A list of good reads
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) has a fascinating look at the little-known scientific team that is giving new life to the lab leak theory of Covid’s origins.
- TIME explains why Greta Thunberg is protesting wind farms in Norway.
- Slate has a handy list of the 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.
- Hakai Magazine has a great piece on Namibian lions who have returned to the Skeleton Coast to hunt for seals—and the efforts to keep humans away from them.
- Not really freaked out by AI? Check out Vice’s piece on the emerging field of “organoid intelligence”—which uses real human brain cells to develop ‘biological hardware’.
- Associated Press has an intriguing report on the new trend of ‘signature design’—which is cosmetic surgery for your autograph.
- Stratechery has an excellent analysis of the rising popularity of Formula 1—and what the NBA can learn from it.
- The New Yorker maps the end of the English major—sigh!
- New York Times (splainer gift link) has a great interview with psychologist Dr Marisa Franco—who explains how to make and keep friends once you’re an adult.
- Scroll has a lovely piece on the memoirs of a Greek-British officer—documenting his travels in Kashmir back in 1917.
