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Holding Pattern: A Reading List on Waiting . . .
Everyone waits. No one is spared the waiting room, one way or another. Seven stories on an essential human condition.
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Song of the Scientist
“Mukherjee was fascinated with cells early on. But then he was interested in so many things.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Showcasing stories from Chelsea Kirk; Tracie White; Timothy White; Jonathan Farmer and A.O. Scott; and Ellen Cushing.
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The Weather Man
“‘After all these years,’ he says, ‘I’m still a weather geek.'”
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Andrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Control
“The private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist.”
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‘Did Something Happen to Mom When She Was Young?’
“The hidden history of the Cold War adoption complex.”
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In the Shadow of Silicon Valley
“The San Francisco of my youth was full of small shops whose friendly eccentricity felt like part of the place.”
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A Water Obsession and Our Weekly Top 5
“The majority of home water use takes place in the bathroom, so that’s where I started. I scaled back my showers to once a week and only flushed the toilet when the need was overwhelming. I wandered my dark little apartment doing calculations on a loop. How many gallons of water does the Livingston faucet […]
