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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 Last Ace
War
The Last Ace
Mark Bowden·The Atlantic
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More Proof That This Really Is the End of History
History
More Proof That This Really Is the End of History
Francis Fukuyama·The Atlantic
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Monuments to the Unthinkable
History
Monuments to the Unthinkable
Clint Smith·The Atlantic
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The Tyranny of Simple Explanations
Science
The Tyranny of Simple Explanations
Philip Ball·The Atlantic
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The Sky Is Falling
Science
The Sky Is Falling
Gregg Easterbrook·The Atlantic
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The End of Men
Culture
The End of Men
Hanna Rosin·The Atlantic
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What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer If You’re Not a Man
Crime
What It Takes to Be a Trial Lawyer If You’re Not a Man
Lara Bazelon·The Atlantic
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Instagram Is Over
History
Instagram Is Over
Kate Lindsay·The Atlantic
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Die, Selfish Gene, Die
Science
Die, Selfish Gene, Die
David Dobbs·Aeon
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The Obesity Era
Health
The Obesity Era
David Berreby·Aeon
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Return of the City-State
History
Return of the City-State
Jamie Bartlett·Aeon
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The Founding Father Who Sought a Last-Minute Deal to Avert the Revolution
History
The Founding Father Who Sought a Last-Minute Deal to Avert the Revolution
Sarah Lyall·The New York Times
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American life in 1776 was far different than you imagine
History
American life in 1776 was far different than you imagine
Letty Avila·USC Dornsife Magazine
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The Reckoning
History
The Reckoning
Sean Flynn·Smithsonian Magazine
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The Last Island of the Savages
Geography
The Last Island of the Savages
Adam Goodheart·The American Scholar
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The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
History
The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race
Jared Diamond·Discover Magazine
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The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Race
The Case for Reparations by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Ta-Nehisi Coates·The Atlantic
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The Wreck of the Lady Mary
History
The Wreck of the Lady Mary
Amy Ellis Nutt·The Star-Ledger
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How the sadistic Lucian Freud enthralled his lovers
Art
How the sadistic Lucian Freud enthralled his lovers
Florence Hallett·The i Paper
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Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?
History
Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?
Guardian staff reporter·The Guardian
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