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Are Ultra-Processed Foods Killing Us?
A scientist tried to discredit the theory that ultra-processed foods are killing us. Instead, he overturned his own understanding of obesity.
Lauren Boebert’s Survival Instincts
The Colorado congresswoman’s inflammatory rhetoric has made her a national symbol of the Trumpist far right. She presents a different image closer to home.
John Mulaney Tries Pirate Talk in an “S.N.L.” Reunion
“All In: Comedy About Love,” a collaboration between the comedian, his former writing partner Simon Rich, and the director Alex Timbers, brings lovelorn dogs, the Elephant Man, and babies to Broadway.
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
“Aflame,” “Only in America,” “Taiwan Travelogue,” and “Tasmania.”
The Man Who Knew Too Much
Gottfried Leibniz made conceptual advances that lie behind our digital world. Yet for centuries he was mocked for a misstep.
Yukio Mishima’s Death Cult
The writer spent his life cultivating beauty—on the page and in the mirror—only to end it with a samurai-style suicide. Both acts spoke to a long-standing obsession.
On TikTok, Every Migrant Is Living the American Dream
Many people from the Andes have settled in New York. They face tremendous difficulties, but their online posts glamorize their lives, drawing others northward.
Bourbon Street After the Terror
In the wake of the New Year’s attack, party-hard New Orleans staggers to its feet.
The Risks of Standing Still in New York
Beware! You might start an impromptu queue or get declared a landmark.
When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the “Mona Lisa”
In 1911, the world’s most famous painting was stolen from the Louvre.
Around the World on the Hudson River
After eighty thousand miles, John Lipscomb takes his final patrol as a Riverkeeper boat captain who stumped for the fish and fought the “shit sprinklers.”
How to Get the Joan Baez Sound? Sleep with Your Guitar
Playing Joan Baez to Timothée Chalamet’s Dylan in “A Complete Unknown,” Monica Barbaro took up sketching and picking.
Did a Best-Selling Romantasy Novelist Steal Another Writer’s Story?
Tracy Wolff, the author of the “Crave” series, is being sued for copyright infringement. But romantasy’s reliance on standarized tropes makes proving plot theft tricky.
Roz Chast’s “Game Show”
The cartoonist depicts celebrities of the more ordinary, personal sort.