Articles Tweeted

Newest Picks

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)

Top 5 Longreads of the Week

2. Death of a Revolutionary Susan Faludi | The New Yorker | April 8, 2013 | 32 minutes (8,097 words) The life and death of pioneering feminist Shulamith Firestone:"Midway through the service, the…

Hollywood Archaeology: The Super Mario Bros. Movie

Unearthing a major disaster to learn the lessons held withinYou can learn a lot about the way the movie industry works in a given moment by looking at its successes (whether accidental or…
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4382 words)

The Meme Hustler - Tim O’Reilly’s crazy talk | Hacker News

Hacker Newsnew | comments | ask | jobs | submitlogin
LENGTH: 1 minutes (337 words)

Meet the Man Who Sold His Fate to Investors at $1 a Share

Right around this time, Merrill asked his stockholders to decide whether he should attempt something known as poly­phasic sleeping. The idea—touted by Buckminster Fuller in the…
PUBLISHED: March 28, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (730 words)

Autism Inc.: The Discredited Science, Shady Treatments and Rising Profits Behind Alternative Autism Treatments

The lowest point for Ann Dimick came in January 2012, when in the middle of the night she climbed out of bed, walked across her bedroom and into the closet, closed the door, sat cross-legged on the…
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5640 words)

The Hunt For “Geronimo”

President Obama saw it as a “50–50” proposition. Admiral Bill McRaven, mission commander, knew something would go wrong. So how did the raid that killed bin Laden get green-lighted? In an adaptation…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 39 minutes (9892 words)

The Woman Who Would Save Football

The door to Ann McKee's office is a shrine to the human brain: artistic, scientific, and comic. An iridescent Andy Warhol carrying a Campbell's Soup can keeps company with a newspaper photograph of…
AUTHOR:Jane Leavy
PUBLISHED: Aug. 17, 2012
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4521 words)

Chicken of the trees

It starts every summer with the first ripening tomato. Maybe it's the early blush on a squat Cherokee Purple, or the lighter stripes of a Green Zebra turning pale yellow, or a lime Bush Beefsteak…
AUTHOR:Mike Sula
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6235 words)
}