Documentary revisits ping-pong days of 1971

In 1971 the American table tennis player Glenn Cowan boarded the wrong bus during the world championships in Nagoya, Japan. He missed the U.S. team's bus and got on the next one, only to find himself on the Chinese team’s bus.

5 ways to swim safely this summer

THAT GLISTENING SWIMMING hole might look-and feelrefreshing on a sweltering day.

Scrambling To Survive

FILIPINO FISHING FAMILIES CONFRONT THE WORLD'S CHANGING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE SEA

Health Matters

AS CONGRESS EYES SWEEPING cuts to Medicaid, the health care program for low-income adults that serves about 20% of people living in the U.S., a new study has a sharp conclusion: cuts to Medicaid will cost lives.

Why are ‘100-year storms’ happening so often?

CLIMATE CHANGE IS LEADING NOT ONLY TO DROUGHTS, wildfires, and extreme weather. It's also leading to oxymorons—at least when it comes to what are known as 100-year storms, floods, and other events.

Mike Birbiglia The comedian on his fourth Netflix special The Good Life, the rise of right-wing comics, and being funny vs. being famous

What would you say people like about you?

Q&A With Diva Amo

The marine biologist working to protect our oceans from deep-sea mining

Sebastião Salgado

SEBASTIÃO SALGADO, 81, WHO DIED IN PARIS ON MAY 23, TOOK photographs that were too beautiful to look away from.

Approaching the end, with deliberate steps

STORIES ABOUT THE MEANING OF LIFE TEND to work at cross-purposes with the job of actually living it, particularly when they pedal hard to activate the tear ducts.

Valuing Our Oceans

It's time for a shift in economics

THE DISAPPEARED

INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION'S DEPORTATION PROGRAM

Coral Reefs In Peril

How we can protect the ocean right now

Redemption on the back nine

The third episode of the new Apple TV+ golf comedy Stick is called \"Daddy Issues,\" but \"Daddy Issues\" might as well be the title of the show.

Q&A With Sylvia Earle

The ocean conservationist on hope, and why she keeps diving

F1 MAKES A PITT STOP

Big stars and fast cars combine in a summer bid to fill theaters and grow a global fan base

A New Turbulence

Politics is roiling the waters that should connect us

THE ORB WILL SEE YOU NOW

An audacious startup wants to prove you're human. What else does it want?

TIME CO₂ Leadership Report

LOOK THROUGH THE NEW FIVE-year outlook from the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and you won't see the U.N. atmospheric-science body use the words emergency or disaster.

New stability, and a swing left, in South Korea election result

SOUTH KOREA'S presidential election delivered a resounding triumph for Lee Jae-myung, the veteran center-left leader of the Democratic Party of Korea (DP).

SO LONG, SONG OF THE SUMMER

The idea of a pop monoculture has not only ceased to exist but also resulted in the loss of shared cultural touchpoints that connect millions of Americans.

Phil Robertson

Duck Dynasty star Phil Robertson died at age 79, his family announced on May 25, a few months after revealing he had been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease.

SNEAK ATTACK

Ukraine's audacious drone strikes deep inside Russia may announce a new era in warfare

A Goode detective with a rotten attitude

DEPT. Q, A NETFLIX CRIME DRAMA FROM THE QUEEN'S Gambit writer-director Scott Frank, presents itself as a show about difficult people.

Boulder, Colo., attack highlights rising antisemitism

THE FIREBOMBING OF A RALLY IN Boulder, Colo., supporting the release of Israeli hostages held in Gaza continued a surge in antisemitic incidents and hate crimes toward Jewish Americans.

Young leaders drive environmental change

A new generation of Chinese is stepping off the beaten path to protect deserts, birds and biodiversity — turning environmental ideals into everyday action

LIVING LEGEND

Gypsy star Audra McDonald is now the performer with the most Tony wins and nominations in history

DOWN AND OUT

After the 2024 fiasco, the Democrats are rethinking everything

THE MAN BEHIND THE BOW TIE

In a documentary filmed just before his death, Paul Reubens reflects on the life he led when the cameras weren't rolling

What can you share about growing up in the Amazon and how it has informed your work?

Marina Silva Brazil's Environment and Climate Minister on growing up in the Amazon, hosting this year's U.N. climate talks, and the global retreat of the Trump Administration

THE SHIFT EAST

Once an auto underdog, China's electricvehicle boom now powers its tech rise