Tech Racket - Inside the "nightmare" health crisis of a Texas Bitcoin-mining town

More than 40 people in the Granbury area reported a medical ailment that they believe is connected to the arrival of the Bitcoin mine. Studies have shown that human-caused noise pollution harms animals and wildlife, causing oxidative stress and memory loss in rodents, acute anxiety in dogs, and a decrease in forest growth

5 reasons to start walking backward

I've spent my whole life happily walking in one direction: forward. It was, I believed, the only way to go, so I dutifully logged dozens of miles a month looking like every other person out for a morning stroll.

The WORLD'S GREATEST PLACES

Our annual list of the globe's most desirable destinations takes you from urban art hubs to remote rain forests-and even Antarctica. Start here, and find the rest of our top 100 places to stay and things to do at time.​com/worldsgreatestplaces.

Snoop Dogg The legendary rapper on covering the Summer Olympics for NBC, being "a very legal guy," and the horse he wants to meet

When NBC came to you about this gig reporting on the Games from Paris, why did you sign on?

GO BIG OR GO HOME

With Twisters, Lee Isaac Chung illustrates the promise and pitfalls of indie directors making blockbusters

When Mother Knows Best

They have advanced degrees, kids of their own, and massive followings. A new kind of parenting expert has emerged online

DARKNESS RISING

An attack on former President Trump punctuates the alarming surge of political violence

Unity is still possible in America, even now

A COUNTRY BORN BY BREAKING WITH A KING inherits dissent as a birthright.

Trump Ascendant

IT'S NOW THE FORMER PRESIDENT'S RACE TO LOSE

The border is not the problem

WHEN MY FATHER ARRIVED IN AMERICA FROM ETHIOPIA in 1978, he was resettled, with the help of an immigration agency, to Peoria, Ill.

Shannen Doherty

The quintessential Gen X girl

Why is Modi embracing Putin?

HOURS BEFORE INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi landed in Moscow on July 8, Russia fired missiles on Ukraine that killed at least 41 people, including four children at a children's hospital in Kyiv.

BIDEN BOWS OUT

IT TOOK NEARLY A HALF-CENTURY FOR JOE BIDEN to rise to the pinnacle of American politics, an ascent haunted by tragedy and capped by triumph. The fall, in comparison, felt brutally fast.

Scientists find a new way to spot AI 'hallucinations'

Today’s generative artificial intelligence (AI) tools often confidently assert false information. Computer scientists call this behavior “hallucination”

Noah Lyles – The Flash

Already the world's fastest man, Noah Lyles is bringing his speed and showmanship to the Paris Games

Alice Munro

Master of the short story

'I don't have faith in doctors anymore!'

How women get pressured into long-term birth control

Rashida Jones The multihyphenate creator on her new dark comedy Sunny, the complexity of grief, and whether a robot can find its motivation

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?

House of the Dragon's song of grief and guilt

\"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.

Maika Monroe is giving evil a run for its money

LIKE A SHAPE-SHIFTING SPECTER LURKING just out of frame, the title of \"scream queen\" has been trailing in Maika Monroe's wake since her star-making turn in the 2015 breakout horror hit It Follows.

Mia Goth prefers to live on the edge

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.

WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT BREAKING

The sport of breaking-competitive breakdancing will make its Olympic debut in Paris.

HOW SIMONE BILES CHANGED GYMNASTICS

THERE ARE TWO MAIN FEATURES ANY ATHLETE EARNING the Greatest of All Time title needs to possess-longevity and ability.

THE POLITICS OF PARIS

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 through sport.

The growing evidence that even heading into this year's election― Americans are less divided than you may think

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.

Monument removals and revolutionaries

Four years ago, amid reinvigorated public debate about historical monuments, statues began coming down across the country.

The D.C. Brief

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.

Donald Sutherland - A profound talent

The Canadian actor Donald Sutherland, who died on June 20 at age 88, enjoyed such a long career that citing a definitive performance is impossible.

Chicago commits to explore reparations

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.

maximum-security prison, In a the imagination flies free

OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND IS how most Americans probably think about incarcerated individualsuntil an acquaintance or a loved one lands in a correctional facility, after plotting a crime or perhaps just acting impulsively in a heated moment.