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Finding Meaning in Going Nowhere
Author Ottessa Moshfegh opens up about coping with depression, how writing saved her life, and finding solace in an overlooked song.
Author Ottessa Moshfegh opens up about coping with depression, how writing saved her life, and finding solace in an overlooked song.
Nabongo is the first documented black woman and first Ugandan to travel to every sovereign nation. Here’s what she learned along the way.
These reoccuring story elements have proven effects on our imagination, our emotions and other parts of our psyche.
Ever wondered what’s causing those small white bumps around your eyes? They could be milia, and your moisturizer might be to blame.
As the world felt increasingly chaotic, I wondered which principles I could apply – turns out there were many.
A sauce of coconut milk, a hot chile, and spices create a full range of bitter, sweet, and tingling flavors.
Universal remotes promised to simplify controlling TV entertainment centers. Then streaming happened.
A recently proposed experiment would confirm that gravity is a quantum force.
Saul Bellow, Susan Sontag, Sylvia Plath and more on their nighttime visions.
Disenfranchised grief refers to losses that society doesn’t fully appreciate or ignores. This makes it harder to mourn, at least in public.
A nerd’s guide to bullet journaling.
Plus, how the beauty of nature and art leavens our most unselfish impulses.
From bad bosses to gossipy colleagues and, of course, office refrigerator drama.
Many independent pharmacies are in turmoil throughout the US. But a unique law has made North Dakota a haven for mom-and-pop operators.
The rise of ARFID, a new eating disorder driven not by body image but by fear.
I didn’t know how you could inventory memories. I might search for a particular one, bring it up, dust it off. But how to count five days’ worth?
As increasing numbers of us can’t or won’t have children, Helen Coffey talks to those who are planning their lives without a nuclear family, and investigates why government policy has yet to catch up with this rapidly growing demographic.
From "wandering wombs" to modern biases, the troubling politics of hysterectomies
TikTok beauty influencer Kaycee Ogle is regularly contacted by brands who want her to promote their products. But one email she received in June was different, and made her curious.
For those trying to overcome their fears of flying, it’s been . . . a challenging time to say the least.
A small but enthusiastic group of neuroscientists is exhuming overlooked experiments and performing new ones to explore whether cells record past experiences — fundamentally challenging what memory is.
Keep reading for a deep-dive on how sleep impacts your fitness abilities and how you can get back on track to peak performance.
The furor we’ve seen on late night and ‘South Park’ is just the beginning: TV writers plan to make the cultural cost of capitulating to Trump as high as possible.
Advice for companies that become the focus of Trump’s Truth Social posts
The psychologist and former NBA player discusses the professional volumes and childhood stories that shaped his life and his approach to it.
The Los Angeles Clippers have assembled perhaps the oldest roster in NBA history. Will that experience be a strength or a liability?
The final days of July are the dog days of soccer’s summer transfer window, but August will bring a flurry of wheeling and dealing.
A gory new genre gets at the heart of our anxieties around contemporary romance and dating
When done well, a strong personal brand attracts job offers, and can lead to consulting or speaking opportunities.
The Midtown Manhattan shooter speculated that the condition was a cause of his mental illness. But drawing that line is premature—and risky.
The coastal rail giants say it would create ‘the first transcontinental railroad in America’ through an $82 billion deal.
Yasa, a small British engineering company, built an over-730-horsepower beast that weighs just under 30 pounds.
I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?
“You can only refill a deflated balloon so much, and often surgical intervention is necessary.”
I work hard, buy quality clothes and know how to fake my way through dinner-party conversations. But behind the scenes, I’m part of a fast-growing Canadian underclass.
When it meets this week, the Federal Reserve is widely expected to keep its key short-term interest rate at its current target range — where it has stayed for all of 2025.
This year, parents will pay more for back-to-school essentials such as pens, pencils and backpacks.
Rigorous new research appears to show that monthly checks intended to help disadvantaged children did little for their well-being, adding a new element to a dispute over expanded government aid.
It’s tempting to imagine what we might have done differently. But, as Diana Nyad says: ‘We earn our wisdom.’
Susan Monarez is the first director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to require Senate confirmation. She’s also the first director without a medical degree in more than 70 years.
A quarter-size device that tracks the rise and fall of sugar in your blood is the latest source of hope — and hype — in the growing buzz around wearable health technology.
Millions of animals are stuck in increasingly cramped shelters because their owners are struggling to pay rising vet bills and other expenses.
The gunman accused of killing four people in New York City suspected he had chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE — a degenerative brain disease often associated with football players.
Many high earners in the U.S. still feel broke. Between lifestyle creep, debt and social pressure, even $200,000 per year doesn’t always buy peace of mind.
The new tariff could increase prices on goods such as cars, furniture and pharmaceuticals. Trump's tariffs are expected to raise prices by 1.8% in the short term, per the Yale Budget Lab.