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Aug 18, 2026
In 12th-century Italy, physicians at a medical school in Salerno described the symptoms of plethora, or an excess of blood in the balance of the body’s fluids:...
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Jul 28, 2026
All the way back in 2016, when Donald Trump won his first Presidential election, many people had trouble understanding how, exactly, it could have happened. The line of inquisition...
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Jul 9, 2026
In the 102nd minute of his team’s epic World Cup match against soccer powerhouse Argentina, with viewers around the globe hanging on every moment, the Cape Verde fullback Sidny...
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Jul 7, 2026
A couple weeks ago, the Bloomberg writer Joe Weisenthal went mini-viral on Twitter for something I think he’s largely on the money about.
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Jun 26, 2026
One byproduct of getting older is that injuries hurt more and last longer. Inflammation prevents broken bones from knitting themselves back together correctly so that they...
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Jun 24, 2026
Last September, the tennis player Lorenzo Musetti, then ranked No. 10 in the world, walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium for his U.S. Open quarterfinal against fellow Italian Jannik...
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May 29, 2026
When Jason was 17 and “trying to get swole,” he said he and a friend started noticing they were getting served Instagram videos from gym influencers promoting a drug...
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Apr 27, 2026
A few months ago, a forty-five-year-old homemaker living in Georgia, whom I’ll call Robin, started playing around with an A.I. image generator. Growing up, Robin had loved...
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Mar 26, 2026
In Addiction by Design, Natasha D. Schüll’s compelling history and analysis of slot machine gamblers in Las Vegas, she describes the “machine zone” where...
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Feb 9, 2026
Normally, a piece like this would begin with a recent example of the subject at hand, which in this case is the Blue Tent that haunts the sideline of every NFL game like a pop-up...
Aug 18, 2026In 12th-century Italy, physicians at a medical school in Salerno described the symptoms of plethora, or an excess of blood in the balance of the body’s fluids:...
Jul 28, 2026All the way back in 2016, when Donald Trump won his first Presidential election, many people had trouble understanding how, exactly, it could have happened. The line of inquisition...
Jul 9, 2026In the 102nd minute of his team’s epic World Cup match against soccer powerhouse Argentina, with viewers around the globe hanging on every moment, the Cape Verde fullback Sidny...
Jul 7, 2026A couple weeks ago, the Bloomberg writer Joe Weisenthal went mini-viral on Twitter for something I think he’s largely on the money about.
Jun 26, 2026One byproduct of getting older is that injuries hurt more and last longer. Inflammation prevents broken bones from knitting themselves back together correctly so that they...
Jun 24, 2026Last September, the tennis player Lorenzo Musetti, then ranked No. 10 in the world, walked into Arthur Ashe Stadium for his U.S. Open quarterfinal against fellow Italian Jannik...
May 29, 2026When Jason was 17 and “trying to get swole,” he said he and a friend started noticing they were getting served Instagram videos from gym influencers promoting a drug...
Apr 27, 2026A few months ago, a forty-five-year-old homemaker living in Georgia, whom I’ll call Robin, started playing around with an A.I. image generator. Growing up, Robin had loved...
Mar 26, 2026In Addiction by Design, Natasha D. Schüll’s compelling history and analysis of slot machine gamblers in Las Vegas, she describes the “machine zone” where...
Feb 9, 2026Normally, a piece like this would begin with a recent example of the subject at hand, which in this case is the Blue Tent that haunts the sideline of every NFL game like a pop-up...