1+ hour, 4+ min ago  (57+ words) The New Yorker Radio Hour is a co-production of WNYC and The New Yorker. A scientist's close call with hantavirus aboard the M. V. Hondius cruise. Why the Pentagon started taking U. F. O. s seriously. I switched to a standing desk, so now you…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1301+ words) Richard Brody reviews John Carney's dramedy, in which a thwarted songwriter, played by Paul Rudd, crosses paths with a former boy-band star in search of new material. The myth of untapped genius runs rampant through mass culture, whether on talent-scouting…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago  (1436+ words) A reporter spent a year using more than 100 A. I. -powered products, from a toothbrush to a car, and found that it isn't a one-size-fits-all technology. "I, Joanna Stern, do solemnly swear to live with the machines for the next 365 days." Thus…...

9+ hour, 4+ min ago  (157+ words) Both Donald and Si attended Syracuse University for a while but leaped impatiently into the family business well before graduation. The brothers were close, trading confidences all week long, then meeting for dinner on Sunday nights at Sette Mezzo, an…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (1468+ words) Inkoo Kang on shows such as "Euphoria" and "Margo's Got Money Troubles," which are wildly different but equally unrealistic about sex work. In the new Apple TV dramedy "Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed," a divorced mother in the midst of an increasingly…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (75+ 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. Tough-guy things I can do because I don't wear a face mask. It's becoming…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago  (348+ words) Well, we're embarrassed. On behalf of the entire search-and-rescue community'this one's on us. It seems that we did find Amelia Earhart, roughly two weeks after her disappearance over the Pacific Ocean, in 1937, but we didn't recognize her because she had…...

1+ day, 19+ hour ago  (1735+ words) It wasn't a banner year for the world's most important film festival, but there were gems among the twenty-two films contending for the Palme d'Or, Justin Chang writes. The jury, led by the South Korean filmmaker Park Chan-wook, nonetheless found…...

1+ day, 20+ hour ago  (107+ words) The Epic Disaster of Operation Epic Fury," by Robin Wright Why Any Plausible Iran Deal Is a Humiliation for Trump," by Isaac Chotiner How Trump Created a Slush Fund for His Allies," by Ruth Marcus Is the Working Class Finally…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago  (71+ words) The runoff's winner will face the Democrat James Talarico, a state representative and former public-school teacher, whose long-shot bid for the Senate has generated national attention. A scientist's close call with hantavirus aboard the M. V. Hondius cruise. Why the Pentagon started…...