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January 2026
worldThe CIA’s Lost Nuclear Device in the Himalayas nytimes.com
cultureCrashing Rolliefest, the Watch Collector Convention thecut.com
sportsBoxing, Celebrity, and the Death of Mastery newlinesmag.com
cultureDiversity on the small screen: When Doordarshan stitched together a nation thehindu.com
December 2025
cultureNothing Better Than a Whole Lot of Books: In Praise of Bibliomania lithub.com
natureThe near-extinction of vultures in India has had severe consequences washingtonpost.com
scienceIs Our Picture of Evolution Still Stuck in the Past? thereader.mitpress.mit.edu
techGet Rich Peeping Inside Fridges wired.com
scienceWhat Is the Chance Your Plane Will Be Hit by Space Debris? technologyreview.com
November 2025
culture‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit theguardian.com
worldThe Xi Jinping School of Journalism equator.org
cultureHow do the pros get someone to leave a cult? Manipulate them into thinking it was their idea theguardian.com
worldThe dangerous rise of Buddhist extremism: ‘Attaining nirvana can wait’ theguardian.com
October 2025
worldThe Pushkin Job: unmasking the thieves behind an international rare books heist theguardian.com
cultureI used to have four names. Now, I’m not so sure. slate.com
scienceA Human on a Bicycle Is among the Most Efficient Forms of Travel in the Animal Kingdom scientificamerican.com
sportsSecond and Long: On (American) Football and Philosophy theamericanscholar.org
sportsThe Man Who Held His Breath for 24 Minutes outsideonline.com
cultureA voyage on the Queen Mary 2, the last great ocean liner washingtonpost.com
worldToxic waste from Italian factory is poisoning an Indian village theguardian.com
September 2025
worldThe pigeon heist: How racing birds became the target of organized crime washingtonpost.com
natureVideo: How Kerala cuts snakebite deaths while boosting conservation youtube.com
scienceHow the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down an Online Poker Empire scientificamerican.com
cultureWhy Ancient Mapmakers Were Terrified of Blank Spaces nationalgeographic.com
worldArctic Wayfinders terrain.org
worldVideo: Swift Justice: A Taliban Courtroom in Session newyorker.com
August 2025
cultureWho Is ‘Mrs. Shakspaire’? What Is She? - The New York Review of Books nybooks.com
cultureThe Rise of Scotland Yard in Victorian England crimereads.com
culturePeople Agree About the Values of Body Parts Across Cultures and Eras theconversation.com
culturemen paying thousands to get their legs broken and lengthened theguardian.com
scienceHow to Vaccinate the World asteriskmag.com
worldTuvalu’s dreams of dry land theguardian.com
worldNorth Korea’s Fake Starbucks nytimes.com
cultureHow Stalin’s daughter defected in India bbc.com
worldAfrican Union Urges Adoption of World Map Showing Continents’ True Size reuters.comhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equal_Earth_projection
July 2025
cultureUntranslated - The Hedgehog Review hedgehogreview.com
worldHow Qatar became the global capital of diplomacy theguardian.com
scienceThe Earth Was Silent for 4 Billion Years clivethompson.medium.com
nature scienceThe Evolution of Guinea Pig Toes nautil.usHow one animal’s oddity inspired Sewall Wright to take on one of Darwin’s big ideas
cultureBeetle infestation threatens Hungary’s 1,000-year-old Pannonhalma Archabbey nbcnews.com
cultureWhat was a medieval king’s daily life like? medievalists.net
worldThe UK’s spies are going private politico.euBond…
June 2025
cultureVS Naipaul: The Grief and the Glory - Granta granta.com
cultureA How-To for the Self-Sacrificing Samurai, Now in English nytimes.com
worldIndia’s Great Power Delusions foreignaffairs.com
nature worldDisturbing study finds the true reason pangolins are near extinction earth.comToo tasty for their own good
May 2025
scienceDeath Metal Singers and Vocal Research sciencefriday.com
scienceThe Color That Wasn’t theatlantic.comHe might be the only person in the world who has never seen their favorite color.
natureThe owl man is busy at Boston Logan Airport washingtonpost.com
scienceSurgeons bid for medical first: Removing spinal tumor through patient`s eye washingtonpost.com
scienceThe extreme divers of Korea washingtonpost.com
April 2025
scienceInside arXiv—the Most Transformative Platform in All of Science wired.comThe story of Paul Ginsparg
worldNew Lives in the City: How Taleban have experienced life in Kabul afghanistan-analysts.orgTo be honest, every time I go with them, they pressure me to play and listen to music in the car. At first, I was resisting, but now I have given in, with the one condition that they turn it off when passing through security checkpoints because many other Taleban don’t like it, and it’s bad for a Taleb to be seen listening to it.
worldHow a deep-cover KGB spy recruited his own son theguardian.comThe Americans irl
tech worldFintech founder charged with fraud after AI shopping app found to be powered by humans in the Philippines techcrunch.com
scienceSuni Williams running a marathon in space espn.in
sports30 Hours in a Hurricane, on a Race With No Course - The New York Times nytimes.com
world‘We are not afraid of death’: how Denmark is changing the way we die theguardian.com
cultureThe Alabama Landline That Keeps Ringing - Oxford American oxfordamerican.org
culture techGirl with a Pearl Earring | 108 Gigapixel | Mauritshuis | Hirox hirox-europe.comSuper high-res scan
March 2025
scienceAstronauts accidentally dropped a tool bag on a spacewalk livescience.com
foodIs there no such thing as Italian cuisine? bbc.com
cultureNew words added in The Oxford English Dictionary (2025) oed.com
cultureRembrandt to Picasso: Five ways to spot a fake masterpiece bbc.co.uk