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Bringing Them Back to Life

On July 30, 2003, a team of Spanish and French scientists reversed time. They brought an animal back from extinction, if only to watch it become extinct again. The animal they revived was a kind of…
PUBLISHED: April 18, 2013
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3615 words)

How Disney Bought Lucasfilm—and Its Plans for 'Star Wars'

One weekend last October, Robert Iger, chief executive officer of Walt Disney (DIS), sat through all six Star Wars films. He’d seen them before, of course. This time, he took notes. Disney was in…
PUBLISHED: March 7, 2013
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3449 words)

Suds for Drugs

(Photo: Victor Prado/New York Magazine. Typography by Kevin Dresser.) The call that came in from a local Safeway one day in March 2011 was unlike any the Organized Retail Crime Unit of the Prince…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 6, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (799 words)

Top Science Longreads of 2012 – Phenomena: Not Exactly Rocket Science

Ignore the tedious pundits bloviating about shrunken attention spans. There has never been a better time to immerse yourself in long, deep, rich science reporting. Here’s a list of my 12 top…
AUTHOR:Ed Yong
PUBLISHED: Dec. 24, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1434 words)

Long Stories for Undecided Voters

“Low-information voter” used to be something of a term of art for political scientists: a person who picks a candidate because of something superficial and flighty. Now, however,…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 2, 2012
LENGTH: 2 minutes (521 words)

Inside the Obama Campaign's Hard Drive

Harper Reed went from selling arty T-shirts to hunting for Obama voters. Photograph by Jacob DehartDURING THE 736 DAYS beginning May 9, 2010, Harper Reed walked an average of 8,513 steps, reaching a…
AUTHOR:Tim Murphy
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1933 words)

Sarah Lawrence, With Guns

Greg, a tall, lanky, and unusually thoughtful cadet, waited for me after class. While most West Point “plebes” (first-year students) ran out at the end of the fifty-five minute period,…
LENGTH: 15 minutes (3877 words)

The Man Who Made Star Wars

Modesto is a small California town that gains its livelihood from its shops and its farms. Beyond its few streets lies the walnut ranch where George Lucas was raised. The town has one cinema on its…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (838 words)

A Character Study Part I.

John D. Rockefeller: A Character Study Ida M. Tarbell Author of "The History of the Standard Oil Company," "Life of Lincoln," ETC. Illustrated with Portraits Part One. "A prince should earnestly…
LENGTH: 47 minutes (11763 words)
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