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The Hibernator’s Guide to the Galaxy
“Scientists are on the verge of figuring out how to put humans in a state of suspended animation. It could be the key to colonizing Mars.”
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Walking on Faith and the Week’s Top 5
“Most people here were trying to find a way to live with events that could have broken their lives: absence, illness, loss, death. How could I fault them for something I also wanted, which was to wring meaning from things that have none?” “Why was I stumbling alongside this mass of the devout?” This is […]
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Best of 2025: All Our Number Five Story Picks
Every story we selected for the number five slot in our weekly newsletter, in a handy digest.
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A “Super” Walk of Contradictions (and Our Top 5)
“To my right is one of the largest manmade toxic holes on Earth. To my left, shelves of coal-colored slag piled twenty feet high. And underfoot, ten thousand miles of poisoned shafts swimming with ghosts.” Hello from Berkeley, California. Our family loves to explore the city’s parks, where we can hike through redwood forests in […]
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Map Room: A Radical Reading List on Cartographic Power, Perspective, and Possibility
Seven stories celebrating our fascination with maps.
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Return to the Saddle Club: A Reading List on Horse Girls
Celebrating the girls with an equine obsession.
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Neal Brennan Longs For Connection
“The comedian reflects on ayahuasca, the ethics of jokes, and Kanye West.”
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Souvenirs of Climate Catastrophe
“Souvenir: the French for ‘to remember,’ from the Latin subvenire—literally, ‘to come from below.’”
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Outer Dark: A Cormac McCarthy Reading List
Saying goodbye to the legendary novelist.
