This is how the world’s most covetable cameras get made

Every one of Hasselblad's frightfully expensive X1D cameras comes stamped with a "Handmade in Sweden" inscription, and I was curious to find out just how well-earned that tagline is.

February 6, 2018 at 07:00AM
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Netflix Just Announced 'The Cloverfield Paradox' Is Premiering Tonight

The third movie in the "Cloverfield" anthology (and maybe prequel to the first?) made its debut on Netflix right after the Super Bowl.

February 4, 2018 at 09:43PM
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Jerusalem Partly Cloudy today!

Partly Cloudy
With a high of 21C
and a low of 12C.

The Comic-Strip Heroine I'll Never Forget

Modesty Blaise was something like Wonder Woman meets James Bond — but she was so much more, too.

February 4, 2018 at 09:01AM
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Jerusalem Mostly Sunny today!

Mostly Sunny
With a high of 20C
and a low of 11C.

This Is Why Uma Thurman Is Angry

The actress is finally ready to talk about Harvey Weinstein.

February 3, 2018 at 08:46AM
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Father Of Larry Nasser Victim Lunges At Nasser During Sentencing, Wrestled To Ground

Three of Randall Margraves' daughters have accused Nassar of abusing them.

February 2, 2018 at 07:10AM
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Did Ancient Greeks Sail to Canada?

Researchers think Plutarch's "De Facie" tells the tale of Greek sailors making the treacherous transatlantic crossing. They dug into the science to show how it could have happened.

February 1, 2018 at 10:07AM
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How to Not Die in America

I am lucky not for surviving a severe bacterial infection, but for being a member of a shrinking class of Americans whose lives can absorb a trauma of this magnitude.

January 31, 2018 at 01:30PM
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'Black Panther' Just Had Its Premiere — Here's How People Responded

There's a little over two weeks left to wait until "Black Panther" hits theaters, but a lucky group got to see it in Hollywood last night. Here's how they reacted to the film.

January 30, 2018 at 11:49AM
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Searching for an Alzheimer’s cure while my father slips away

At the beginning, we searched frantically for any medical breakthrough that might hint at a cure. Then hope gave way to the unbearable truth.

January 28, 2018 at 06:03PM
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Jerusalem AM Showers today!

AM Showers
With a high of 11C
and a low of 4C.

The Astronaut Who Might Actually Get Us to Mars

The improbable journey of Franklin Chang Díaz, who immigrated to the U.S. at eighteen, became an astronaut, tied the record for most spaceflights, and now might hold the key to deep space travel.

January 28, 2018 at 09:47AM
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Jerusalem Mostly Cloudy today!

Mostly Cloudy
With a high of 11C
and a low of 5C.

RNC Finance Chair Steve Wynn Resigns After Sexual Harassment Allegations

Las Vegas casino mogul Steve Wynn is stepping down as Republican National Committee finance chair, according to three Republicans familiar with the decision.

January 27, 2018 at 12:42PM
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Where Are All the Vegetarian TV Shows?

Chefs who'd rather not cook with meat for whatever reason shouldn't be made to feel like they're showing up with a rubber knife to a gunfight.

January 26, 2018 at 11:37AM
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The Lost Art of Staying Put | Lucy Ellmann

We've been fed a bunch of fake reasons to travel by evil geniuses determined to use up all the fossil fuels as fast as possible, so as to coerce us all into accepting nuclear power as soon as possible.

January 25, 2018 at 08:43AM
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“This Is Serious”: Facebook Begins Its Downward Spiral

Facebook was always famous for the sign that hung in its offices, written in big red type on a white background, that said "Move Fast and Break Things." Every time I think about the company, I realize it has done just that — to itself.

January 24, 2018 at 09:05AM
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Unhappy about the net neutrality repeal? You could move to Montana

Governor Steve Bullock has signed an executive order requiring ISPs with state contracts to treat all content equally.

January 22, 2018 at 04:14PM
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The Man Who Made Black Panther Cool

Christopher Priest broke the color barrier at Marvel and reinvented a classic character. Why was he nearly written out of comics history?

January 22, 2018 at 06:53AM
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