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Seven Stories About the Science Behind Fast Food
Stories about how fast food co-opted science and technology to create more craveable products.
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A Reading List Inspired by Seattle
Seattle was cool and sunny. The flowers were more vivid than anything I’d ever seen on the East Coast. I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time. I slept on a goddamn sailboat. Washington, I love you.
Is the Internet Changing Time?
“Fragments of the past are for the first time on tap, not stored away in boxes,” writes Laurence Scott.
Longreads Best of 2016: Business & Tech Reporting
We asked a few writers and editors to choose some of their favorite stories of the year in various categories. Here, the best in business and tech reporting.
Season’s Greetings from Amazon Fulfillment
Money is tight. To alleviate her ailing bank account and help support her family, author/translator Heike Geissler goes to work for an Amazon Fulfillment center in Germany.
A Reading List Inspired by Seattle
Seattle was cool and sunny. The flowers were more vivid than anything I’d ever seen on the East Coast. I touched the Pacific Ocean for the first time. I slept on a goddamn sailboat. Washington, I love you.
Reflections of an Accidental Florist
When a painter stumbles into a floral career, she sees the ugly truth behind a colorful, fragrant industry.
My Bad Parenting Advice Addiction
When her son was born, Emily Gould read 25 books about babies and sleep, but wound up only more confused.

