Zach Helfand

Scientists have shattered our self-image as principled beings, motivated by moral truths. Some wonder whether our ideals can survive the blow to our vanity.

In “Impossible Creatures,” Katherine Rundell extends the rough-and-tumble world of her children's books to a hidden archipelago and the realm of fantasy.

The Missing Thread , by Daisy Dunn (Viking) . This engaging book, by a classical historian, surveys three thousand years and argues that women were

For the opening of his show “Searchers III,” the artist Hadi Falapishi throws a dinner at the Breakers, the Vanderbilts' mansion, where your face serves as a plate.

From the daily newsletter: Ben Taub reports from the wilds of Norway. Plus: Donald Trump’s new “voodoo economics”; the continuing chaos at Columbia; and life in a post-moral age.

Fall Books

In an election season dominated by dead dogs, childless cat ladies, pets for dinner, and dumped bear cubs, the ferret lobby has some advice.

According to a new memoir by Stephen Bruno, who stands sentry at a building on Park Avenue, there are just three topics of conversation among doormen: baseball, women, and Puerto Rico.

An archive of reporting, profiles, criticism, fiction, and cartoons from The New Yorker’s print magazine.

An archive of reporting, profiles, criticism, fiction, and cartoons from The New Yorker’s print magazine.