A Trip Into Tornado Alley With America’s Most Obsessive Storm Chaser
Reed Timmer streams his pursuits of violent weather to millions of followers on social media, inspiring one of the leads in the new film “Twisters.”
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The goal was to shield our house from the road, but it soon turned into something much more revealing.
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The Most Important Seasoning After Salt and Pepper
Lemon lifts this pasta dish filled with gorgeously rich, smoky tomatoes.
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Sports Celebrations Have Become Nostalgia Cosplay
Players love recreating memorable images from basketball’s past.
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Cowboy Boots Are the Great American Icebreaker
Its easier to kick off a conversation when you’re sporting some fine footwear.
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The author of “Bowling Alone” warned us about social isolation and its effect on democracy a quarter century ago. Things have only gotten worse.
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Looking back on my life as a woman in the music industry, I’m unsettled by the inescapable sexism perpetrated by Sean Combs and others.
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The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the complications of confession.
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Flawed science helped convict Russell Maze more than 20 years ago. The D.A.’s office now says it got it wrong. Why is he still behind bars?
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The InterviewJoel Embiid Believes He Could Have Been the GOAT
The N.B.A. star talks Philly cheesesteaks, Twitter trolling and playing for Team U.S.A. over France in the Olympics.
By David Marchese
How Americans Justify Political Violence
Partisan support for the killing of adversaries is much more widespread than anyone wants to admit.
By Charles Homans
The EthicistI Keep the Family Tree — And I’m Flummoxed About Whom to Include.
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on genealogy, record-keeping and notions of relation.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The EthicistWhat Responsibility Do I Have to Ensure the Safety of an Illicit Cat?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the duty one has to neighbors — and a forbidden pet in harm’s way.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
The EthicistShould My Wife and I Tell Our 8-Year-Old How Much Money We Make?
The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on the kinds of information that can be burdensome to children.
By Kwame Anthony Appiah
Why Do So Many Food Documentaries Seem to Think We’re Stupid?
Over and over, they strain to persuade us that vegetables are healthy — and other things we’ve all known since childhood.
By Nicholas Cannariato
The Pie I’ll Never Shut Up About
A buttermilk chess pie so good that it has followed a pastry chef around for more than a decade.
By Lisa Donovan
diagnosisWhy Was the Young Woman Vomiting Everything She Ate or Drank?
She was involved in a minor car accident three months earlier. Could that somehow be the cause?
By Lisa Sanders, M.D.
Letter of RecommendationWhy Weeds Are Worth Reconsidering
We’re told we should get rid of them. But one person’s menace can be another person’s medicine.
By Jennifer Kabat
The Kidnapping I Can’t Escape
Fifty years ago, my father’s friend was taken at gunpoint on Long Island. Then he went on with his life — and that’s the part that haunts me.
By Taffy Brodesser-Akner
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