Savannah Guthrie was born in Melbourne, Australia, the youngest of three siblings, while dad Charles Guthrie was transferred for work, after which the family moved to Tucson, Ariz., when she was 2. The Today anchor was 16 when Charles died of a heart attack in 1988. She has paid tribute to him frequently over the years,…
In the outpouring of community grief that followed Guardian Australia’s story about Bikram Lama, a comment by a colleague really hit home: double quotation markThe reality is that, even if I met Bikram right now, I still couldn’t guarantee him a way off the street. And it’s true. Despite the genuine sadness and goodwill behind…
In a dry riverbed deep within a forest near the Amazon in Brazil, paleontologists uncovered a fossilized jawbone from a previously unknown ancient animal. As their excavation continued, the team found eight more similar jawbones, each about six inches long. However, they did not recover any additional bones that could clearly be matched to a…
Pope Leo XIV’s recent in-flight answer to a question about blessing same-sex couples exhibited a preference for not exacerbating divisions within the church over pushing the limits on polarizing issues. His answer, however, did not occur in isolation, not on the plane and certainly not in the context of other pronouncements over the first year of…
Jerome H. Powell said on Wednesday that he would stay on as a governor at the Federal Reserve after his term as chair ends May 15, citing lingering legal threats against him and the central bank as part of a pressure campaign by President Trump for lower borrowing costs. “After my term as chair ends…
This morning, the eminent critic Dwight Garner published a lament for the institutional book critic—via his own institution, The New York Times. Lord knows this isn’t the first swansong of its kind. We’ve covered the recent destruction of The Washington Post‘s Book World, and the larger phenomenon of diminishing coverage. And also, you’ve been outside….
The last couple of years have seen a huge rise in browser-based puzzle games, tasking players with working out a certain kind of answer using limited guesses. Framed is one of the newest, following in the footsteps of Wordle, but offering a slightly different twist. You’ll still need to work out the answer using limited…
Looking for a variant of the popular Wordle game? Here’s one for you that can be rather challenging: Globle. Like Wordle, players are tasked with guessing the game’s selected country for the day. However, unlike Wordle, players have unlimited guesses for Globle so you won’t have to worry about losing unless you’re ready to concede…
One of my favourite pieces of scientific equipment is something called a retrospectroscope. I admit that it only exists in my imagination, but it has turned out to be a very useful bit of kit. It allows me to look back through the years of my life and analyse the journey so far. And what…
Out of the many daily puzzles available online, the New York Times’ Connections game is one of the trickiest. For those playing for the first time, the goal of Connections is to divide a block of 16 words into four common themes. Some of these – for example, grouping four types of fish – can…
