Pocket-Worthy Reads

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The Atlantic

The Interior Lives of Hoarders

Cultural portrayals of hoarding tend to invite pity rather than empathy, revulsion rather than self-reflection. A poem masterfully refocuses the lens.

BBC Travel

‘A Love Letter to the World of Curries’

In one of his last interviews, chef Raghavan Iyer expressed his hope for his final cookbook to become his lasting legacy to Indian cooking, especially the versatility of curry.

Quanta Magazine

A Short Guide to Hard Problems

What’s easy for a computer to do, and what’s almost impossible? Those questions form the core of computational complexity. We present a map of the landscape.

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Grub Street

Is All This Salt Killing Us?

Doctors have long warned about the risks of too much sodium. But in an era of Maximum Flavor, we crave it more than ever.

The New Atlantis

Does Marriage Have a Future?

From the Industrial Revolution to the pill to AI girlfriends, technology is unbundling what used to be marriage’s package deal.

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History Today

How Hertha Ayrton Made Waves

During her daily walks she had become fascinated by the sand ripples that repeatedly formed beneath the waves, only to be washed away by the retreating tide. Before long her miniature model sea in the zinc bath provided convincing evidence that the standa

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Business Insider

The Hot New MBA Hustle

Millennials’ hottest new career pivot: ditching the corporate grind to run unsexy small businesses.