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Then, Beckett decided to become a commercial pilot. . . . “I think the next little bit of excitement is flying,” he wrote to McGreevy.

What's So Funny?- A scientific attempt to discover why we laugh.

A scientific attempt to discover why we laugh. How the brain processes humor remains a mystery. It’s easy to make someone smile or cry by electronically stimulating a single region of the brain, but it’s astonishingly difficult to make someone laugh. The “laughter circuit” is complex and various. Puns are processed on the left side of the brain by gyri, bumpy areas on the surface of the cerebral cortex; more complex, non-wordplay jokes are routed through gyri on the right side of the brain and also trigger electronic activity in many other parts of the brain.

72 MINUTES WITH ...Sophie Brickman

On a recent mercilessly hot morning, the eastern sidewalk of Central Park West is filled with women in linen and sandals pushing strollers north.

Is There Such a Thing As a Good Fishbowl?

IF ALL PETS ARE to some extent prisoners, pet fish often get the harshest sentence.

A Pigeon You Can't Ignore

Dinosaur, by artist Iván Argote, is coming to nest atop the High Line for 18 months.

A Picnic in the Country

Phoebe Sung and Peter Buer, founders of the home-goods company Cold Picnic, have decked out their Delaware County farmhouse in warm designs.

Naomi Ackie Is No Novice

The actress keeps almost breaking out. Can her role in a new thriller be the difference?

Not Like Nonna

Small portions and high prices undermine Massara's genial charm.

Bidenism brought Kamala Harris and the Democrats to the brink of catastrophe. Obamaism can save them. YES, SHE CAN

WHEN SHE CAME forward as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee this summer, Kamala Harris offered what has become a standard tribute to the man who had anointed her.

The Body Politic: Rebecca Traister

The Nice Men of the Left An election defined by two very different kinds of guys.

Tomorrow: Elizabeth Weil

Killing Season Deaths from extreme heat are just beginning.

Your Table Is Ready.The Clock Is Ticking.

Restaurants are enforcing strict time limits― whether or not diners are done.

Jennifer Till Went for It

The Bride of Chucky star on how she got one of her most iconic parts. As told to Angelica Jade Bastién

EVERYONE KNEW ABOUT THE A-TEAM

How did the ALEXANDER BROTHERS become fixtures of the city's real-estate elite-and two of them become high-powered brokers while allegedly raping or assaulting more than a dozen women?

The Devil on Wall Street

An immersive production aims to enfold you in sex, horror, and high capitalism.

CRITICS

Alison Willmore on Trap... Jackson McHenry on Life and Trust... Kathryn VanArendonk on Joe Rogan's Burn the Boats.

Google Illegally Maintains Monopoly Over Internet Search, Judge Rules- A judge this week ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance

A judge this week ruled that Google's ubiquitous search engine has been illegally exploiting its dominance to squash competition and stifle innovation in a seismic decision that could shake up the internet and hobble one of the world's best-known companies.

Microplastics Are Everywhere, But Are They Harming Us?

Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. Minuscule plastics have been detected in air, water and soil, in milk, and in bottled and tap drinking water. They also have been found in a variety of foods, including salt, sugar, honey, rice and seafood.

Samsung Is Recalling More Than 1 Million Electric Ranges After Numerous Fire And Injury Reports - Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries.

Samsung is recalling more than 1.12 million electric ranges used for stovetops after reports of 250 fires and dozens of injuries. To date, Samsung has received more than 300 reports of the knobs activating unintentionally since 2013, the CPSC noted, and the nowrecalled ranges have been involved in about 250 fires. At least 18 of those fires caused extensive property damage and seven involved pet deaths, according to the Commission.

A JUDGE HAS BRANDED GOOGLE A MONOPOLIST.BUT AI MAY BRING ABOUT QUICKER CHANGE IN INTERNET SEARCH

A federal judge has branded Google as a ruthless monopolist bent on suffocating it competitors. But how do you go about creating alternatives to a search engine that’s synonymous with internet exploration?

NVIDIA IS FACING AN ANTITRUST PROBE FROM US REGULATORS AMID COMPETITOR COMPLAINTS, REPORT SAYS

Antitrust tensions are heating up in the chipmaking industry.

CHIPMAKER INTEL TO CUT 15,000 JOBS AS TRIES TO REVIVE ITS BUSINESS AND COMPETE WITH RIVALS

Chipmaker Intel says it is cutting 15% of its huge workforce — about 15,000 jobs — as it tries to turn its business around to compete with more successful rivals like Nvidia and AMD.

APPLE BREAKS OUT OF RECENT SALES SLUMP AS IT GEARS UP TO MAKE ITS LEAP INTO THE AI CRAZE

Apple snapped out of a prolonged sales slump during its most recent quarter as the trendsetting company prepares to launch into the artificial intelligence craze with an arsenal of new technology that's expected to juice demand for its next iPhone.

FINANCIAL MARKETS AROUND THE WORLD STABILIZE AFTER RECENT ROUT. HERE'S WHAT TO KNOW

Markets on Wall Street and in Asia are stabilizing Tuesday following a mini-panic caused by an assortment of factors that stretched from late last week through Monday.

SONY REPORTS HIGHER PROFITS ON HEALTHY DEMAND FOR ITS VIDEO GAMES, MOVIES AND MÚSIC

Sony’s profit rose 6.5% in the last quarter on robust demand for its video games, films and music, the Japanese electronics and entertainment company said this week.

ADDICTED TO THE OLYMPICS A TURNAROUND THE PEACOCK STREAMING SERVICE PROBABLY CONTRIBUTED FOR

Four boxes with live Olympics action filled Peacock’s screen during its “Gold Zone” show one afternoon this week — one showing women hammer toss competitors, another with long jumpers going aloft, a third with racers leaping hurdles and the last showing the minutes counting down in the U.S.-Germany women’s soccer match.

CALIFORNIA'S TWO BIGGEST SCHOOL DISTRICTS BOTCHED AI DEALS.HERE ARE LESSONS FROM THEIR MISTAKES.

With all the hubris of a startup founder, Alberto Carvalho, superintendent of Los Angeles Unified School District, took to the stage in March to launch Ed the chatbot.

ELON MUSK SUES OPENAI, RENEWING CLAIMS CHATGPT-MAKER PUT PROFITS BEFORE 'THE BENEFIT OF HUMANITY'

This week Elon Musk filed a lawsuit against OpenAl and two of its founders, Sam Altman and Greg Brockman, renewing claims that the ChatGPT-maker betrayed its founding aims of benefiting the public good rather than pursuing profits.

TESLA ATTORNEYS ASK JUDGE TO VACATE DECISION INVALIDATING MASSIVE PAY PACKAGE FOR ELON MUSK

Attorneys for Elon Musk and Tesla's corporate directors are asking a Delaware judge to vacate her ruling requiring the company to rescind a massive and unprecedented pay package for Musk. has context menu

WHAT INVESTORS SHOULD DO WHEN THERE IS MORE VOLATILITY IN THE MARKET

U.S. stocks are bouncing back after the market experienced its worst day in two years on Monday, but the average investor may still be understandably spooked.