You can ask him why he quit, but good luck getting an answer.
How Robert Mugabe raised money from Wall Street to violently crush his opposition.
Getting ready for The Jack.
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On a dry lakebed in Nevada.
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Joseph Roth’s hotel years.
Nietzsche on education, inequality, and translation.
The Dutch splurge most on recreation, while Greeks spend the least.
A better potential extraterrestrial incubator.
That could explain a lot.
Mocking people who fear technology’s dehumanizing creep is easy. Here’s why they have a point.
The trouble with putting too much weight in a bioethicist's opinion.
He built a bot to browse and search for him. He accidentally left it running one night.
Bars are at the core of the social scene and go hand in hand with youth culture.
The luckiest chef turned writer turned professional wanderer on the planet.
China may soon be the world’s biggest producer of wine.
Roger Cohen gets something right.
The death of the shuttle, the moon hoax conspiracy theory, and why one man deserved to be punched in the damn mouth by Buzz Aldrin.
What to do when an astronaut dies in space.
The Tragic Life of the Courtesan in Japan's Floating World.
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The last invention we’ll ever make.
What does it feel like to stand here?
The great thing about one’s teachers.
Telling your story comes with a price.
Einstein is the most famous and beloved scientist of all time.
In June 1699, Maria Sibylla Merian departed on a cargo ship for South America.
A Sherlock Holmes reading list.
They aren't born that way.
Ranging from the true but trivial to the overwrought verging on hysterical.
The garçon de café can be endlessly entertaining.
