“A future where many humans are in love with bots may not be far off. Should we regard them as training grounds for healthy relationships or as nihilistic traps?”
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Telling the Bees
“Finding solace in the company of bees, Emily Polk opens to the widening circles of loss around her and an enduring spirit of survival.”
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Feast Your Eyes on Japan’s Fake Food
“However persuasive they might be as facsimiles, shokuhin sampuru are subjective interpretations, seeking not only to replicate dishes but to intensify the feelings associated with the real thing.”
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How the War Over Trans Athletes Tore a Volleyball Team Apart
“Blaire Fleming was a little-known college player. Then she suddenly became a symbol of injustice — to both sides of the controversy.”
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Gone in Seven Seconds
“Racing pigeons hightail it home in competitions across the state.”
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Science Cheats: A Reading List on Unscrupulous Scientists
Six stories on the shady side of scholarship.
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On the Endless Symbolism of the Best Summer Movie Ever Made:Â Jaws
“And how it owes its dark soul to Moby-Dick.”
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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Maria Popova
The creator of The Marginalian and author of the new book Traversal responds to 25 questions on writing, reading, and creativity.
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The Weather Man
“‘After all these years,’ he says, ‘I’m still a weather geek.'”
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The Long Quest for Artificial Blood
“One of the most valuable substances in the world has never been replicated. Are we close?”
