Inside Superiority Burger
“How did chef and former punk drummer Brooks Headley turn his all-vegetarian vision for a rock and roll diner into the season’s hottest new restaurant?”
How the War in Ukraine Has Forever Changed the Children in One Kindergarten Class
“In the city of Kharkiv, in northeast Ukraine, there is a kindergarten classroom with bright yellow and green walls and long, gauzy curtains…But these days, there are no children.”
For 40 Years He Blamed Himself for a Girl’s Murder. Then Came a Shocking Discovery
“He had indeed seen a blue sweater, but did he remember it on the wrong girl?”
The King in the Endgame
“Magnus Carlsen’s legacy is still being written.”
The Quest for Longevity Is Already Over
“For Robine, each supercentenarian is a crucial datapoint in the quest to answer a big question: Is there an upper limit to the human lifespan?”
The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today
“BuzzFeed News was more than a website: It defined an era.”
Remembering the Egyptian Childhood I Never Had Through Its Culinary Traditions
“Sometimes I think my parents were afraid they might fade into the ether if I didn’t understand what home meant to them. In a sense, they were probably right.”
Rachel Weisz and the Glorious Horrors of Pregnancy
“Her brilliant streaming remake of the psychosexual thriller “Dead Ringers” has a refreshing new perspective on childbirth.”
There Is No A.I.
“But we’re at the beginning of a new technological era—and the easiest way to mismanage a technology is to misunderstand it.”
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