Robert Langdon (Christian Vaughn-Munck) and Sophie Neveu (Alli Gamlen) discover a cryptex as their next clue in “The Da Vinci Code.” Courtesy Scott Lasky. “The Da Vinci Code” as a play? Those who know ...

When Palo Alto Players Artistic Director Patrick Klein learned that a stage version of Dan Brown’s 2003 bestselling novel “The Da Vinci Code” was out in the world, he had to know more. Trekking out to ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It’s the moment software engineers, executives and investors turn their work over to Anthropic’s Claude AI—and then witness a thinking machine of shocking capability, even in an age awash in powerful ...

Ms. Bechdel is a cartoonist and a Professor in the Practice at Yale University Alison Bechdel is a cartoonist and a Professor in the Practice at Yale University. The Times is committed to publishing a ...

Scientists have managed to extract what could be Leonardo da Vinci's DNA from one of his works, a red chalk drawing titled "Holy Child." Microscopic Y-chromosomes scraped from the artwork were ...

Mr. Frey is the mayor of Minneapolis. On Aug. 1, 2007, the Interstate 35W bridge spanning the Mississippi River in Minneapolis collapsed into the water during rush hour. Thirteen people died, and ...

Claude on a smart phone. The DNA file had been gathering dust in Pietro Schirano's computer for years. Then, earlier this month, he gave it to Claude Code—an “agentic coding tool” developed by ...

In one of the earliest stories of the Hebrew Bible, God asks Cain, “Where is Abel your brother?” Feigning ignorance, Cain responds, “I do not know. Am I my brother’s keeper?” But Cain did know what ...

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