Herds of livestock are munching through overgrown, hard-to-reach vegetation that could otherwise become fuel for firestorms.

The British nurse Lucy Letby was sentenced to life in prison for murdering babies on her ward. Rachel Aviv writes about the recently published findings of a three-year inquiry into the deaths—and the ...

China’s fears about A.I. are increasingly distinct from those of the U.S. What does that mean for international coöperation?

The New Yorker staff writer examines America’s unique problem with gun violence, and why he thinks under-policing is at the root of our problem.

It's been way too long. Yeah. Your new book is about guns, gun control or the lack of it and so on. What are the origins of your interests? I always have suspected that some of it is the fact that you ...

Godwits make the longest non-stop migration in the bird world. That might be the least of the shorebirds’ marvels. Can they ...

The torrent of cinema that’s coming to the New York Film Festival (Sept. 25-Oct. 12) displays a thrilling array of artistry ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., eats beef every day, but more Americans, faced with rising prices and another climate warning, might ...

All week, The New Yorker has been exclusively announcing the National Book Award longlists. Today, the fiction list has ...

Binary tests offer an illusion of certainty, but pregnancy is a nonlinear experience, and confirming one is a process of ...

John Wilson’s first feature, a whimsical personal documentary, reveals the social essence, and the political stakes, of ...

Thank God for the fall TV lineup. But, since exciting new shows are constantly slipping through the algorithmic cracks and ...