Features

A Kink in the Hyperloop

The dream of zipping from San Francisco to Los Angeles in 35 minutes has run into a few speed bumps. By Benjamin Wallace

The Internet As You Know It Does Not Exist

Eight alternate histories of the World Wide Web. By Brian Feldman

The Pill Freaks of Silicon Valley

Nootrobox and the computer scientists who want to chemically enhance your brain. By Alex Morris

One Building, 41 Moon Shots

Imagining the future from an old shipbuilding factory in Brooklyn’s Navy Yard. By Alexa Tsoulis-Reay

Intelligencer

The National Interest

Donald Trump’s locker room is the entire world.

96 Minutes With Ryan Lochte

One month into his Olympic suspension, six weeks into Dancing With the Stars.

Classroom

High school sucks. Enter Laurene Powell Jobs.

The Urbanist: The Teens of Havana

What it's like to be coming of age in a rapidly changing Cuba.

Reread: April 8, 1968

A look back at the first �Best Bets,� an analog recommendation engine.

The Cut

No Boys Allowed

Opening night at the Wing, Audrey Gelman’s social club.

Strategist

Best Bets

Colorful teapots, a DIY Halloween manicure, and two Japanese sister brands debut.

The Look Book

The retired social worker from Switzerland, on holiday in New York.

An Experiment in the Woods

Architect Steven Holl saved a plot of land from development and built himself a guesthouse that sleeps five � but has no bedrooms.

Sleep With the Fishes

A houseboat off Dubai with an underwater bedroom.

A Solar-Powered Adobe

Confronting climate change in Arizona.

Forever Futuristic

An Acapulco house that still feels ahead of its time.

12 Futuristic Products

We asked design professionals to pick one new product that might change our lives.

The Dish

Prune’s Turkish �disco’ pistachios set ablaze with anise-flavored brandy.

Restaurant Opening

Ichiran Ramen opens first U.S. branch in Brooklyn.

The Restaurant Review

First Look at Sunday in Brooklyn, Williamsburg’s latest restaurant-cocktail bar-coffee bar-market.

Culture

Marina Abramovic at 70

Skinny-dipping with the world’s most famous performance artist.

One Part, Three Breakouts

Moonlight has had a triumphant festival season. So have the three actors playing the lead.

What Black Mirror Is Made Of

The series’ forebears, including Harold and Maude.

Photobombing the City

How nudity can transform the most familiar street scenes.

The Art Review

A new show restages Matthew Barney’s 1991 breakthrough, and it’s even better the second time.

The Theater Review

Heisenberg finds location and momentum on Broadway.

The Movie Review

A young man struggles with identity and sexuality in three acts in Moonlight.

The Movie Review

Kelly Reichardt’s Certain Women is a quietly powerful study in uncertainties.

To Do: October 19�November 2, 2016

Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Departments

Comments: Week of October 17, 2016

Readers sound off on Barack Obama’s presidency, Bernie Sanders, and more.

The Approval Matrix: Week of October 17, 2016

Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.