“You might think of them as cheap beach souvenirs. In fact, these tiny creatures have rich social lives and can live decades—and some humans are fighting to change their fate.”
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My Weekends With the Dead
“In 2017, I decided to solve a longtime mystery about my family. It led me to a controversial pastime that consumes thousands—and has changed untold lives.”
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Why Did the Rubber Chicken Cross the Road?
“At 38, I began to feel the creep of the millennial midlife crisis. So I decided to break the strangest world record I could find.”
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Totally Cooked
“We picked the 25 most important recipes of the past century. Then I spent one month cooking every single one. I was not prepared.”
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Getting the Spark Back
“Dating apps destroyed in-person romance. Now they’re trying to revive it.”
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Lost Vegas
“Everyone inside America’s most flailing destination city has a theory for what’s wrong. Now I have my own.”
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Pizzastroika
“In 1990, in the last breaths of the Cold War, a delicious act of American subversion unfolded in Moscow. It’s long been forgotten. It shouldn’t be.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending excellent stories by Tony Ho Tran, Rachel Aviv, Ariel Saramandi, Theo Lipsky, and Inori Roy.
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Her Dad Was the BTK Killer. Their Daughter Was Gabby Petito. Why Would They Ever Agree to This?
“America obsessed over the murders that ravaged their families. How did they end up stuck in that loop forever?”
