Researchers spent years quietly studying a stone carved with 255 runes and the image of a boat found in northern Ontario. Now, revealing the stone’s existence, they’re asking the public for help.

As the 100 best films list shows, long-held categories in Hollywood are fading, just as they are in the broader culture.

Whether you’re a casual moviegoer or an avid buff, our reviewers think these films are worth knowing about.

In a new sign of toolmaking in marine mammals, orcas in the Pacific Northwest were recorded rubbing stalks of kelp against each other’s bodies, a study shows.

As federal immigration sweeps have prompted protests across the nation, the border is eerily quiet, as would-be migrants stay away and undocumented workers hide at home.

Time is the secret ingredient of investing, a market veteran says. Over many decades, diversified stock index funds have produced extraordinary results.

The British actor is the engine that drives the popular new Netflix series.

It’s time for Netflix’s global phenomenon to give up its final answers, if there are any.

Facing drought after drought, Los Angeles has managed to reduce its water use by more than a third, even as the population has grown. Michael Kimmelman, editor at large of Headway, a team focused on paths to progress on big challenges, reports.

As demand for the popular toys continues, some are embracing knockoffs, known as Lafufus.

Companies like OpenAI, Amazon and Meta have supersized their spending on artificial intelligence, with no signs of slowing down.

A couple could replace heating and electrical systems, and add roof supports to their 350-year-old house, but the walls would never stand up straight again (if they ever did).

The islands and archipelagos outside of Stockholm offer rustic vacation cottages, converted military structures and single-family homes with water views.

At SculptureCenter in Queens, Luana Vitra’s show “Amulets” draws you in with its beauty. Then it drives home the tragic underpinnings of mining.

Applications to open a casino in the New York area are due today, and the state board will then choose the winners after public hearings.

Susan Namangale fell in love with the game at age 9 in her small village, and she’s now on a mission to deliver a message to the whole country: Chess is good for everyone.

“I am so glad I didn’t give up on my life and kept going,” says the chef, who’s the subject of a new documentary about his remarkable career.

“Tell Me Everything” is more of a puff piece than its subject might have liked, but the film is at its best examining TV journalism’s evolution.

Unhappy with his company’s artificial intelligence efforts, Meta’s C.E.O. is on a spending spree as he reconsiders his strategy in the contest to invent a hypothetical “superintelligence.”

An assault on federal protections may bring about a new era of unchecked discrimination.