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Gregory Nagy, a professor of classical Greek literature at Harvard, is a gentle academic of the sort who, asked about the future, will begin speaking of Homer and the battles of the distant past. At…
PUBLISHED: May 20, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1040 words)

Why is Science Behind a Paywall?

Scientists’ work follows a consistent pattern. They apply for grants, perform their research, and publish the results in a journal. The process is so routine it almost seems inevitable. But…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3266 words)

A House Divided

At apartheid’s end, the dorms of the University of the Free State in Bloemfontein were integrated.At first it went well, then the students chose to resegregate. A story of the…
PUBLISHED: May 1, 2013
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1735 words)
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Our Radical Future: Cults, Utopias and Rebellions of the 1890s

Canudos, the holy city. From the hills it had looked like a mirage. Fifty-two hundred mud huts and a handful of white-washed churches spread along a bend in the Vasa-Barris, where a few years before…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3658 words)

The Rise of Big Data

(Getty Images / John Elk) Everyone knows that the Internet has changed how businesses operate, governments function, and people live. But a new, less visible technological trend is just as…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (836 words)

How the Trailer Park Could Save Us All

The smooth streets of Pismo Dunes Senior Park on the Central Coast of California. (PHOTO: ARNALDO ABBA) Residents call life at Pismo Dunes Senior Park “Pismodise.” Park manager Louise…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5615 words)
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Lost on Everest

Chapter 5 After a brief lull and a celebration for the successful summit team, the climbers began to regroup for the next summit bids. Hornbein and Unsoeld were relentless in their pursuit of the new…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (922 words)

When Our Kids Own America

Photo by Rafael Castillo Oakland, Calif., is two time zones away from Brooklyn Park and a whole continent away from Harlem. It could either be a utopian vision of some multiculti urban future or its…
AUTHOR:Gene Demby
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2080 words)

A. J. Sherman

[view as PDF / Issuu] For my parents, as for many New Yorkers, the countryside was invested with almost magical healing and protective powers: it was the only safe place for young children to spend…
LENGTH: 19 minutes (4905 words)
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