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Talking to people you don’t know is one of the best ways to get the most out of every day and to form lifelong bonds of friendship and understanding.
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The so-called “frictionlessness” of online life and commerce is being lubricated by us ceding our right to privacy, and it’s an increasingly slippery slope.
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In his new book, Michael Pollan focuses in on three substances that alter human consciousness—opium, caffeine, mescaline—and takes us on a whirlwind exploration through his research on the plants that contain them.
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Through non-linear storytelling, Cai Chongda recalls his youth to young adulthood in 1980s China: his family, their homes, struggles with poverty and illness, his work and education, and the waves of Western influence on the village.
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The rocket scientists who figured out how to break us free from Earth’s gravity and get us to the moon usually get all the glory. Earl Swift tells their story, too, but goes beyond them to tell the tale of the engineers who made the final leg of the last three missions to the moon—aboard lunar rovers—possible.
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