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The leader of Malaysia’s opposition party, Anwar Ibrahim, has gone on trial for sodomy in Kuala Lumpur after his DNA was found on the male aide making allegations of rape.
The dispute over the will of one of Asia’s wealthiest women, Nina Wang, was found in favor of her family’s charitable foundation despite her feng shui expert lover claiming a stake.
The United States has reacted warily after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran appeared to accept a deal to swap enriched uranium for nuclear fuel.
Scientists have uncovered powerful evidence showing the connection between intelligence and madness, revealing that high-achievers are far more likely to be manic depressives.
There’s a reason why the subtle trivialities of office life have long been a springboard for some of our most absurd humor: much of our day-to-day duties are arbitrary, unnecessary, […]
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As The New Yorker reaches its 85th anniversary, its art editor praises the advantages of still drawings over animation.
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The New Yorker art editor recalls some of the magazine’s more infamous covers and argues that cartoons should be discussed, not suppressed.
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New to graphic novels? RAW co-founder Francoise Mouly has some suggestions for you.
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RAW co-founder Francoise Mouly has seen comic books evolve from kids’ pastime to titillating adult medium to high-gloss art form. Should they now return to their roots?
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Could a medium once scorned as trash be a better teaching tool than the traditional picture book?
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A conversation with the art editor of The New Yorker.
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Novelist and philosopher Rebecca Newberger Goldstein is married to cognitive scientist Steven Pinker. What have they learned about love, from study and experience?
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The philosopher explains the "moral argument" for the existence of God and why it still holds some appeal for contemporary philosophers.
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What the man Bertrand Russell called "the most lovable of philosophers" still has to teach us.
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Why the author of "36 Arguments for the Existence of God" chose fiction as a path into the debate raging between atheists and believers.
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The novelist describes the "transcendent instinct" common to both fields, but believes religion has been "pulled along by reason" and not vice versa.
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Rebecca Goldstein grew up Orthodox Jewish and became a skeptical philosopher and novelist. How does that complex arc affect her writing?
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A conversation with the novelist and philosopher.
One of the biggest criticisms of contemporary art is that it has no connection to the community. These works seemingly exist in a vacuum with no ties to the people […]
NASA has unveiled a prototype for a new kind of vehicle which could revolutionize the way we travel. The “Puffin” takes off like a helicopter, flies like a plane and sounds like a car.