“They are mocked by gen Z for everything from their trainer socks to their mom jeans and selfie technique. A maligned millennial asks: how did we get here?”
Carolyn Wells
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How To Build A Thousand-Year-Old Tree
“A set of experimental techniques and technologies that might seem harmful to trees is actually helping ancient forests survive.”
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David Attenborough at 99: ‘I Will Not See How the Story Ends’
“The natural history presenter, who turns 99 this week, has an obsession with sea life that began in boyhood. Here he reflects on his most moving marine encounters — and shares his optimism about the future of our oceans.”
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Does Anyone Still Hitchhike?
“Traveling by thumb isn’t popular anymore. Some say it should be.”
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Borstal Boys
“A personal history of the borstal in Britain: a century of incarcerated children.”
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There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People
“And only one of them really knows how to load it.”
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Richard E. Grant: ‘Love Again? I’m Not Looking For It’
“The actor has starred in over 70 films — and been a scene-stealer in them all. So when he’s not working, what does he do for fun?”
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The Horses and Mules that Moved Mountains and Hearts
“Forest Service stock animals are indispensable to trail work on public lands in the West. Trump’s radical upheaval is accelerating the death of a dying art.”
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Unburying the Remains of the Third Reich
“As the German right ascends, the nation is still grappling with its fascist past — and how to handle its remains.”
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The Coyote Next Door
“What urban wildlife can teach us about cognition, survival, and how to be good neighbors”