Ten years ago, engineers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Lab celebrated the successful landing of its fourth robot on Mars, The Curiosity rover. Now old enough to enter the fifth grade, the Curiosity rover was set on its mission in 2012 to determine whether the red planet could have ever supported life. The …
Sunday Reads for August 7, 2022
After 10 years, the success of The Curiosity rover mission to Mars still surprises one scientist. Prison money diaries illuminate life behind bars. You’ve heard of a growth mindset, but a “fun mindset”? Learn how to be more attractive to fun. The history of swear words demonstrates the changing nature of what offends. "Reservation Dogs" actor D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai is the coolest kid on TV. Trans DJs light up dancefloors.
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We all know people who seem to attract fun. They’re the friends whose presence at a dinner party guarantees that everyone is going to have a good …
Fertility specialists across the country have been accused of fraudulently using their own sperm. Their biological daughters are all grown up and fighting back. Ten years ago, when Morgan Hellquist, a married art teacher with two kids, was having some issues with her period and needed a new …
People in prison get “three hots and a cot,” right? So, what do they need money for? A lot, it turns out. Prisons typically provide the bare minimum …
Swear words are a constant, but their ability to cause offence is in flux. In the 1600s, today's obscenities were mundane. What follows will be …
Brian Armstrong, the chief executive of the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, traveled across the world to make an announcement in early April: Coinbase was bringing crypto to India. In an auditorium in Bangalore, Mr. Armstrong, wearing a type of loose buttoned shirt popular in …
Willis was a fast-talking lead who became a man-of-few-words star. It made his mental decline that much harder to notice. This article was featured in …
The breakout Reservation Dogs actor takes us on a history-filled tour of Tulsa. GQ Hype: It's the big story of right now. D’Pharaoh Woon-A-Tai remembers exactly where he was when he found out he had been cast as Bear Smallhill on Reservation Dogs: in bed asleep. “My mom woke me up and was like, ‘You …
A stall door clangs open in the bathroom of beloved New York City club Nowadays, and out pour four lanky girls with tiny purses under their arms, each over six feet tall in heels. Along with raver bois draped in black and fashion queens sashed by the colorful straps of Telfar bags, the trans girls …