now used in movies, architecture, military simulations, and efforts to build the metaverse. On a warm afternoon last fall, Steven Caron, a technical artist at the video-game company Quixel, stood at the edge of a …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar2 days agoHow to Die in Good Healthverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Dhruv KhullarThe average American celebrates just one healthy birthday after the age of sixty-five. Peter Attia argues that it doesn’t have to be this way. Some of my earliest memories are of summers with my grandparents, in New Delhi. I spent long, scorching months drinking lassi, playing cricket, and helping …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar2 days agoWhat Is Noise?verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Alex RossSometimes we embrace it, sometimes we hate it—and everything depends on who is making it. “Noise” is a fuzzy word—a noisy one, in the statistical sense. Its meanings run the gamut from the negative to the positive, from the overpowering to the mysterious, from anarchy to sublimity. The negative …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar3 days agoIsrael’s Momentous Decisionverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Dexter FilkinsAfter Iran’s dramatic but largely ineffective attack, Benjamin Netanyahu’s response will have tremendous consequences. Mired in a brutal war in Gaza and beset by international condemnation, Israel had a single day of undisputed victory this weekend. After Iran launched more than three hundred …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar3 days agoDonald Trump’s Trial of the Centuryverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Eric LachManhattan prosecutors have argued that the Stormy Daniels case—the first criminal trial of a former President in American history—is about much more than hush money. And legal experts believe that a conviction is likely. In 2006, at a celebrity golf tournament on the shore of Lake Tahoe, Donald …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar3 days agoDonald Trump’s Very Busy Court Calendarverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Amy Davidson SorkinThe first criminal trial of a former President starts this week. After all the legal posturing, the action will finally get real—that’s the theory, anyway. The mass of motions, hearings, arguments, and gag orders related to the four criminal cases against Donald Trump can feel like a pile of …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar4 days agoThe Vatican’s Statement on Gender Is Unsurprising, and a Missed Opportunityverified_publisherThe New Yorker - Paul ElieA new document that strives to reconsider matters of human dignity nevertheless echoes Church rhetoric from decades ago. The arc of Vatican rhetoric on sexual issues is long, and it doesn’t bend much at all. On October 30, 1986, the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith released a …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar4 days agoIs This Israel’s Forever War?verified_publisherThe New Yorker - Keith GessenForeign-policy analysts whose careers were shaped by the war on terror see troubling parallels. Natasha Hall grew up in Arlington, Virginia, in the nineteen-eighties. Her mother, who was originally from Jordan, was an accountant at the World Bank; her father, who was a Vietnam War vet and marine …
AvatarThe New YorkerAvatarAvatar5 days agoHow a Republican and a Democrat Carved out Exemptions to Texas’s Abortion Banverified_publisherThe New YorkerRare across-the-aisle coöperation in Austin aims to protect some people who need abortions and the doctors who provide them. Plus, a band rehearsal with the songwriter and actor Maya Hawke. Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You Listen Sign up to receive our weekly newsletter …