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The End of Reading Is Here
Optimists once believed that universal literacy was inevitable. Now it seems that the age of reading might be a short anomaly in human history.
The End of Reading Is Here
How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
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The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
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The Truth of El Mozote
Crime
The Truth of El Mozote
Mark Danner·The New Yorker
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The End of Reading Is Here
History
The End of Reading Is Here
Rose Horowitch·The Atlantic
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The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes
Science
The Brilliant Inventor Who Made Two of History's Biggest Mistakes
Steven Johnson·NYT Magazine
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How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Literature
How Emily Wilson Made Homer Modern
Judith Thurman·The New Yorker
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The Lazarus File
Crime
The Lazarus File
Matthew McGough·The Atlantic
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The Falling Man
History
The Falling Man
Tom Junod·Esquire
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Two Shallow Graves
Personal
Two Shallow Graves
Jason Arment·Books & Collections
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The Case Against Civilization
Science
The Case Against Civilization
John Lanchester·The New Yorker
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How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
Food
How to Make the Bread That Fueled the Pyramids
Sam Kean·Nautilus
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An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
History
An entire Herculaneum scroll has been read for the first time
Vesuvius Challenge·Vesuvius Challenge
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You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor
History
You Have No Idea How Hard It Is to Be a Reenactor
Caity Weaver·The Atlantic
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Soapbox
History
Soapbox
Dan Kois·Slate
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Who Was the Gayest Roman Emperor?
History
Who Was the Gayest Roman Emperor?
Russell Sprout·Sproutstack
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Death Jars Internment Laos
History
Death Jars Internment Laos
Franz Lidz·The New York Times
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We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
History
We Saw Nuns Kill Children: The Ghosts of St. Joseph’s Catholic Orphanage
Christine Kenneally·BuzzFeed News
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Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
History
Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud?
Lauren Collins·The New Yorker
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The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America’s Original Welfare Queen
Crime
The Real Story of Linda Taylor, America’s Original Welfare Queen
Josh Levin·Slate
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From MacArthur to Miki-III
Politics
From MacArthur to Miki-III
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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We Have Always Survived
History
We Have Always Survived
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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Tito’s Legacy-II
Politics
Tito’s Legacy-II
Robert Shaplen·The New Yorker
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