A list of good reads
- Deadline has a very good interview with ‘Oppenheimer’ director Christopher Nolan and lead actor Cillian Murphy about their blockbuster film and their 20-year working relationship.
- Kelly Conaboy in The Atlantic takes a fascinating look at why adults still dream of school—including exam nightmares
- New Republic looks at the hot new luxury good for the rich: air.
- BBC Future has an interesting feature on why some people have a terrible sense of direction. Surprisingly, gender has something to do with it.
- BBC News also explains why Tamil Nadu and other states have banned cotton candy—could contain toxins that cause cancer.
- Timothy B Lee and James Grimmelman in Ars Technica make a case for New York Times’ copyright infringement lawsuit against OpenAI.
- Speaking of AI, Quartz analyses OpenAI founder Sam Altman’s proposal to raise $7 trillion for an AI chip—which may not be very realistic.
- Economic Times (splainer gift link) has an important story on how Kerala is fighting against antimicrobial resistance.
- Slate makes a case for the pullout method as an effective form of birth control. This one surprised us.
- Rebecca Jennings in Vox explores the renewed interest in the concept of polyamory and what it says about romantic conventions.
