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How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

How the Humble Avocado Went from the Unwanted “Crocodile Pear” to America’s Favorite Superfood

Andy Robinson Investigates the Human Cost of a Most Coveted Fruit

By Andy Robinson | August 18, 2021

Behind the Invention of the Cryptosystem That Revolutionized Tech

Behind the Invention of the Cryptosystem That Revolutionized Tech

Ian Stewart on the Revolutionary Ideas of Clifford Cocks

By Ian Stewart | August 18, 2021

When You’re Craving Oddities: 5 Books You May Have <br>Missed in July

When You’re Craving Oddities: 5 Books You May Have
Missed in July

Bethanne Patrick Recommends Deirdre Sinnott,
Jeffrey Ford, and Others

By Bethanne Patrick | August 18, 2021

Defne Suman Reads from <em>The Silence of Scheherazade</em>

Defne Suman Reads from The Silence of Scheherazade

From Damian Barr’s Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | August 18, 2021

Shelby Cole on Climate Grief and Indigenous Land and Water Stewardship

Shelby Cole on Climate Grief and Indigenous Land and Water Stewardship

This Week from the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | August 18, 2021

On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

On Robin McKinley’s Fantasies and the Books That Are “Just Yours”

This Week on the NewberyTart Podcast

By NewberyTart | August 18, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Christopher Gray on Hustling to the Top... with an Altruistic Mindset

By Keen On | August 18, 2021

The Ones We're Meant to Find by Joan He, Read by Nancy Wu

By Behind the Mic | August 18, 2021

Grendel at 50: How John Gardner’s Finest Novel Undermines His Ideas About Moral Fiction

By Andrew DeYoung | August 17, 2021

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Why Does Lionel Messi Ignore the Ball for the First Five Minutes of a Match?

Simon Kuper on the Life and Career of an Enigmatic Football Genius

By Simon Kuper | August 17, 2021

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

The Ugliness of Comic Sans Has a Practical Use

Jonah Lehrer on the Easy Recall of Certain “Disfluent” Fonts

By Jonah Lehrer | August 17, 2021

One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?

One in a Million: Where Were You When You Heard that Aaliyah Died?

Kathy Iandoli on the Impact of Generational Celebrity Deaths

By Kathy Iandoli | August 17, 2021

How Surrendering to Communal Time Can Make Us All Happier

How Surrendering to Communal Time Can Make Us All Happier

Oliver Burkeman on the Social Benefits of Nationwide Vacation

By Oliver Burkeman | August 17, 2021

The Beautiful Impossibility of the World’s Largest Pearl

The Beautiful Impossibility of the World’s Largest Pearl

Bill François on the Natural Treasures of the Oyster

By Bill François | August 17, 2021

Myriam Gurba Performs Her Story “Writing Ourselves Into Bed”

Myriam Gurba Performs Her Story “Writing Ourselves Into Bed”

On Storybound, Our Radio-Theater Podcast

By Storybound | August 17, 2021

Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

Jonah Lehrer on the Science of Mystery

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | August 17, 2021

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