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Introducing Our 2024 Poll Tracker

It starts by showing a very close race nationally and in critical battleground states.

 By Nate Cohn

The Major Supreme Court Cases of 2024

No Supreme Court term in recent memory has featured so many cases with the potential to transform American society.

 By Adam Liptak, Abbie VanSickle and Alicia Parlapiano

Six Takeaways From the First Presidential Debate

In a testy, personal clash, President Biden failed to ease worries about his age, Donald Trump forcefully made his case (with wild claims and exaggerations) and the moderators held their fact-checking fire.

 By Shane Goldmacher and Jonathan Swan

Fact-Checking Biden’s and Trump’s Claims on Domestic Policy

We scrutinized the presidential candidates’ recent claims on abortion, health care, crime and climate change ahead of the debate.

 By Linda Qiu

The Last Stand of the Woolly Mammoths

The species survived on an island north of Siberia for thousands of years, scientists reported, but were most likely plagued by genetic abnormalities.

 By Carl Zimmer

Scientists Find First Evidence That Butterflies Crossed an Ocean

Researchers discovered painted ladies on a South American beach and then built a case that they started their journey in Europe or Africa.

 By Monique Brouillette

Do We Need Language to Think?

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

 By Carl Zimmer

A Trilobite Pompeii Preserves Exquisite Fossils in Volcanic Ash

A fossil bed in the High Atlas Mountains of Morocco is allowing new insights into the anatomies of arthropods that lived a half-billion years ago.

 By Jack Tamisiea

When Your Building Super Is an A.I. Bot

Artificial intelligence is doing everything from helping landlords communicate with tenants to managing energy use.

 By Julie Weed

What the Arrival of A.I. Phones and Computers Means for Our Data

Apple, Microsoft and Google need more access to our data as they promote new phones and personal computers that are powered by artificial intelligence. Should we trust them?

 By Brian X. Chen

When the Terms of Service Change to Make Way for A.I. Training

Tech companies have been making subtle and not-so-subtle changes to their rules for better access to data for building A.I. We took a look at some of them.

 By Eli Tan

How A.I. Is Revolutionizing Drug Development

In high-tech labs, workers are generating data to train A.I. algorithms to design better medicine, faster. But the transformation is just getting underway.

 By Steve Lohr and Spencer Lowell

Now Narrating the Olympics: A.I.-Al Michaels

NBC will offer a customized, daily highlight reel with A.I.-generated narration that sounds like the longtime broadcaster.

 By John Koblin

Emily Henry on Writing Best-Sellers Without Tours and TikTok

The author of “Funny Story” churned out five consecutive No. 1 best-sellers without leaving her comfort zone. How did she pull it off?

 By Elisabeth Egan

Do You Know Where These Classic Novels Are Set?

Summer is here! Try this short quiz about books that happen to be set in popular vacation destinations.

 By J. D. Biersdorfer

New York’s First Black Librarians Changed the Way We Read

How the women who ran libraries during the Harlem Renaissance built collections and, just as important, communities of writers and readers.

 By Jennifer Schuessler

The Folger Library Wants to Reintroduce You to Shakespeare

After an $80 million expansion, the Folger Shakespeare Library is reopening with a more welcoming approach — and all 82 of its First Folios on view.

 By Jennifer Schuessler

Study Finds Small Streams, Recently Stripped of Protections, Are a Big Deal

Half of the water flowing through regional river basins starts in so-called ephemeral streams. Last year, the Supreme Court curtailed federal protections for these waterways.

 By Brad Plumer

How Ocean Warming Is Warping the World

The effects of ocean warming are vast, but often invisible.

 By David Wallace-Wells

The Vanishing Islands That Failed to Vanish

Low-lying tropical island nations were expected to be early victims of rising seas. But research tells a surprising story: Many islands are stable. Some have even grown.

 By Raymond Zhong and Jason Gulley

The Mysterious, Deep-Dwelling Microbes That Sculpt Our Planet

Earth’s crust teems with subterranean life that we are only now beginning to understand.

 By Ferris Jabr

Inflation’s Wild Ride

As the presidential election approaches, politicians are focused on who is to blame for price increases. How did we get here?

 By Jeanna Smialek, Karl Russell and Lazaro Gamio

Dilemma on Wall Street: Short-Term Gain or Climate Benefit?

Portfolio managers have conflicting incentives as the economic and financial risks from climate change become more apparent but remain imprecise.

 By Lydia DePillis

Get Ready for the Debate Like an Economics Pro

What you need to know about the economy before Thursday’s showdown between President Biden and Donald J. Trump.

 By Jeanna Smialek

The Taylor Swift Economy Has Landed in Europe

Economists are debating what effect the singer’s sweep through Europe will have this summer as swarms of fans increase demand for hotels and services.

 By Eshe Nelson

Kara Walker Is No One’s Robot

At SFMOMA, the artist enacts a parable about trauma and healing in Black life — and makes her first foray into robotics. “I went down a little sci-fi rabbit hole the last couple years working on this piece.”

 By Hilarie M. Sheets

Virginia Woolf, but Make It a Polyphonic, Sensory Ballet

American Ballet Theater brings Wayne McGregor’s “Woolf Works,” which evokes elements of three novels and the writer’s biography, to New York.

 By Joshua Barone

A Rubens Returns to a German Castle, 80 Years After It Was Stolen

The oil painting of a saint, looted from the castle in the closing weeks of World War II by the ducal family that once owned it, is being returned by a Buffalo museum.

 By Catherine Hickley

Dutch Fashion Designer Iris van Herpen Moves Into Art

“There’s more to me than only couture,” she said, previewing her first exhibition of sculpture. Catch it while you can: The show will last only 45 minutes.

 By Nina Siegal

Is Fish Oil Helpful or Harmful for the Heart?

Despite decades of research, the evidence for omega-3 supplements is murky.

 By Alice Callahan

Federal Officials Revise Recommendations for R.S.V. Vaccine

Among Americans aged 60 to 74, only those with certain health conditions need to receive the shots, the agency concluded.

 By Apoorva Mandavilli

New Drug Provides Total Protection From H.I.V. in Trial of Young African Women

An injection given just twice a year could herald a breakthrough in protecting the population that has the highest infection rates.

 By Stephanie Nolen

Is Delaying Menopause the Key to Longevity?

Scientists are studying how to keep the ovaries working longer — and potentially, prevent age-related diseases in the process.

 By Alisha Haridasani Gupta and Dana G. Smith

Who Was Harriet Tubman? A Historian Sifts the Clues.

A brisk new biography by the National Book Award-winning historian Tiya Miles aims to restore the iconic freedom fighter to human scale.

 By Jennifer Szalai

The History of Juneteenth

On June 19, 1865, enslaved African Americans in Texas were told they were free. A century and a half later, people across the United States continue to celebrate the day, which is now a federal holiday.

 By Derrick Bryson Taylor

The Human Toll of Nuclear Testing

The U.S. bombings that ended World War II didn’t mark the close of atomic warfare. They were just the beginning.

 By W.J. Hennigan

The 19th-Century Club You’ve Never Heard of That Changed the World

In a democracy, how far is too far?

 By Jon Grinspan

Flashback: Your Weekly History Quiz, June 29, 2024

Can you sort 8 historical events?

If A.I. Can Do Your Job, Maybe It Can Also Replace Your C.E.O.

Chief executives are vulnerable to the same forces buffeting their employees. Leadership is important, but so is efficiency — and cost-cutting.

 By David Streitfeld

The Quiet Magic of Middle Managers

Amid a wider national atmosphere of division, distrust, bitterness and exhaustion, middle managers are the frontline workers trying to resolve tensions and keep communities working.

 By David Brooks

It’s Lonely at the Top

When making difficult decisions, you won’t help matters by over-explaining that you did what was best for everyone.

 By Roxane Gay

Elon Musk’s Mindset: ‘It’s a Weakness to Want to Be Liked’

In an interview, the tech billionaire slams advertisers for pulling back from X and discusses his emotional state.

 By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Evan Roberts, Elaine Chen, Dan Powell and Kelly Pieko

Do We Need Language to Think?

A group of neuroscientists argue that our words are primarily for communicating, not for reasoning.

 By Carl Zimmer

How Heat Affects the Brain

High temperatures can make us miserable. Research shows they also make us aggressive, impulsive and dull.

 By Dana G. Smith

What ‘Inside Out 2’ Teaches Us About Anxiety

A new emotion has taken over Riley’s teenage mind. And she has lessons for us all.

 By Christina Caron

PTSD Treatments Are Falling Short for Many Patients

Therapy and medication can help people recover from trauma, but many struggle to access the care they need.

 By Dani Blum

Was the Dingo Born to Be Wild?

Burial remains from 800-2,000 years ago hint that the First Australians may have kept the continent’s famous canine species as pets.

 By Franz Lidz

I Study Homelessness. I Wish More Places Looked Like This Shelter.

Matthew Desmond takes you to a shelter designed with residents in mind.

 By Matthew Desmond and Jillian Weinberger

A Korean Secret to Keeping Friendships Strong: Savings Groups

In South Korea, it’s common for friends to form what are known as gyemoim to save for vacations, meals and other social activities.

 By Krissi Driver

Ancient Genomes Reveal Which Children the Maya Selected for Sacrifice

Thousand-year-old DNA from Chichén Itzá offers eye-opening details of the religious rituals of ancient Maya.

 By Freda Kreier