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Camille Bordas reads her story “Understanding the Science,” from the December 15, 2025, issue of the magazine. Bordas is the author of four novels, including “How to Behave in a Crowd” and “The Material.” Her first story collection, “One Sun Only,” will be published in January.
Watch New Yorker films shortlisted for the 2026 Academy Awards.
What happens when a bad-tempered, distractible doofus runs an empire?
After a London teen mysteriously plummeted into the Thames, his parents discovered that he’d been posing as an oligarch’s son.
Why you can’t get a restaurant reservation.
The pious wife of the Marquis de Sade.
Personal History by Nora Ephron: to move into the Apthorp was to enter a state of giddy, rent-stabilized delirium.
