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How America Saved Millions of Dogs—By Moving Them
“It is a good time to be an American dog. In the 1970s, as many as 20 million dogs and cats were euthanized each year. That number has declined precipitously. The ASPCA now estimates 390,000 dogs and 530,000 cats are euthanized each year, down from 2.6 million as recently as 2011.”
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The Longreads Questionnaire, Featuring Maria Popova
The creator of The Marginalian and author of the new book Traversal responds to 25 questions on writing, reading, and creativity.
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A Plane of Monkeys, a Pandemic, and a Botched Deal: Inside the Science Crisis You’ve Never Heard Of
“Experts say there’s a dire shortage of primates for biomedical research—and it’s putting human lives at risk.”
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How to Fuel a Hike, What’s in a Name, and the Week’s Top 5
“What could it mean to give yourself the food you need to keep going? No punishing, no guilt, no withholding. Just nourishment.” Well hello, August! C’mon in and make yourself at home. This week, in addition to five stories chosen by the editors for our Top 5, we wanted to share two recent pieces with […]
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The Miraculous Journey of a Captive-Bred Hermit Crab
“A self-taught crab enthusiast is doing something remarkable — breeding land hermit crabs in her home.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Recommending stories by Maddy Crowell, Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Fraser MacDonald, Shi En Kim, and Bryan Gardiner.
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The Search for Extraterrestrial Life as We Don’t Know It
“Scientists are abandoning conventional thinking to search for extraterrestrial creatures that bear little resemblance to Earthlings.”
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How Weed Strains Get Their (Amusing, Provocative, Downright Wacky) Names
“If you thought that the cannabis business, with its counter-culture, middle-finger-to-the-system ethos would have a single method by which all new strains receive their name, you must be high.”
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Ukraine’s Death-Defying Art Rescuers
“When Putin invaded, a historian in Kyiv saw that Ukraine’s cultural heritage was in danger. So he set out to save as much of it as he could.”
