Researchers hope that work on long Covid will lead to insights into other post-viral problems. “Let’s not waste a good crisis.”
↩︎ Nature
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More children and adolescents are experiencing chronic symptoms after Covid even as the pandemic ebbs in the US.
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Who your friends are changes constantly. For a stranger to become a good friend takes about 200 hours of investment.
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In 1963, a French geologist spent two months in a dark cave to investigate time—something he quickly lost the ability to measure.
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How did a New Jersey deli become worth $113 million? A “reverse merger” shell game of sorts.
↩︎ The New York Times
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Small menus have the power to clarify even muddled visions: Here are the dishes we believe in, says a small menu. We don’t fuck around.
↩︎ Grub Street
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Thawed after 24,000 years in permafrost, Siberian rotifers are able to feed, drink, and reproduce.
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Every engineering project has a “factor of safety,” but this objective-sounding metric turns out to be as jury-rigged as anything.
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France’s abandoned discos, photographed. Why do so many have Egyptian themes?
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Trading on its aristocratic origins, ballet remains rife with exploitation—but dancers are starting to see themselves as workers.
↩︎ The Baffler
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