This is the first installment of a new column by Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò. It appears in print in our Fall 2025 issue; subscribe to get a copy. In 1962, eminent philosopher Bertrand Russell received a series ...

Filmmaker Julia Loktev's voice is the first we hear in her epic new documentary. Over a nighttime shot of Moscow, she warns, "The world you're about to see no longer exists. None of us knew what was ...

Have you ever had scary thoughts pop into your head that you just couldn't stop thinking about? They're called intrusive thoughts, and they are distressing, repetitive and unwanted. They can be ...

Credit: Ian Moore / Mashable Composite; Issarawat Tattong / Moment / ljubaphoto / South_agency / E+ / Westend61 / Getty On a Tuesday night in the Chelsea neighborhood in Manhattan, dozens of women — ...

Roland Reisley turned 101 years old in May and is in remarkable health. But that's not the thing he likes to brag about. "I am the last original client of Frank Lloyd Wright, still living in the home ...

At its peak, the Old Babylonian Empire rose to be one of the biggest civilizations the world had seen–but what was daily life like? Along with the pioneering legal code of Hammurabi, a wealth of ...

It looks like a prop from a seventies sci-fi movie set in a dystopian future. And if you've seen one on the street, you can't forget it. It's the Tesla Cybertruck. It's stainless steel body panels and ...