Should We Clone Neanderthals?

The scientific, legal, and ethical obstacles

Source: Archaeology
Published: Apr 1, 2010
Length: 17 minutes (4,274 words)

The Steussy Ranch

A Movable Feast

Published: Aug 9, 2009
Length: 31 minutes (7,847 words)

The Red Carpet Campaign

[Not single-page] Inside the singular hysteria of the Academy Awards race.

Published: Feb 7, 2010
Length: 29 minutes (7,354 words)

“Marry Him!”: Settling and the single girl

Lori Gottlieb talks about her controversial dating book, which has some women foaming and Hollywood courting

Source: Salon
Published: Feb 8, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,933 words)

How a New Jobless Era Will Transform America

The Great Recession may be over, but this era of high joblessness is probably just beginning. Before it ends, it will likely change the life course and character of a generation of young adults.

Author: Don Peck
Source: The Atlantic
Published: Mar 1, 2010
Length: 10 minutes (2,738 words)

Everyone Eats …

But that doesn’t make you a restaurant critic

Published: Feb 1, 2010
Length: 20 minutes (5,065 words)

Neighbors’ Keeper

A woman feeds her community in Port-au-Prince.

Source: The New Yorker
Published: Feb 8, 2010
Length: 22 minutes (5,738 words)

The Junior Meritocracy

Should a child’s fate be sealed by an exam he takes at the age of 4? Why kindergarten-admission tests are worthless, at best.

Published: Jan 31, 2010
Length: 21 minutes (5,486 words)

How to Fall 35,000 Feet—And Survive

You’re six miles up, alone and falling without a parachute. Though the odds are long, a small number of people have found themselves in similar situations—and lived to tell the tale.

Published: Jan 29, 2010
Length: 11 minutes (2,778 words)

Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider’s guide to the fight

Source: Antipope
Published: Jan 31, 2010
Length: 122 minutes (30,649 words)