A list of good reads

• We highly recommend this New Yorker essay titled ‘How to Misread Jane Austen’. Yes, it is as lunch break-worthy as it sounds.
• Vice profiles Magawa, the hero rat who detects landmines in Cambodia. 
• National Geographic has a must-read on why ‘herd immunity’ is a dangerous fantasy.
• Mint did a powerful and timely profile of Tara Kaushal and her work—sexual assault survivor and author of a book that explains why men rape.
• The New York Times’ star reporter on terrorism, Rukmini Callimachi, was duped by fake ISIS soldier. New Republic flags alarming questions about her work (and inevitably NYT’s journalism).
• Atlas Obscura profiles the excellent work of Hollywood’s ace food stylist, Janice Poon—who has the happy job of figuring out what Hannibal Lecter’s delicious shank of human leg ought to look like.  
• Worried you’re messing up at work? Fear not: This entertaining thread of world-class workplace eff-ups will make you feel instantly better!
• The always-brilliant Jessica Valenti explains why Reddit’s ‘Am I the Asshole’ forum exposes the true sexist underbelly of heterosexual relationships.
• Stat News dives into groundbreaking new research that shows crows possess higher intelligence and analytical thought—which was long believed to be the sole province of humans and other higher mammals.