After one of the most brutal wars of this century, a new Syria is rising from the disastrous legacy of the toppled dictator Bashar al-Assad. His...
Animation of the same plastic spheres disappearing one at a time. A holy grail in pure mathematics is sphere packing in higher dimensions. Almost nothing has...
A yellowish-green apple with a short brown stem, centered on a light blue background. Math, Revealed What an apple, a pentagram and a bellybutton have in...
You can hear a reading of this poem, and play our game, at the bottom of the page. Poetry teems with charismatic beasts, from Shelley’s skylark...
A red Etch A Sketch toy set against a light purple background displays an animation of a simple line drawing. Math, Revealed Welcome to a city...
Dave Sanders for The New York Times Four years ago, Andrew M. Cuomo resigned as governor of New York under a cloud of multiple sexual harassment...
The horror cartoonist Junji Ito, creator of popular series like “Tomie” and “Uzumaki,” is one of manga’s biggest stars in the United States. And even those...
At 5:04 a.m. last Monday, Usher sent his publicist an audio file named “My Commencement 2025.” “What ya think?” one of the world’s most renowned musicians...
Welcome to the Poetry Challenge A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! The Poetry Challenge See...
Welcome to the Poetry Challenge A poem can lift the spirits and nourish the soul. This week, let’s all learn one together! The Poetry Challenge See...
