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David Attenborough Turns 100
1+ hour, 48+ min ago (67+ words) A scientist with a Ph. D. from Harvard fatally shot three of her colleagues. Then revelations about her family history came to light. Marking Mother's Day on a private calendar of grief. Why the Pentagon started taking U. F. O. s seriously. The problem…...
On the High Line, Buddha Is the New Giant Pigeon
4+ day, 1+ hour ago (618+ words) After the bird sculpture flew the Chelsea coop, the curator Cecilia Alemani oversaw the installation of a new work'a sacred sandstone colossus, based on one destroyed by the Taliban. Julian Lucas writes. She'd returned to the Spur to welcome the…...
Geese, Cooked
1+ mon, 1+ day ago (545+ words) Gangemi's own migration pattern: he left the city and a job in day trading after 9/11; another flock followed him during COVID. "I think, with this war, if there's the tiniest hint of danger, everybody's going to come out," he hypothesized,…...
Roz Chast's "City Beasts
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (81+ words) For more covers featuring pigeons, see below: "It's a Jungle Out There," by Harry Bliss "Bird's-Eye View," by Eric Drooker "Spotted in New York City," by Christoph Niemann Find Roz Chast's covers, cartoons, and more at the Cond" Nast Store....
Animals Say Hello, but Do They Say Goodbye?
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (136+ words) In recent years, researchers have challenged the idea that farewells are uniquely human. In February, a pop-up science column, Annals of Inquiry, is appearing in place of Kyle Chayka's column, Infinite Scroll. Chayka will return in March. If primates may…...
William Eggleston's Lonely South
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (486+ words) Hilton Als writes about the photographer's show "The Last Dyes," in which Eggleston presents a world that feels fictional but fact-based. Eggleston, however, used color in a different way: he employed the bright shock effect of advertising'Drink Coca-Cola! Drive this…...
For the Birds
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (86+ words) The Irish cocaine trafficker commands a billion-dollar empire from the U. A. E. To the frustration of Irish police, the Emiratis won't arrest him. Cardinal Rule No. 1: Duckif necessary. Don't bethe canary in the coal mineunless you like playing cardswith the devil and…...
The Birds Flocking Back to the Fresh Kills Dump
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (700+ words) New Yorkers stuck their garbage in Staten Island for fifty-three years, Eric Lach writes. As the landfill becomes a park, foxes, deer, and grasshopper sparrows are moving in again. The process of capping and terraforming the four mounds that once…...
Natural History," by Clare Sestanovich
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (868+ words) Read an interview with the author for the story behind the story. It was three in the morning when Jesse got home. Late for him but still early for his wife, who was not yet halfway through her shift at…...
Chicken, Egg, Sharpie, Handcuffs
11+ mon, 5+ day ago (230+ words) Mc Cullough is not a biologist. He works as an art handler. He often carries a Sharpie in his pocket, for labelling packages. That day, as the L train arrived, he uncapped his Sharpie and added a flourish to the…...