Times are tough for omnivores. By now, you’ve heard all the reasons to eat less meat: your health, the planet, the animals. All that might be true, but for many…
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This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. For more than a decade, in blog posts and scientific papers and public talks, the psychologist Hal Herzog has questioned whether owning…
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This is an edition of The Weekly Planet, a newsletter that provides a guide for living through climate change. Sign up for it here. The thermometer read 121 degrees Fahrenheit…
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Over the past two years, a simple but baffling request has preceded most of my encounters with medical professionals: “Rate your pain on a scale of zero to 10.” I…
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Summer has only just officially begun, and the world is already sweltering. This week, two counties in northwest Maine were under their first-ever excessive-heat warning—part of a record-breaking “heat dome”…
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Every meal I make begins with a single choice: extra-virgin olive oil or canola? For as long as I’ve cooked, these have been my kitchen workhorses, because they’re versatile, affordable,…
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This article was originally published by Undark Magazine. When Ina Chung, a Colorado mother, first fed packaged foods to her infant, she was careful to read the labels. Her daughter…
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Nothing compares to the perfect summer run. All winter, even through spring, I sustain myself with the dream of jogging in shorts down a dry, grass-lined path, unencumbered by puddles…
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On New Year’s Day 2020, I was zipping up my fleece to head outside when the phone in the kitchen rang. I picked it up to find a reporter on…
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The only immovable object on my weekly calendar is a Sunday-night basketball game. We play in a rented gym in Washington, D.C., usually at a high school, because we’re all…