One of the standout stories in the games industry this last year has been the continued rise of indie hits. At a moment when development budgets just keep ballooning, it's a reminder that spectacle ...

Scientists have long been probing the universe to determine how elements came together to form planets and (at least in Earth’s case) gave rise to life. One disconnect was that the universe contained ...

Thrillers are one of the most beloved genres in film and make great movies to stream at home on Netflix. With often complex narratives and twists abound, thrillers keep viewers on the edge of their ...

Hidden within Cassiopeia A, the youngest known exploded star in our galaxy, astronomers have found surprisingly high levels of chlorine and potassium. These elements carry an odd number of protons in ...

Was it a good year for hip-hop? If you look at the Billboard charts—where very few rap songs released this year cracked the top 40—the answer would seem to be no. But if you focus on albums, the story ...

In other words, 2025 had plenty of peaks and valleys. In our list of the year’s top albums, we try to capture these trends and tell the story of a music scene that is fractured, matching a cultural ...

The staff of The New York Times Book Review choose the year’s top fiction and nonfiction. Credit...By Sebastian Mast Supported by The envelope, please: After a full year spent reading hundreds of ...

Half-Life 3 fever might be hotter right now than it has been in years. With the announcement of the new Valve Steam Machine and Steam Frame VR headset, desperate fans have convinced themselves that ...

To understand how organisms are related, researchers use molecular information to construct phylogenetic trees. Most of the time, scientists use thousands of protein-coding sequences to determine ...

There’s a mint-green building with bright orange awnings in Los Angeles’ Los Feliz neighborhood that looks like it was plucked straight from a Wes Anderson movie set, except it’s been serving up ...

In the letter, published this week, Buffett reflects on the full sweep of his life. “I’m happy to say I feel better about the second half of my life than the first,” he writes, before offering some ...

Amy Danise is the staff Senior Insurance Editor for Buy Side. She has helped consumers understand insurance for more than two decades. Edited By Written by Insurance Deputy Editor, Buy Side Jennifer ...