OpenAI advances recursive AI; new startup pursues self-improving systems amid leaked experimental model names.

Here's what we know about the 2026 Florida Python Challenge, how the yearly hunt works and a little bit about last year's ...

For the Iranians, the Air Force colonel whose fighter jet had been shot down was possible leverage. For the U.S. military, finding him was a moral imperative. By Greg Jaffe Helene Cooper Eric Schmitt ...

From morning routines to late-night TV, Americans move from task to task throughout their day. How they use their time looks different for older and younger adults. And across age groups, it differs ...

Illustration by Klawe Rzeczy for TIME. Source images: Bhawika Chhabra—Reuters (Amodei); Yoan Valat—Pool/AFP/Getty Images (Trump); Aaron Ontiveroz—The Denver Post/Getty Images (Hegseth); J. David ...

FINANCE IS PEPPERED with jargon that doesn’t make much sense: “investment-grade bonds” (unlike those other, uninvestible ones), “forward guidance” (as opposed to the backward kind), “convexity ...

Move aside, “See you later!” There’s a new phrase in town: “Find us a time on my Google Calendar.” Like clockwork, I’ll bump into a friend on campus, exchanging the usual, “How are you?” and ending ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. Time feels like the most basic feature of reality. Seconds tick, days pass ...

Is there a specific seat on the couch you want to secure before kickoff at a Super Bowl party? The battle for prime real estate in front of the television during the grandest sporting event of the ...

After school, New Jersey fifth graders Joy Wyatt and Emerson Kari head to their local library to study. What they don't bring with them are smartphones. Joy does not have a phone and says she does not ...