A list of good reads
- Politico has a deeply investigated feature on how a Reuters report was taken down because of an Indian judge’s order. The report was on a startup that hacked people’s digital devices as a business.
- Kyle Chayka in New Yorker reflects on growing up with social media—and eventually witnessing its demise into toxicity.
- MIT Technology Review explores the science behind hunger, and why researchers haven’t been able to figure out the mystery of the human appetite.
- Ferris Jabr in New York Times (splainer gift link) investigates the mystery of the beluga whale Hvaldimir—who was believed to have escaped from the Russian Navy.
- Financial Times (splainer gift link) has a detailed breakdown of the struggles of the Sony-Zee merger—and what it says about the entertainment business in India.
- Reasons To Be Cheerful reports on how entrepreneurship in India is facilitating safe drinking water in rural areas.
- proto.life explains the shift in microbiome composition in our human bodies, which is causing a chain reaction and is making us more susceptible to disease and illness.
- The Atlantic (splainer gift link) looks at the declining popularity of Air Jordans after decades of dominance.
- BBC News has a wonderful piece on the art of portrait painting and why it should continue in the age of selfies.
- Washington Post (splainer gift link) tries to ascertain the importance of love languages in relationships.
