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BBC Future

Do We Really Live Longer Than Our Ancestors?

The wonders of modern medicine and nutrition make it easy to believe we enjoy longer lives than at any time in human history, but we may not be that special after all.

MEL Magazine

The Forgotten Tiger King of Harlem

Antoine Yates spent three years living peacefully inside his NYC apartment with his ‘roommate’ — a Siberian tiger named Ming. Until, that is, Ming’s animal instincts kicked in.

BBC News

The Tip-Off From a Nazi That Saved My Grandparents

It has often been described as a “miracle” that most of Denmark’s Jews escaped the Holocaust. Now it seems that the country’s Nazi rulers deliberately sabotaged their own operation.

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The New York Times

The Trouble With Wanting Men

Women are so fed up with men that the phenomenon even has a name: heterofatalism. So what do we do with our desire?

Longreads

Bread and Honey

Sometimes, marriage is about learning how to braid the bitter with the sweet.

New Lines Magazine

Waiting for Justice in South Africa

Families of those killed and tortured for political reasons under apartheid are searching for the truth about why the perpetrators have gone unpunished.

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