Athletes are competitive by nature, so when they get together for a massive sporting event like the Olympics, there’s likely a bit of good-natured one-upmanship over whose event is hardest. But while difficulty is somewhat subjective, there actually

It’s one thing for a company to give lip service to helping the environment; it’s another for it to make trackable, public commitments to doing better for the planet—and follow through on them. For the first time, TIME and data firm Statista have cre

Noah Lyles should be a miserable human on this suffocatingly hot May morning near Orlando. Two nights earlier, the U.S. sprint star was up until 3 a.m. in the Bahamas, waiting on a delayed drug test after a race. You can still spot fatigue under his

Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry knew the score when he signed into law a requirement that every classroom in his state—from kindergartens to college chemistry labs—must post a copy of the Ten Commandments. In fact, the ambitious Republican seemed to b

At time.com/uniforms, catch a video preview of the Ralph Lauren Team USA uniforms athletes will wear for the Summer Olympics, which kick off July 26. The looks for the opening and closing ceremonies feature recycled polyester, and the polos are made

Almost 250 years ago, four weeks before the battles of Lexington and Concord, Patrick Henry rose in St. John’s Church in Richmond, Va., to urge Americans to arm for a war that he saw as inevitable. He famously concluded his call to arms: “Give me lib

Four years ago, amid reinvigorated public debate about historical monuments, statues began coming down across the country. Columbus and Confederates were at the top of the list. New monuments were also created, adding American heroes such as Harriet

There are two main features any athlete earning the Greatest of All Time title needs to possess—longevity and ability. Think Michael Jordan’s six NBA championships over 15 seasons, Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowl rings across 23 seasons, and Michael Phe

Black Chicagoans may see some form of reparations, after the city’s mayor signed an executive order on June 17 to form a dedicated task force. “Chicago still bears the scars of systemic racism and injustices that have been inflicted on our communitie

The sport of breaking—competitive breakdancing—will make its Olympic debut in Paris. “Breaking is awesome because it’s part of hip-hop culture, and [in] hip-hop culture, it doesn’t matter what color you are, who you are, where you’re from, it’s inclu

Smoke from the South Fork fire in southern New Mexico blots out the sun in Lincoln National Forest, casting the area in an alarming orange glow on June 17. After the fire’s discovery that day, officials in nearby Ruidoso implemented a mandatory evacu

Arriving home a world champion in the summer of 2023, Hungarian water-polo player Vince Vigvari got a taste of the rock-star life. After a long flight from Fukuoka, Japan, Vigvari and his teammates hopped on a bus to a victory rally at a Budapest poo

American households can expect to see more than a rise in the mercury this summer. From June to September, the average cost of keeping a home cool is predicted to spike by nearly 9%—to $719. “There’s a cost to climate change,” says Mark Wolfe, the ex

In Sunny, you play an American woman in Kyoto, reluctantly bonding with a “homebot” gifted to her by her husband’s company after he and their son disappear following a plane crash. What about grief were you hoping to explore in this story? When you g

Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to North Korea was a remarkable event for many reasons. It was his first visit there in 24 years, the pageantry was especially lavish even by Russian and North Korean standards, and Kim Jong Un and Putin seized the moment

The fleet of helicopters began to arrive at the Swiss resort around noon on June 15, shuttling world leaders toward the top of a mountain range speckled with grazing cows and wildflowers. The event had been sold to them as a global peace summit, the

The early days of the pandemic were a complicated time for a lot of couples. But it’s fair to say that in the sprawling, Pacific lodge-style home of Melinda and Bill Gates, the complexity was particularly acute. The foundation the couple co-led had b

Out of sight, out of mind is how most Americans probably think about incarcerated individuals—until an acquaintance or a loved one lands in a correctional facility, after plotting a crime or perhaps just acting impulsively in a heated moment. It’s ea

For all the hype surrounding status water bottles—looking at you, Stanley and Owala—it turns out many of us aren’t drinking nearly enough H₂O. “It’s a struggle,” says Vanessa King, a registered dietitian nutritionist with Queen’s Health System in Haw

It’s one of the most indelible images in recent cinema: “Please, I’m a star!” wails the title character of Ti West’s 2022 cult horror film, Pearl, after she’s been rejected for a role at an audition. But the actor behind Pearl cuts the precise negati

After a 14-year battle against extradition Julian Assange is free after more than a decade spent holed up in a London embassy, then in British custody, largely to avoid extradition to the U.S. On June 26, the WikiLeaks founder appeared in a federal c

When French historian Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the governing body of the modern Olympic Games, in the late 19th century, he billed the competition as a peace movement that could bring the world together t

In January 2021, in the turbulent wake of the last presidential contest, a former professor named Todd Rose asked some 2,000 people a question. The survey was, at least on the surface, designed to deduce what kind of country Americans would like futu

Whenever the growing pile of plastic waste in front of her door takes up too much space, Asinate Lewabeka has a simple solution. She sets it on fire. She prefers to do so at dawn when the air is still so that the smoke rises in a black column. She sa

INMATES BECOME CASTMATES IN SING SING A SEARING NEW SEASON OF HOUSE OF THE DRAGON RASHIDA JONES TAKES ON GRIEF AND ROBOTS

AI chipmaker Nvidia became the most valuable publicly traded company in the U.S. for a moment in June as its market capitalization topped $3.3 trillion. As Wall Street cheered, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was attending a conference of U.S. investor-owned

The writing was on the wall—or, at least, in the polls. Despite the fact that young Europeans turned out en masse to prevent a predicted far-right surge during the 2019 European Parliament elections, they wouldn’t be compelled to do so again five yea

“There is no war so hateful to the gods as a war between kin,” a wise character observes in the second season of HBO’s House of the Dragon. “And no war so bloody as a war between dragons.” Sadly, by the time those words are uttered, both kinds of war

It wasn’t so long ago that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called his country’s relationship with China “a marriage made in heaven.” And when President Joe Biden told reporters in March 2023 that he wasn’t inviting Netanyahu to Washington g