2+ hour, 47+ min ago  (1450+ words) Emerald Fennell's new movie may be mediocre, but its popularity demonstrates the strength of a genre that Hollywood has all but abandoned. What's lovable about it is love itself: Fennell's "Wuthering Heights" is an unabashedly romantic movie emerging at a…...

15+ hour, 29+ min ago  (115+ words) The Polk Awards, which will be handed out at a ceremony on April 10th, preserve the memory of George Polk, a CBS journalist who was killed in 1948 as he reported on a civil war in Greece. James Baldwin won the first…...

15+ hour, 30+ min ago  (61+ words) I'll start this new project just as soon as all conditions in my life are perfect. More precise names for the "Personal Life" section on Wikipedia. It's becoming pretty clear that something is going on with the crossword constructor. I'm…...

19+ hour, 34+ min ago  (591+ words) 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. A few weeks ago, my alarm startled me awake at 2:46 A.M. I plodded to the kitchen, where…...

19+ hour, 34+ min ago  (1459+ words) A new book provides a twist on the wrongful-conviction genre, showing how deep the rot can be when sexual violence is involved. Rachel Monroe writes. But exonerating McIntyre turned out to be much more complicated than Pilate realized at first,…...

19+ hour, 34+ min ago  (208+ words) At the time, few people had any idea what he was talking about. For most, Land's prognostications were easily dismissed as the ramblings of a tech-addled Continental philosopher. By 1998, burnt out on stimulants and anticipating a Y2K apocalypse, Land had a…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (105+ words) He was a true independent whose method was as rigorous and as singular as his intellectual focus. On location, he worked with a spare crew comprising a cinematographer (from 1980 to 2020, John Davey) and a camera assistant; Wiseman himself carried the…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (452+ words) Is this Waymo a better person than you? You don't want to make assumptions, but it did come to a complete stop at the stop sign. Not a California stop'a stop during which time actually passes. You feel this, and…...

3+ day, 19+ hour ago  (98+ words) The Duke was the company's governor, largest shareholder, and guiding spirit. Meetings often took place at his lodgings in Whitehall. James continued in his role as the governor of the Royal African Society when he ascended the throne, as James…...

4+ day, 19+ hour ago  (268+ words) Early in my freshman year of college, a speeding car struck my twin brother, Jim, on a street near our campus. These were pre-cellphone days, but I happened to be in my dorm room when the call came in, so…...