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United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres speaks during the 81st session of the United Nations (U.N.)

Most experts working in early childhood development agree: the first years of a child’s life shape not just their academic readiness, but also a child’s lifelong health, resilience, emotional well-being and brain development.

—Kasipat Phonlamai—Getty Images This month, Jacob Coxon, a researcher at Anthropic, resigned, warning that AI companies are racing towards “self-improving superintelligence” and that he and those building it believe it “could kill us all by the end of the…

About 700,000 teachers have enrolled in the intensive reading course written by Moats, pictured outside her home in rural Vermont —John Tully for TIME Louisa Moats was at a conference in Daphne, Ala., earlier this year when she was approached by a group of

A Pacific Ocean wave washes up near a worker using heavy machinery to protect damaged beachfront homes with boulders on Sept. 14, 2026 in Dana Point, Calif.

Sunrise in New York City on April 18, 2026.

A diesel fuel nozzle at a Chevron gas station in San Jose, Calif.

The TCL Chinese Theatre during opening weekend for "The Odyssey" in IMAX on July 18, 2026 in Hollywood, Calif.

Seaside scenery on La Digue Island, Seychelles on June 26, 2026.

Matthew McConaughey, left, and Woody Harrelson in Brothers —Apple TV As a nation still mourning Dolly Parton is all too aware, there aren’t many entertainers left who are embraced by Americans across demographics and ideologies.

Hurricane Polo intensifying in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Mexico on Monday, Sept. 21, 2026.

Min Aung Hlaing inside the Presidential office on Aug. 28, 2026, in Naypyidaw.

Vice President JD Vance speaks during a news conference on fraud at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House Campus in Washington, D.C., on September 22, 2026.

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Malcolm Gladwell in Hudson, N.Y., on Sept. 9, 2024.

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—Silivonochka/Getty Images; Roc Canals—Getty Images If you’ve ever sat up quickly or rolled over in bed abruptly and felt like the room was spinning or whirling around you when you’re actually still, you may have experienced a condition called benign paro…

China's President Xi Jinping and U.S.

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At a moment when emerging technologies are driving both the global economy and the news cycle, business leaders must not only keep up with an industry moving at a breakneck pace—they must look around the corner at what’s next.

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—Artico—Getty Images For decades, the only way to confirm that someone had Alzheimer’s disease was by autopsy after death, when pathologists could confirm amyloid plaques, which are hallmarks of the disease, in the brain.

—Flashvector—Getty Images I swept my arm overhead, forming a half-moon shape as my body bent into a side stretch.

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The White House promotes "Trump TV" on X on Sept. 21, 2026.