Thursday, December 5, 2024

Why Do So Many Young People Suddenly Have Cancer

How To Deal With The Overzealous Gift Giver. Inside the Headlight Wars.

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December 5, 2024
Carbonara Recipes, Healing Music, and Too Bright Headlights
Ten Picks for Today, Curated by Our Editors
 
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In the Zeitgeist
Behind the Brain Rot
Oxford's controversial Word of the Year captures how chronically online life has become.
The Atlantic
John Hendrickson
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Deep Dive
The Storybook Start—and Bitter End—of Pete Hegseth's First Marriage
The defense secretary nominee's first marriage, which sources say met a contentious end after he admitted to multiple infidelities, holds a key place in his ambition-fueled rise.
Vanity Fair
Gabriel Sherman
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Spendthrift
The Year of the Underconsumer
Frugality got a glossy rebrand in 2024.
The Cut
Bindu Bansinath
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Explainer
Why Do So Many Young People Suddenly Have Cancer?
When you were born is actually an important risk factor for cancer.
Vox
Dylan Scott
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Rabbit Hole
Asleep at the Wheel in the Headlight Brightness Wars
The activists and Reddit nerds are out to prove that it's not just your imagination—headlights are indeed brighter than ever.
The Ringer
Nate Rogers
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LOL
All I Want for Christmas Is ... Help Getting This Song Out of My Head
The Earworm Eraser is a 40-second audio track specifically designed to banish "Jingle Bells," "All I Want For Christmas Is You" and other much-too-catchy seasonal tunes.
NPR
Chloe Veltman
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History
How a US General Nearly Began a Nuclear War
In December 1950, a BBC cameraman captured the fall of Pyongyang, a defining moment in the Korean War, when US General Douglas MacArthur threatened all-out nuclear war.
BBC
Myles Burke
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Helpful Advice
How To Deal With The Overzealous Gift Giver
An etiquette expert explains how to manage your kids' feelings, as well as the onslaught of stuff.
Romper
Miranda Rake
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Essay
That Healing Sound
When music is medicine.
Nautilus
Kevin Berger
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Good Eats
I Tried 4 Popular Pasta Carbonara Recipes and the Winner Has an Ingenious Method
Double boiler for the win.
The Kitchn
Sara Tane
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Yesterday's Most-Read Story
Why Prepping for End Times Is So American
Millions are preparing for doomsday, not together, but by closing the hatch. It's a logical response to a hollowed-out state.
Psyche
Robert Kirsch
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