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The Crucial Way the House of the Dragon Finale Differs From the Book

The show keeps exploring the gap between what happens and how history remembers it.

Why Does Taylor Swift Hold Her Pen Like That? Is She OK?

Should we be concerned? We asked the experts.

I Watched the NBA’s Best Prospect Since LeBron James Play Live in France. Wow.

There was one moment that scared his coach, though.

What Tesla’s Robot Tells Us About Bias in Design

Humanoid robots like Tesla’s Optimus reveal how we believe service workers “should” behave.

The Comic That Paved the Road to Watchmen Is Back in Print for the First Time in Years

Years before his watershed series, Alan Moore took an obscure, all-powerful hero and stuck him in the real world. The results are still shocking.

The Worst Person on This Week’s House of the Dragon Just Started a War

Peace is fragile. A Targaryen's ego moreso.

I Tried All 17 Chilis at an Alaska Republican Cook-off and All I Got Was an Earful About Sarah Palin

I saw firsthand why the party is in trouble.

Why Tracy Flick—and Hillary Clinton—Can’t Win

In Tracy Flick Can’t Win, Tom Perrotta resurrects his most ambitious character.

Help! It Turns Out My Ex-Husband’s Affair Was Even More Twisted Than I Thought.

I didn't find out who the other woman was until now.

How Abbott Elementary’s Writers’ Room Produces Such Great Work

Writer Brittani Nichols describes the unique structures and processes behind ABC’s hit sitcom.