Reading Archive

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The rise of the internet and a new age of authoritarianism

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The World’s Leading Electric-Car Visionary Isn’t Elon Musk

Chinese drivers buy one of every two EVs sold.

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Get Used to It, America: We’re No Longer No. 1

China probably has become the world’s biggest economy and will reap the benefits that once flowed to the U.S. 

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Water-stabilized hydrogen fuel promises twice the range of gasoline at half the price, with zero tailpipe emissions

Israeli-Australian company Electriq Global's new technology stabilizes hydrogen in a recyclable liquid that can be pumped and transported ju

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Are Liberals on the Wrong Side of History?

Three new books interrogate the premises of the Enlightenment.

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What You Can Learn From One of Warren Buffett’s Smartest Investors

The godfather of the index fund, economist Paul Samuelson, believed that beating the market is hard—but not impossible.

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Dirty dealing in the $175 billion Amazon Marketplace

"These schemes really require the mind of someone whose depravity knows no bounds."

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The French Burglar Who Pulled Off His Generation’s Biggest Art Heist

The skilled climber and thief Vjeran Tomic, whom the French press referred to as Spider-Man, has described robbery as an act of imagination.

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Riz Ahmed Acts His Way Out of Every Cultural Pigeonhole

From HBO to ‘Star Wars’ to Shakespeare, he has discovered how to excel beyond tidy genres.

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Why ‘Black Panther’ Is a Defining Moment for Black America

Ryan Coogler’s film is a vivid re-imagination of something black Americans have cherished for centuries — Africa as a dream of our wholeness, greatness and self-realization.

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Opinion | The Bitter Regrets of a Useless Chinese Daughter

I used to spurn what I saw as an excess of pragmatism in my culture. After my mother had a stroke, I understood.

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The simple but ingenious system Taiwan uses to crowdsource its laws

vTaiwan is a promising experiment in participatory governance. But politics is blocking it from getting greater traction.

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Rohingya turn to blockchain to solve identity crisis

The same technology that supports Bitcoin functions as a decentralised, transparent, and secure way to store vital personal information

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I watched Nicolas Cage movies for 14 hours straight, and I'm sold

Luke Buckmaster entered an overnight marathon a fan of the actor. Seven films later, he emerged with reverence

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How Insulin Helped Create Ant Societies | Quanta Magazine

Evolution may have coopted an ancient metabolic mechanism to set social insects on the path toward one of the most puzzling behaviors found in nature.

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MIT mathematicians solve age-old spaghetti mystery

It’s nearly impossible to break a dry spaghetti noodle into only two pieces. A new MIT study shows how and why it can be done.

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What Happens to #MeToo When a Feminist Is the Accused?

Avital Ronell, a superstar professor, was found by N.Y.U. to have sexually harassed a male grad student. But his charges have met disbelief from some feminist scholars.