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‘I Went Quiet…and That Allowed Me To Understand’: The Life of a Molecatcher
Marc Hamer discusses life, death, and the lost art of catching a mole.
Posted inHighlight, Quote Posts, Science & Nature
A Bit of Mud is Good for You
“Leung says a “misalignment with nature” in building design is partly to blame for our scourge of chronic diseases and the current pandemic.”
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List, Story
Families Like Ours: A Reading List for the Children of Queer Parents
Some of us got to stay with our moms or dads. Others did not.
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How Vocal Injury Can Change You
“But in ‘speaking around’ that injury, I was apparently projecting a new personality into the world: a more monotone, less enthusiastic, less engaged personality.”
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Something About the Present
“And so I remember that it’s this moment I want, before it becomes the next, where anything could happen and anything could not.”
Posted inNonfiction
Longreads Best of 2020: Science and Nature
Our top picks in science and nature stories for 2020.
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Best of 2022: All of our No. 5 Story Picks
All the stories we’ve selected as number five in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes
‘Everyone Benefits from a Frozen Arctic’
“The world should not, cannot, go back to business as usual without a clearer understanding and consciousness of how we live.”
