Spoilers ahead! We've warned you. We mean it. Read no further until you really want some clues or you've completely given up and want the answers ASAP. Get ready for all of today's NYT 'Connections’ ...

For Wordle enthusiasts, today, December 11, 2025, presents a fresh challenge with Puzzle #1637. This five-letter word might prove to be a bit puzzling for some players eager to maintain their ...

CNET editor Gael Fashingbauer Cooper, a journalist and pop-culture junkie, is co-author of "Whatever Happened to Pudding Pops? The Lost Toys, Tastes and Trends of the '70s and '80s," as well as "The ...

If you’re looking for the Connections answer for Friday, December 12, 2025, read on—I’ll share some clues, tips, and strategies, and finally the solutions to all four categories. Along the way, I’ll ...

Alexandra Jacobs, Jennifer Szalai and Dwight Garner look back at the books that, as Jacobs writes, “bonked me on the head this year.” Credit...Photo illustration by Sebastian Mast Supported by Well, ...

If you're a fan of word puzzles, you probably already know that Quordle is a more challenging version of Wordle. Instead of guessing just one word, Quordle requires you to guess four five-letter words ...

The idea that science should shape public policy is under serious attack. The massive funding cuts requested this year by the administration of US President Donald Trump, affecting US universities and ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

So: what were the best works of science fiction published this year? I will start with two new books that aren’t actually new, but have only just been published in English. First up is Ice by Jacek ...

The Week 12 NFL odds feature four games with a spread of under a field goal, while three contests have a double-digit NFL line. Amongst the former are Steelers vs. Bears (-2.5), with Aaron Rodgers ...

Some NFL teams, despite having winning records, just don't live up to the number in the W column. Then there are bad squads that are actually even worse in person than they are on paper. Two of the ...