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Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Science & Nature

What the Death of a Glacier Means for Us

by Aaron Gilbreath April 12, 2019October 19, 2022

The death of an iconic California glacier signals the loss of one scientist’s work, the end of an epoch, and possibly the beginning of a new era of mass extinction.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads April 7, 2017October 19, 2022

This week, we’re featuring stories by Reeves Wiedeman, Monica Mark, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, Daniel Duane, and Danny Chau.

Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes

Who Says Healthy Food Can’t Be Accessible and Affordable?

by Aaron Gilbreath April 4, 2017October 19, 2022

Daniel Patterson, and the challenges of bringing fast healthy food to the impoverished neighborhoods trapped in food deserts.

Posted inNonfiction, Quotes

The Scientific Language of Cooking

by Aaron Gilbreath January 20, 2017October 19, 2022

Have dinner with Harold McGee, the academic-turned-cookbook author who paved the way for Alton Brown and a whole generation of culinary scientists.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes

The Many Deaths of California

by Aaron Gilbreath November 11, 2015October 19, 2022

When “the big one” strikes California, the state isn’t going to fall into the Ocean the way so many Arizonans who want beachfront property like to imagine. But there are many ways to die. In The New York Times, author Daniel Duane writes about what he calls the Golden State’s “sense of unraveling” and its […]

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