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Working In Science Was A Brutal Education. That’s Why I Left.
“Science made me understand the vast beauty of the world. But science was also working 15 hours a day for weeks or months.”
Forget the Sheep, Pass the Dog
“The dogs knew the routine: settle down and relax so that the women could cut away their white tresses, shearing the dogs as closely as shearers do sheep.”
The Weight of the World
“2021 kicks off the United Nations Decade on Ocean Science. Meanwhile, a local conservation group in Watamu, Kenya races to save endangered sea turtles—by enlisting human allies.”
Science Says Life is Better in Intentional Communities
Intentional communities are a prophylactic against the plague of loneliness and a gateway to a meaningful life.
The Heavy Burden of Breasts
“He covers his face with his hands. He doesn’t cry. He hasn’t really cried for eight years – since he started with testosterone injections.”
When Death Came to Mauritius
“Black waves bring animals to the town’s shore. Sticky corpses float on the oil.”
Alzheimer’s Before Forty
“Shawn says Jo asked him to promise he would never let him go into a nursing home, that he would help him find some way to end his life on his own terms.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Simon van Zuylen-Wood, Elizabeth Weil, Jeannette Cooperman, Ryan Katz, and Madeleine Watts.
There She Goes: How to ‘Feminize’ a Face
How a trans woman found the surgery that could restore her sense of self.

