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​What do America's earliest restaurant menus teach us about America?​

Exploring a new archive of thousands of historic American dining menus, one course at a time.

The Pudding

​Where to find the colors your screens can't show you​

Your devices can only display a fraction of the color spectrum our eyes can see. To experience the full range, you'll need to leave the house.

Ryan Moulton

​How Alberta eradicated rats​

On the remarkable vigilance that has kept the province of Alberta almost entirely free of rats.

Works in Progress | Deena Mousa

​How giant white houses took over America​

An investigation into the forces shaping the big, white, minimalist houses currently favored by developers.

Slate | Dan Kois

​Assume you will be hacked​

The rise of powerful AI models threatens to uncover a dizzying array of software vulnerabilities, potentially heralding a tumultuous era of attacks.

The Atlantic | Matteo Wong

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​Let us reflect​

In an administration lousy with corruption and malfeasance, the algae-ridden reflecting pool stands out as a too-direct metaphor.

Liberal Currents | Justin Briley

​Against friends, against enemies​

Lessons in tolerance and forbearance from growing pineapples in Hawaiʻi.

Liberalism.org | Jason Kuznicki

​Strategic amnesia​

On threats to seize Greenland as part of a long history of exerting sovereignty over indigenous Americans.

n+1 | Bathsheba Demuth

​The Supreme Court is about to decide if children still have free speech rights​

A Texas law restricting minors' use of social media has major First Amendment implications at the Supreme Court.

Vox | Ian Millhiser

​Are public libraries becoming children's libraries?​

And facing political pressure, public libraries are increasingly moving young adult books dealing with race, sexuality, or gender to adult sections, where they may eventually disappear entirely.

404 Media | Claire Woodcock

​How everyone pays the cost for patents on seeds​

A case that American farm subsidies often end up benefiting the holders of seed patents, driving prices higher as subsidies increase.

The Conversation | Julie Dawson, Kiki Hubbard, and Paulina Jenney

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​Colson Whitehead's big score​

Profile of the prolific New York author as he completes a trilogy of novels with Cool Machine.

The New Yorker | Julian Lucas

​Seven perfect shuffles randomize a deck of cards​

But how many imperfect shuffles do the same? After decades without an answer, mathematicians are finally figuring it out.

Quanta | John Pavlus

​What Lamarck's giraffe got right​

The author of a new book about Jean-Baptiste Lamarck reconsiders a biologist most remembered for his mistaken understanding of evolution.

Nautilus | Jessica G. Riskin

​Do you like tiny, furry, squeaky animals?​

Cascades Pika Watch is looking volunteers to spot the adorable, potato-sized mammals.

Oregon Public Broadcasting | Kristian Foden-Vencil

​These birds' backflips are fueled by sugar​

And in bird news... How evolving a taste for sugar enabled the manakin's energetic courtship displays.

The New York Times | K. R. Callaway

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