Medals will be awarded when the women's figure skating event concludes with the free skate. Here's what to know for the Olympic final.

At the 2026 Winter Games in Milan and Cortina, Italy, NBC is using an AI tool developed by a former MIT researcher to help audiences understand just how mind-boggling the feats of today’s Olympic ...

Everyone knows it’s hard to get college students to do the reading—remember books? But the attention-span crisis is not limited to the written word. Professors are now finding that they can’t even get ...

A few stanzas from the end of Chaucer’s long poem “Troilus and Criseyde,” the author interrupts his story to indulge in a bit of reception anxiety. “Go, litel book,” he bids the manuscript that’s soon ...

Moving back to the indie sphere after 'Birds of Prey,' director Cathy Yan ('Dead Pigs') crafts an ultra-cynical indictment of how high-art curators can get away with anything — maybe even murder. The ...

Our guide to what’s highbrow, lowbrow, brilliant, and despicable. Tap or click each image below to enlarge. Comments: Week of December 15, 2025 Readers sound off on the CDC, 44-year-olds, and digital ...