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The Deadly Corruption of Clinical Trials

Illustration: Sam WeberKeep your New Year's resolution to learn something new; read the story below. To see more of 2010's best long-form magazine pieces, click here.  IT'S NOT EASY TO WORK UP a…
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1379 words)

Schizophrenic. Killer. My Cousin.

Mark with Houston at Houston's high school graduation in 2009 Courtesy of the familyTHE THING THAT STRUCK ME when I first met my cousin Houston was his size. He wasn't much taller than me, if at all,…
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1601 words)

Are Happy Gut Bacteria Key to Weight Loss?

A few years before Super Size Me hit theaters in 2004, Dr. Paresh Dandona, a diabetes specialist in Buffalo, New York, set out to measure the body's response to McDonald's—specifically…
PUBLISHED: April 22, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (994 words)

A Thorough & Comprehensive Review of "Jurassic Park 3D"

It is Jurassic Park, but in 3D. Samuel "Hold Onto Your Butts" Jackson's arm comes straight at your face. (As do the velociraptors.) Here's a CliffsNotes version of the film performed in Legos:…
PUBLISHED: April 5, 2013

In Honor of Buzz Bissinger, Strange Fashion Longreads

Karl Lagerfeld, creative director of Chanel. Pix Planete/ZUMA Press Last week, Friday Night Lights creator and journalist Buzz Bissinger set the
PUBLISHED: March 30, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (998 words)

North Korea Follows Only One American on Twitter—This Guy

North Korea is not known for its social media savvy. When the Democratic People's Republic launched its official government Twitter account under the handle of @uriminzok (meaning "our nation") in…
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1045 words)

Fracking's Latest Scandal? Earthquake Swarms

At exactly 10:53 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, 2011, Joe and Mary Reneau were in the bedroom of their whitewashed and brick-trimmed home, a two-story rambler Mary's dad custom-built 43 years ago.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2059 words)

Am I a Torturer?

Photo: Sarah WilsonListen to an interview with the author here. The prisons in Iraq stink. Ask any guard or interrogator and they'll tell you it's a smell they'll never forget: sweat, fear, and rot.…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2065 words)

Your Longreads Guide to Guns

Saulius L/Shutterstock "I know this is not the first time this country has debated how to reduce gun violence," President Obama said in his State of the Union address on Tuesday. "But this time is…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 15, 2013
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1150 words)
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