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Why ticket prices on long-haul flights have plummeted

I F YOU HAVE booked a flight recently and been surprised by how cheap your ticket was, you are not alone. Airfares have been falling for years. Between 1995 and…

Uber Is Headed for a Crash

The Surprising Reason that There Are So Many Thai Restaurants in America

You may have noticed that the ratio of Thai restaurants to Thai people in the US is high—and it's no coincidence.

How Myst Taught a Generation of Gamers to Explore New Worlds | Atlas Obscura

The creators revisit their hit game 25 years later.

51 Tips For a Successful Life

(1) Get married.  Then get divorced.  Then get remarried. (2) Every day, ask yourself, do I feel like showering today?  If the answer i...

A Preview of Your Chinese Future

China’s vision of world order is a more radical departure—and more realistic alternative—than the West understands.

Isabel Wilkerson on Michelle Obama and the Great Migration

The former first lady’s long-awaited new memoir recounts with insight, candor and wit her family’s trajectory from the Jim Crow South to Chicago’s South Side and her own improbable journey from there to the White House.

The Search for Alien Life Begins in Earth’s Oldest Desert

In the Martian landscape that is the Atacama desert, astrobiologists are learning how to recognize extraterrestrial organisms.

Bumbling Through Bikepacking: A Beginner's Perspective - BIKEPACKING.com

Clare Nattress shares some thoughts on what she's learned after three months on the road, and offers some advice for other new bikepackers.

‘A kind of dark realism’: Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve

Climate expert: “There’s no silver bullet. There’s silver buckshot.”

What’s Inside This Enormous Canadian Cave?

It's deep, wide, and named after a "Star Wars" character.

A rocker’s guide to management

Bands are known for drink, drugs and dust-ups. But beyond the debauchery lie four models for how to run a business. Ian Leslie explains

I’m a Developer. I Won’t Teach My Kids to Code, and Neither Should You.

Real coding is the difficult task of creating something unique.

Why Puffer Jackets Are at the Centre of Korea’s Class Divide

While the explosive popularity of puffer jackets is a boon for outerwear brands like The North Face and Moncler, the trend highlights some uncomfortable truths about South Korean society.

November 2018: Research Update

Are You an Integrator or a Separator?

Confessions of a Juul Junkie

The nicotine is everywhere, and I am assailed on all sides. Hip Catalan separatists in jean cutoffs smoking their rollies, their tobacco laughter echoing up the cracked façades of this narrow…

The History of Physical Fitness

Physical fitness and training has a long history. This article details its evolution and future, in hopes of restoring us to natural physical movements.

The Benefits of Technical Sparring

How shit posting about future pie in the sky enhancements is good for you and your team.

52 things I learned in 2018 – Fluxx Studio Notes – Medium

This year I edited another book, worked on fascinating projects at Fluxx, and learned learnings.

Letter of Recommendation: Recently Returned Books

One of the few uncurated spaces in modern life can be found at your local library.

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I Smelled Like a Man for a Day

There’s a reason men’s body washes and deodorants all seem to have that same, specific scent.