The New York Times

The New York Times is an American daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership. It was founded in 1851, by Henry Jarvis Raymond and George Jones, and was initially published by Raymond, Jones & Company.

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Latest Articles

Scientists Retrace 30,000-Year-Old Ocean Voyage, in a Hollowed-Out Log

June 25, 2025 "In 1947, against the best navigational advice, the Norwegian explorer Thor Heyerdahl and five crew members set sail from Peru on a balsa wood raft to test his theory that ancient South American cultures could have reached Polynesia."

By Kendal Asbury
25th June 2025 • The New York Times

A Colorado County Shows Why Mike Lee’s Plan to Sell Public Land Failed

June 24, 2025 "In the wealthy ski towns of Summit County, Colo., where affordable housing is so scarce that some waitresses and ski-lift workers sleep in parking lots, wide-open land is plentiful, as it is across the housing-starved Mountain West."

By Kendal Asbury
24th June 2025 • The New York Times

New Data Shows Just How Powerful the Next Weight-Loss Drugs May Be

June 21, 2025 "Doctors call the new weight-loss drugs revolutionary. Game-changing. Unprecedented. Soon, they may also call them obsolete."

By Kendal Asbury
21st June 2025 • The New York Times

Fifty Years After ‘Jaws,’ Shark Science Is Still Surfacing

June 21, 2025 "When Steven Spielberg’s famous mechanical shark, Bruce, first appeared onscreen in the summer of 1975, Chris Lowe thought it looked fake."

By Kendal Asbury
21st June 2025 • The New York Times

Regulators Approve a Twice-Yearly Shot to Prevent H.I.V. Infection

June 18, 2025 "The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday approved a twice-yearly injection that provided a near-perfect shield against H.I.V. infection in clinical trials."

By Kendal Asbury
18th June 2025 • The New York Times

To Protest Budget Cuts, Young Scientists Try Letters to the Editor

June 16, 2025 "As a scientist, Erin Morrow’s focus is cerebral — literally. She studies the brain, investigating the interplay of memory and stress."

By Kendal Asbury
16th June 2025 • The New York Times

Many Falls Are Preventable. These Tips Can Help.

Small changes and good habits make a difference.

By Louisa Kamps
11th June 2025 • The New York Times

How Grace Potter Lost (and Found) a Solo Album, and a New Life

The Grace Potter and the Nocturnals frontwoman made an LP with T Bone Burnett that got held. Sixteen years later, after a twisting tale of love and music, it’s arriving.

By MARK YARM
20th May 2025 • The New York Times

The New York Times: Christy Moore, Ireland’s Folk Music Legend, Is Still Writing History

Even though he just turned 80 and doesn’t leave the country, Moore finds himself at a surprising career peak, performing for generations of fans with an intense connection to his music.

By Bob Mehr
15th May 2025 • The New York Times

He Spent $12,495 to Be Gene Simmons’s Roadie (and Got More Than Expected)

A father-son pair ponied up for the V.I.P. experience last week and got a glimpse behind the scenes of a rock ’n’ roll show, and into a notorious star’s heart.

By MARK YARM
12th May 2025 • The New York Times

About 80 Pro-Palestinian Activists Arrested in Columbia Library Takeover

About 80 pro-Palestinian demonstrators were arrested on Wednesday evening after occupying part of the main library on Columbia University’s campus in an attempt to rekindle the protest movement that swept the campus last spring, the police said Thursday morning.The protesters, wearing masks and kaffiyehs, had burst through a security gate …

By Sharla Steinman
7th May 2025 • The New York Times

Introducing a Times Fellow and Dow Jones News Fund Interns

"The Times Fellowship and the internship placements are part of a collection of programs that helps identify and develop early career journalists."

By Kendal Asbury
7th May 2025 • The New York Times

Easing the Pain of Being Laid Off, One Email at a Time

Steve Jaffe was laid off for the first time in 2001. But that wasn’t the last time for Mr. Jaffe, now 52 and a self-employed marketing strategist in Altadena, Calif. He was laid off three more times over the course of his career, he said, and wrote a book about …

By abigail covington
3rd May 2025 • The New York Times

Some People Are Just Difficult. Here’s How to Handle Them.

These six books can help ease tensions.

By Louisa Kamps
22nd April 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times | Review of Vanishing World by Sayaka Murata

By Madeleine Feeny
14th April 2025 • The New York Times

A Basketball Star Is Born

Last Sunday, the University of Connecticut basketball player Paige Bueckers achieved what she set out to do when she joined the team almost five years ago: Win an N.C.A.A. championship. After being sidelined by injuries for nearly two seasons, Ms. Bueckers, a 23-year-old point guard, led the Huskies to a …

By abigail covington
13th April 2025 • The New York Times

Following a Nigerian Thread, a Designer Unwraps an African Region

This article is part of our Design special report previewing Milan Design Week.Lani Adeoye is a globe-straddler.The designer moves between teaching design at her alma mater, Parsons School of Design in New York City, and managing projects at her company, Studio-Lani, in her hometown, Lagos, Nigeria.This week, Ms. Adeoye, 35, …

By Ifeoluwa Adedeji
6th April 2025 • The New York Times

What’s His Age Again? Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus (Now 53) Looks Back.

The band’s singer and bassist recounts his personal struggles and the dramatic ins and outs of the trio’s history in a new memoir, “Fahrenheit-182.”

By MARK YARM
3rd April 2025 • The New York Times

New Yorkers Protest as White House Defends Arrest of Mahmoud Khalil at Columbia

As hundreds of demonstrators made their way through Lower Manhattan on Tuesday to protest the detention of a prominent pro-Palestinian activist at Columbia University, the White House defended the arrest and rebuked the school for what it called lack of cooperation.The activist, Mahmoud Khalil, was a leader of student protests …

By Sharla Steinman
12th March 2025 • The New York Times

Among American Jews, a Schism Over Pro-Palestinian Activist Mahmoud Khalil’s Arrest

The arrest of a former Columbia University graduate student who gained prominence amid that campus’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations has divided the American Jewish community, which finds itself trying to reconcile a longstanding focus on Jewish safety and support for Israel with a historical commitment to civil liberties.Immigration authorities’ detention of the …

By Sharla Steinman
11th March 2025 • The New York Times

Fearing Retribution, Trump Critics Muzzle Themselves

The silence grows louder every day.Fired federal workers who are worried about losing their homes ask not to be quoted by name. University presidents fearing that millions of dollars in federal funding could disappear are holding their fire.

By Akrete: Business, Articulated
6th March 2025 • The New York Times

Benmont Tench, Still a Heartbreaker, Is Carrying on Solo

Ninety pounds, the approximate weight of a Farfisa organ, nearly kept Benmont Tench from his destiny.

By Bob Mehr
27th February 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times: Leigh Bowery Arrives at Tate Modern, Without Labels

A new exhibition about the indefinable performer and designer won’t pigeonhole him, though it will bring his work to a much broader audience.

By Tom Faber
22nd February 2025 • The New York Times

How to Sleep Well When You Work Odd Hours

When Samantha Shaw took a new job as a research technician for a sleep-related study at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in 2021, she was excited to work on a cause that felt personal.Since high school, she said, she had trouble falling and staying asleep, so she jumped at the chance …

By Eric Berger
12th February 2025 • The New York Times

The New York Times: The Bangles, One of the Biggest All-Female Bands, Want to Reclaim Their Legacy

The first time Susanna Hoffs and the Peterson sisters sang together and their voices blended, the frisson was unmistakable. “We knew we had something,” Hoffs said. “We created a band in that moment.”

By Bob Mehr
10th February 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times: Intergalactic Shantytowns Where Dice Dictate Your Future

By placing the randomness of dice rolls center stage, a sci-fi video game subverts the medium’s conventions.

By Tom Faber
30th January 2025 • The New York Times

A Video Game Writer’s Lament: ‘We Can Do Quite a Lot Better’ | The New York Times

Jon Ingold finds most video game writing empty at best, turgid at worst.

By Samuel Horti
18th January 2025 • The New York Times

Music

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

By PixelPerk
6th January 2025 • The New York Times

Music

‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ EyesMichael Mayer is directing the Met’s first new production of Verdi’s classic in nearly four decades, aiming for something fresh yet enduring. By Javier C. Hernández and OK McCausland ‘Aida’ Returns to the Met Opera Through Archaeologists’ Eyes Michael Mayer is directing …

By PixelPerk
6th January 2025 • The New York Times

New York Times: The 16 Best Cookbooks of 2024

When so much of modern living forces us to peer down at a screen, there’s a lot to be said for a cookbook. It won’t blast you with blue light or exacerbate your tech neck; it won’t inundate you with notifications or unskippable ads. If you let it, it will …

By Joe Yonan
10th December 2024 • The New York Times