Navigating a world in flux demands some understanding of who you really are, and some of my favorite pieces from this year speak to that need.
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The Venus Flytrap and the Golf Course
“The Endangered Species Act is thought of as wildlife’s ’emergency room.’ Are we doing enough to prevent species from landing there?”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Elizabeth Kolbert, Joshua Hammer, Tan Tuck Ming, Fargo Nissim Tbakhi, and Atossa Araxia Abrahamian.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Ryan Hockensmith, John Woodrow Cox, Ryan Nourai, Mary H.K. Choi, and Ferris Jabr.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories from Paul Solotaroff, Maddie Oatman, Gabriel Smith, Meg Bernhard, and Alexandra Horowitz.
A Work of Love
“Before gay marriage was legal, illustrator John Megahan was called to work on a revolutionary secret project: bringing to life, in painstaking scientific detail, the queer lives of the animal world.”
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week features pieces from Sabrina Imbler, Natan Last, Lulu Miller and John Megahan, Casey Cep, and David Grimm.
What Are Farm Animals Thinking?
“New research is revealing surprising complexity in the minds of goats, pigs, and other livestock.”
The Ramen Lord
“It is cooking that veers into the domain of laboratory science.”

