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Surviving Sweating Season.
ON THE OCCASION of this horrifically hot summer, we brought together a particularly sweaty crew of Strategist writers to talk about how they are dealing with the dampness.
The Anxiety of Age
I know what it's like.
Good Modernist Bones
James Spindler and John Vitale bought their U.N.Plaza apartment from the family of its original owner, who had decorated it as though it were a prewar. They opened it up.
His Brain Tumor Was a Hopeless Case. Then an Experimental Medicine Made It Melt Away.
IMMUNOTHERAPY IS CHANGING CANCER TREATMENT FOREVER.
IN DENIAL
INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE IN THE BUSINESS OF SAYING NO.” HOW FOUR VERY PERSISTENT PATIENTS GOT THEIR MONEY.
It Was Hot and Sticky
July heat causes oldfashioned troubles for the Third Avenue Bridge.
Glen Powell's Charm Offensive Is Working
He may never transcend Cruise or McConaughey’s level of stardom, but he gets how to play the long game.
Living for the Stage
The spotlight for Colman Domingo is moving, but it should shine more on his co-stars.
Hip-hop Buddy Comedy
An uneven album as astounding as it is annoying.
The Bear Trap
A season that just can't move forward-like its protagonist.
HOW BILLIONAIRES DIE
THE MORE MONEY YOU HAVE,THE LONGER YOU LIVE—UNTIL...
Metropolitan Muse- The Art Institute of Chicago has assembled the exhibition Georgia O'Keeffe:
The Art Institute of Chicago showcases a lesser known side of Georgia O'Keeffe that found inspiration in Manhattan
Indispensable- The brainchild of Atlanta art collector Stephen M. Sessler, who edited the volume, American Art: Collecting and Connoisseurship was unusual and perhaps unique among fine art books in that it was both beautiful and useful.
Despite its narrative heft and a host of very beautiful images, I can personally attest that American Art: Collecting and Connoisseurship fits a backpack as readily as it adorns a coffee table. The brainchild of Atlanta art collector Stephen M. Sessler, who edited the volume, American Art: Collecting and Connoisseurship was unusual and perhaps unique among fine art books in that it was both beautiful and useful.
A Dynasty Born In Fire- How an upstart Maya king forged a new social order amid chaos
At the beginning of the Terminal Classic period (ca. A.D. 810-1000), many of the great kingdoms of the southern Maya lowlands-among them Tikal, Palenque, and Calakmul-were being abandoned or collapsing. For many years, scholars have assumed that most, if not all, the other kingdoms across the Maya world must have also been in steep decline.
Like Cats And Dogs – Archeologist fund the skeleton of a male Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx), a notoriously shy creature.
Оn the periphery of Zamárdi, an ancient lakeshore settlement in west-central Hungary, archaeologists uncovered a nearly five-foot-deep beehive-shaped pit with the skeletons of four adult dogs buried in successive shallow layers.
Medical Malfeasance - Archaeologists uncovered two coffins during excavations of a nineteenth-century cemetery in Quebec City that provide evidence of the illicit practice of diverting corpses for the study of human anatomy.
Archaeologists uncovered two coffins during excavations of a nineteenth-century cemetery in Quebec City that provide evidence of the illicit practice of diverting corpses for the study of human anatomy. Starting in 1847, medical students were required to have practical experience studying human anatomy, but legal options to procure cadavers were limited
Digs & Discoveries - A Fortress Sanctuary - A sprawling 2,000-year-old fortress in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan appears to have included a sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Persian water goddess Anahita.
A sprawling 2,000-year-old fortress in the Zagros Mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan appears to have included a sanctuary dedicated to the ancient Persian water goddess Anahita.
Digs & Discoveries - A Friend For Hercules - Archaeologists discovered a finely carved head depicting Apollo, god of the sun, music, and poetry.
While digging at the crossroads of the two main streets in the ancient city of Philippi in northern Greece, archaeologists discovered a finely carved head depicting Apollo, god of the sun, music, and poetry.
Growing Roots - After living in eight different homes, a couple works to put down roots in a northern Florida farmhouse.
After living in eight different homes, a couple works to put down roots in a northern Florida farmhouse.
"I Hope My Hindsight Will Be Others' Foresight"
A decade after Elliot Rodger's horrific massacre, his mother is on a quest to help threat assessment experts-and other parents-prevent the next tragedy.
Where Did the Loot Go? - This is one of those find the money stories. And it's one that has attracted treasure hunters for more than 150 years.
Whatever happened to the $97,000 from the Reno Gang's last heist? Up to a dozen members of the Reno Gang stopped a Jeffersonville, Madison and Indianapolis train at a watering station in southern Indiana. The outlaws had prior intelligence about its main load: express car safes held about $97,000 in government bonds and notes. In the process of the job, one of the crew was killed and two others hurt. The gang made a clean getaway with the loot.
Guardians of the Temple – Simon Dinnerstein reflects on The Fulbright Triptych 50 years later.
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State University exhibits Simon Dinnerstein's The Fulbright Triptych haunts the visual lexicon of 20th century American representational art. Fifty years have passed since Dinnerstein completed the painting in 1974.
The Professional
Josh Brolin was born into a show business family, but his road to screen stardom has taken him down many paths
THE TOBACCO TITAN
Fifth-generation tobacco man Nestor Andrés Plasencia follows in his father's footsteps as the largest grower of cigar tobacco in Central America
The Bonding Experience
More bottled-in-bond whiskeys are entering the market, and they deliver some of the finest drinking experiences around
THE BIGGEST BET
POWERBALL AND OTHER LOTTERIES OFFER THE BIGGEST PAYOUTS IN GAMBLING, AND SOME PROFESSIONALS HAVE FOUND WAYS TO GAME THE SYSTEM
WINNING THE BIG ONE
HOW MULTIMILLION DOLLAR JACKPOTS CHANGED THE LIVES OF THREE WINNERS
TIGER & RORY'S NEW GOLF LEAGUE
A new kind of golf tournament is coming to prime time. Big-name pros and big-money investors are going in on TGL Golf
Ozempic's Surprising Superpower - weight-loss medicines are also the most promising option I've seen for a drug that could treat addiction, whether to alcohol, opioids, or nicotine.
A neuroscientist and leader in the field of addiction explains why popular weight-loss drugs might hold the key to radical new treatments. 48 million+ Americans 12 years or older had a substance use disorder in 2022, yet only 24% received treatment.
Redefining Intimacy- How an unexpected diagnosis forced one woman to completely transform her relationship
How an unexpected diagnosis forced one woman to completely transform her relationship. I met with my primary care physician to review the results of my mammogram and biopsy. "You have breast cancer," she informed me. "But the good news is you caught it early and it's treatable." I sat on the exam table in disbelief as she explained my options.