How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists, and creators...yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense, and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply adopting new technology. It is learning how to think, work, an...

How do we live alongside machines that are sometimes smarter than us?We are entering a new era. AI systems can already outperform humans in some domains while failing spectacularly in others. They can act as tutors, collaborators, researchers, strategists, and creators...yet they can also produce falsehoods, generate convincing nonsense, and fail unpredictably. The challenge is no longer simply adopting new technology. It is learning how to think, work, an...

Brought to you by Penguin.Hotly-anticiaped new guide to working, learning and living with the latest genereations of AI, from the acclaimed Wharton Professor of Management and author of the One Useful Thing Substack.Cutting through the noise of AI evangelists and AI doom-mongers, Wharton professor Ethan Mollick has become one of the most prominent and provocative explainers of AI, focusing on the practical aspects of how these new ...

British witchcraft and paganism in film and television.For more than a century, witches have cast their spell over audiences across Britain. From the fantasy crones of silent cinema to the murderous Satanists of 1970s horror, the persecuted women of historical dramas to the fresh-faced students of Hogwarts, the theme of witchcraft has captivated generation after generation. But what do these on-screen tales of witchery and magic tell us about modern culture—both in...

They took an oath. Now, they will pay the price.Eve Shepherd has lasted longer than her enemies, or even she, expected. But now a new, stronger enemy emerges threatening her husband’s life if she doesn’t stop her search for him. The ultimatum is brutal—stop her search, or he will die.She begins to suspect that his disappearance was not an accident but a calculated trap within a vast, shadowy network. As she peels back ...

A forest almanac for our time, rooted in a full year observing a rural woodland and its birds.Tapper’s groundbreaking first book How to Love a Forest offered a pragmatic and hopeful vision for our relationship with forests and other ecosystems. His new book, The Forest Year, lives inside the practice of staying, caretaking, and paying attention. Following the author’s forest through a year of life, the book explores flowers, birds, forest ecology,...

A forest almanac for our time, rooted in a full year observing a rural woodland and its birds.Tapper’s groundbreaking first book How to Love a Forest offered a pragmatic and hopeful vision for our relationship with forests and other ecosystems. His new book, The Forest Year, lives inside the practice of staying, caretaking, and paying attention. Following the author’s forest through a year of life, the book explores flowers, birds, forest ecology,...

Write a college essay that gets you noticed—and gets you in.Whether you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or just unsure where to start, College Essay Essentials by Ethan Sawyer—aka The College Essay Guy—offers a clear, proven roadmap to writing essays that stand out.

A simple, proven, and step-by-step approach to taking control of the college admission processEthan Sawyer (the College Essay Guy), along with dozens of top admission experts, will help you stand out by showing colleges and universities how your values and your drive will change you, your alma mater, and the world.

**Step into the mysterious, gothic world of Blackwood Academy eighteen years prior to the events of the New York Times bestselling Immortal Consequences in this darkly enchanting prequel novella that traces the origins of fan-favorite couple August and Wren’s heated rivalry and eventual romance.She’d hate him for the rest of eternity. She’d hate him until the very end.**When Wren Loughty finds herself dropped outside the gates of Blackwood Academy...

Bob Dylan’s art and image are at once rivetingly iconic and eternally elusive. Yet one aspect of his career remains underexplored: his appearances and depictions on screen. Since the mid-1960s, Dylan has been the subject of documentaries, an actor in feature films, and the auteur of his own film projects, as well as the inspiration for both traditional and unconventional biopics.I’m Glad I’m Not Me explores Dylan on film, from D. A. Pennebaker’s direct cinema classic D...

The field of neurosurgery stands at the precipice of a transformative era, driven by the rapid evolution of artificial intelligence (AI). From optimizing patient selection and surgical parameters to enhancing intraoperative precision, AI has already begun to reshape the landscape of neurosurgical care. Yet, as these technologies advance from preclinical studies to real-world applications, the challenges of responsible integration, evaluation and safety have become increasingly urgent....