Новости за 23.12.2024

A lyre in a treasure-laden royal tomb discovered in Mesopotamia is the earliest stringed instrument ever found.

Democrats are opening the door to collaborating with Republicans on a tax bill as the GOP faces several obstacles on the road to extending President-elect Trump's tax-cut law. While it will be tough for Democrats to get anything they want in a GOP tax bill, the narrow Republican majority along with substantial divisions within the...

President-elect Trump wields tremendous power among GOP lawmakers in the House and Senate, but his struggle to convince Republicans to bend to his will on the debt ceiling suggest it has its limits. Thirty-eight conservative Republicans on Thursday voted against a stopgap funding measure that included a two-year suspension of the debt ceiling, arguing they...

The Smithsonian Cultural Rescue Initiative provides information on salvaging books, photographs, records, tapes, paintings, framed artwork, heirlooms, and more.

Many legacy media outlets are dipping into the AI space. But what is the user experience like, and what exactly is the goal here?

Even after 120 years, the Sherwin-Williams ‘Cover the Earth’ logo is so bad it’s good.

A walk down advertising memory lane with Apple, Chevy, Adidas, Supercell, Cerave, Liquid Death, Yeti, and more.

Today’s theme: 2024 in language.

Drawings from the December 30, 2024 & January 6, 2025, magazine.

After a year of being measured and sculpted, the Bravo host joins Lucille Ball, Beyoncé, and the Queen in the halls of Madame Tussauds.

This year’s figurative lumps of coal include a “Star Wars” tree ornament, a knockoff Yeti tumbler, faulty training wheels, a mango-tangerine candle, and Finger-Ease Guitar String Lubricant.

Susan Frager, known as the PsychBilling Coach, helps therapists appeal coverage denials. Her job got more difficult after the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s C.E.O., Brian Thompson.

An amateur U.F.O. hunter at Grovers Mill, of “The War of the Worlds” fame, makes a shocking discovery.

In “Dear Lord, Make Me Beautiful,” Abraham offers a deeply personal portrait of his depressed inner state, set against the splendor of the world around him.

Our basic sense of right and wrong appears to be the product of blind evolution. The hard question is how unsettling that should be.

“Giant Love,” “Anima,” “Playworld,” and “Havoc.”

I’m not dead, but a lot of people can’t stand me. What I mean is, they want to knock me off. My days are numbered.

“I was not alone, that much I know, / though no one was with me.”

“The year, that year, had been especially / cruel. Sickness and war.”

Peter Gelb thinks “experimental” music leads to dwindling audiences, but performances around the country suggest otherwise.

The magical blur of New Year’s Eve.

Readers respond to Paige Williams’s report on bears in Lake Tahoe, Alice Gregory’s Profile of the philosopher L. A. Paul, and Jennifer Wilson’s piece about heartbreak remedies.

He may also run it through ChatGPT, just to polish it up.

The history of recorded music is now at our fingertips. But the streamer’s algorithmic skill at giving us what we like may keep us from what we’ll love.

“I’m not sure if the pea kept me awake, or just everything else in the world.”