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Longreads Best of 2014: Science Stories
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in specific categories. Here, the best in science writing.
What Ails Us: A Reading List About Disease
In last week’s Reading List, I wrote about Eula Biss and her new book, On Immunity: An Inoculation. It is a meditation on the United States, disease, race and motherhood, using vaccination as a metaphor/catalyst. With that on my mind, this week’s list is about diseases—four essays about Ebola, Parkinson’s and more. 1. “My Mother, Parkinson’s and […]
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Photo: Richard Barnes *** Below, our favorite stories of the week. Kindle users, you can also get them as a Readlist. Sign up to receive this list free every Friday in your inbox. *** 1. No Exit: ‘Your Feeling of Autonomy Is a Fantasy’ Gideon Lewis-Kraus | Wired | April 23, 2014 | 42 minutes […]
Science writer Ed Yong's Top 12 Longreads of 2011
Science writer Ed Yong’s Top 12 Longreads of 2011
10 Great Reads About the Senses
10 Great Reads About the Senses tetw: A Tetw reading list The Blind Man Who Learned To See by Michael Finkel – A fascinating profile of a man who is helping other blind people to see using echolocation. Mixed Feelings by Sunny Bains – How researchers can tap the plasticity of the brain to hack our 5 senses, and […]

