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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
The Truth of El Mozote
The Truth of El Mozote
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They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
They Gave Her A Lobotomy So Her Brother Could Be President
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The Lazarus File
The Lazarus File
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The Myth of Mad King George III
History
The Myth of Mad King George III
Rick Atkinson·The Atlantic
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How an enslaved, shipwrecked African became the US's first great explorer
History
How an enslaved, shipwrecked African became the US's first great explorer
Eliot Stein·BBC
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A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space
Crime
A Bizarre 1970 Arctic Killing Offers a Road Map for How Not to Deal With Murder in Space
Sam Kean·Slate
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The True Story of Phineas Gage Is Much More Fascinating Than the Mythical Textbook Accounts
Personal
The True Story of Phineas Gage Is Much More Fascinating Than the Mythical Textbook Accounts
Sam Kean·Slate
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Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
History
Unraveling the Secrets of the Inca Empire
Sam Kean·The Atlantic
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Trofim Lysenko, the Soviet Era's Deadliest Scientist, Is Regaining Popularity in Russia
Science
Trofim Lysenko, the Soviet Era's Deadliest Scientist, Is Regaining Popularity in Russia
Sam Kean·The Atlantic
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The End of the Anglo-American Order
War
The End of the Anglo-American Order
Ian Buruma·The New York Times
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Fractured Lands
History
Fractured Lands
Scott Anderson·The New York Times
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Moses' Top Ten
Politics
Moses' Top Ten
Sarah Vowell·The New York Times
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The Patent, Used as a Sword
Technology
The Patent, Used as a Sword
Charles Duhigg and Steve Lohr·The New York Times
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Say No More
Geography
Say No More
Jack Hitt·The New York Times
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Pigeon Wars
Film
Pigeon Wars
Jon Mooallem·The New York Times
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How to Build a Perfect Refugee Camp
Human Rights
How to Build a Perfect Refugee Camp
Mac McClelland·The New York Times
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The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
Science
The Detectives Who Never Forget a Face
Patrick Radden Keefe·The New Yorker
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The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
Psychology
The Legacy of Childhood Trauma
Junot Díaz·The New Yorker
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Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Personal
Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston
Jia Tolentino·The New Yorker
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On Killing Charles Dickens
Literature
On Killing Charles Dickens
Zadie Smith·The New Yorker
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The Message of Measles
Health
The Message of Measles
Nick Paumgarten·The New Yorker
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The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
Technology
The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
Ariel Levy·The New Yorker
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Small Change
Science
Small Change
Malcolm Gladwell·The New Yorker
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