The science of medicine is based on male bodies, but researchers are beginning to realize how vastly the symptoms of disease differ between the sexes — and how much danger women are in.
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Three Decades of Cross-Cultural Utopianism in British Music Writing
The history of England’s fertile music press reveals as much about the opinionated English youth who created it as it does the music they covered in the second half of the 20th century.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Sloane Crosley, Jason Fagone, Bronwen Dickey, Heather Radke, and Kelly Conaboy.
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William S. Burroughs and the Cult of Rock ‘n’ Roll
From Bob Dylan to David Bowie to The Beatles, the legendary Beat writer’s influence reached beyond literature into music in surprising ways.
Posted inBooks, Essays & Criticism, History, Science & Nature, Story
The Weather and the Wall
Climate change and the border wall are more connected than you might think.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Science & Nature, Story, Uncategorized
The Menace and the Promise of Autonomous Vehicles
What does it mean to experiment with technology that we know will kill people, even if it could save lives?
Posted inBooks, Fiction, Profiles & Interviews, Story
‘What Would Social Media Be Like As the World Is Ending?’
In Mark Doten’s “Trump Sky Alpha,” a journalist who has survived Trump’s nuclear apocalypse gets an assignment from what’s left of the New York Times Magazine: find out what people were tweeting as the bombs fell.
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Against Hustle: Jenny Odell Is Taking Her Time at the End of the World
The attention economy is killing us and the planet. Artist and writer Jenny Odell talks about why slowing down could be the only way to survive.
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Lumbersexuality, a Sport and a Pastime
Why do people — mostly men — want to throw axes and dress like lumberjacks?
