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What Science Knows About Grief
When I asked Shear about the biological aftermath of grief, she brought up two-person neuroscience, an emerging discipline that studies…
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The Curious Career of “the American Dream”
The American Dream has always had its skeptics, and not just among those who have been institutionally marginalized. Rags-to-riches…
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What’s the Point of Sex, Anyway?
The world’s life-forms reproduce sexually in a bewildering variety of ways, even though scientists still aren’t sure why they bother.…
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Why the Odyssey Keeps Defeating Filmmakers
Since the fifteenth century, most adaptations of Homer have taken the form of translation, which has never been easy. Homer wrote a very…
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How Matthew Rhys Stays Hungry
Rhys and I chatted over Zoom while he was in Florence, Italy, on a “bit of a family outing” with Russell and their son. We discussed his…
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A Lonely Adolescent Summer, Set to “Bad Moon Rising”
Any time is a good time to grow up if you find what you love, but there was something special about coming to self-consciousness in the…
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Box Office: ‘Toy Story 5’ Soars to $71 Million on Opening Day
Playtime is over. Or, actually, maybe it has just begun? Either way, “Toy Story 5” topped the box office charts on Friday. Disney and…
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Success Teaches More Than Failure Ever Will
I used to tell founders to swing the bat. Take the shot. Move. My view has sharpened over time. We learn far more from what works than…
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A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits
The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced me—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened. Source…
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7 reasons long-form content is the best credibility builder
If you’re an early-stage founder, you’ve probably felt the pressure to constantly post. Social feeds reward frequency, short videos…
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“Toy Story 5” Won’t Leave Kids to Their Own Devices
Ingeniously, Stanton and Harris weaponize a foundational conceit of the “Toy Story” universe—that inanimate objects can have freedom of…
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“The Invite” Is a Witty Relationship Comedy That Could Be Wilder
Wilde’s previous feature, the dystopian thriller “Don’t Worry Darling” (2022), was a through-the-looking-glass nightmare of…
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Are Dads Getting Better?
Saxbe reports on research showing that dads generally have lower testosterone than non-dads; the more time they spend with their kids, the…
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J. D. Vance’s Contemptuous Conversion Memoir
Thiel donated a record-setting fifteen million dollars to Vance’s successful 2022 bid for Ohio senator, but his largesse on this score…
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‘Wicker,’ Olivia Colman and Alexander Skarsgård Sundance Hit, Sets Theatrical Release Date
Independent studio Black Bear has set an Oct. 23 limited theatrical release for comedic fable “Wicker,” which premiered at the 2026…
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“Widow’s Bay” Sets a High Bar for Horror Comedy
A decade ago, back when Twitter was still Twitter, and writerly types gathered there to amuse one another, a Los Angeles-based…
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Duffer Brothers’ ‘The Boroughs’ Canceled by Netflix After One Season
The Duffer Brothers’ sci-fi series “The Boroughs” has been canceled by Netflix after one season. The show, starring Alfred Molina and…
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A Trollish New Campus Novel Hates Students and Professors Alike
The novel’s main two conflicts center on the university. First, there is an ongoing existential battle being waged between the university…
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Has Tech Robbed Us of Our Sensory Lives?
There’s a genre of TikTok video that you might call analogcore. Not quite the calming, whispered monologues of A.S.M.R., this content…
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‘Reclaim the Flag’ Director Alexis Bittar on Why Some People Were Too ‘Nervous’ to Be in Doc About LGBTQ Community’s Relationship to the American Flag
Alexis Bittar is reclaiming the American flag. So much so that the celebrity jewelry designer and filmmaker has one hanging outside the…
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How to Canoe to the World Cup in New Jersey
With fresh supplies, we set off again, marching in our canoe hat past warehouses, over overpasses, on tiny sidewalks. Cars gave us narrow…
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6 ways young professionals in tech can find useful podcasts
If you’ve ever opened a podcast app and felt overwhelmed by thousands of options, you’re not alone. For young professionals in tech,…
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From the Archive: New York Hails Its Heroes
Ticker-tape parades have been celebrated along the Canyon of Heroes in New York’s Financial District since 1886. The first parade was…
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David Hockney’s Hidden Depths
Known for his colorful, light-filled portraits, landscapes, and still-lifes, many of them depicting friends or lovers, Hockney, who died…