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In September, Stanford researcher Michal Kosinski published a preprint of a paper that made an outlandish claim: The profile pictures we upload to social media and dating websites can be used to predict our sexual orientation. Kosinski, a Polish psychologist…
Nieu-Bethesda is far away from most places. It was the last village in South Africa to get electricity, in 1991, and it still doesn’t have a gas station or an A.T.M. Ringed by mountains, it feels like the sort of…
With the New York Philharmonic taking the weekend off at Lincoln Center, New York concertgoers seeking the comfort of massed orchestral sound should consider two other entertainments, both of which take place on Saturday evening—and each of which features a…
The New York repertory film scene today is more vigorous, and more invigorating, than at any time in the decades that I’ve been following it. Many of the earlier theatres are gone; they closed to a clamor of nostalgic hand-wringing…
Congress only has three working days between today and the next shutdown deadline on February 8 — when Senate Democrats hope to reach an agreement on immigration — to cobble together a spending deal to keep the government open. Congressional…
Researchers at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center have discovered that a “brain pacemaker,” consisting of thin electrical wires implanted in the brains of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, can slow down the decline of their cognitive, behavioral and functional capabilities.…
