Featuring stories by Michael Lewis, Patricia Wen, Ted Chiang, Katie Thornton, and Sarah Smarsh.
science
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The Feud Tearing the Paleontology World Apart
“Two paleontologists have turned on each other, each claiming to have found new evidence about the worst day on Earth.”
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Here a Bee, There a Bee, Everywhere a Wild Bee
“Biologists are finding new bee species all over the Pacific Northwest—highlighting how little we know about native pollinators.”
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The Cure for Disposable Plastic Crap Is Here—and It’s Loony
“Stretchy seaweed, reverse vending machines, QR-coded take-out boxes: They’re how we can break society’s absurd addiction to single-use plastics.”
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The Veterinarians Preventing the Next Pandemic
“Most new diseases have their origins in animals. So why aren’t we paying more attention to their health?”
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The Very Hungry Urchins
“They’re very simple animals, but they’re very effective at what they do.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring stories from Ryan Hockensmith, John Woodrow Cox, Ryan Nourai, Mary H.K. Choi, and Ferris Jabr.
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
Featuring notable stories from Paul Solotaroff, Maddie Oatman, Gabriel Smith, Meg Bernhard, and Alexandra Horowitz.