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She Was a Quiet Bird Expert. Then She Was Called to Investigate a Murder in Maine.

File this one under Fascinating profiles of Extraordinary Women. In an excerpt from The Feather Detective: Mystery, Mayhem, and the Magnificent Life of Roxie Laybourne, Chris Sweeney tells the story of how Roxie Laybourne, a bird expert at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, pioneered the field of forensic ornithology in the 1970s. Her unique skill—the ability to identify the type of bird from a fragment of a feather—was critical…Maine, United States · Maine Read Article

Science Cheats: A Reading List on Unscrupulous Scientists

Thoughtful stories for thoughtless times. Longreads has published hundreds of original stories—personal essays, reported features, reading lists, and more—and more than 13,000 editor’s picks. And they’re all funded by readers like you. Become a member today. I want to support Longreads I spend a good chunk of my typical workweek reading scientific papers. They often help fortify the articles I write as a journalist. Yet how many of those papers…Read Article

Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn't.

Two sisters grew up with a mother lost in delusions. She was diagnosed with schizophrenia and spent years in and out of psychiatric facilities. Then, after undergoing chemotherapy for lymphoma, she regained her sanity. Rachel Aviv asks how this happened and what the answer presages for the future of psychiatry. She also considers, with great compassion, how a family rebuilds from a such a profound experience: Christine wasn’t sure if she could …Read Article

The Future of Climate Change Is on Mauritius

Excessive heat. Flash floods. Freak tornadoes. On Mauritius, people and wildlife are struggling to survive the island’s extreme weather conditions. And while government officials acknowledge the climate crisis, they’re limited by Mauritius’ weak economy. In this piece at The Dial—originally part of the essay collection Portrait of an Island on Fire—Mauritian writer Ariel Saramandi writes a poignant and urgent essay about a neglected corner of th…Mauritius · Mauritius Read Article

The Worm Hunters of Southern Ontario

It’s slimy, slippery work done under the cover of darkness in an industry that’s worth $200 million (CAD) to the Canadian economy. Follow Inori Roy into the worm picking fields of Ontario, Canada as she learns the history and practice of harvesting nightcrawlers from the ground up. As we make our way into the field, one of the drivers lends me a pair of neon orange latex gloves. My first hour in the field is spent alternating between scanning t…Economy · Ontario Read Article

Unmasking the Sea Star Killer

In 2013, sea stars began dying along the North America’s West Coast, across a vast region from Baja California up to the Gulf of Alaska. To date, nearly six billion sunflower stars have died from sea star wasting disease. With the help of sophisticated new technology and RNA sequencing, scientists have finally figured out the cause: Vibrio pectenicida, a type of saltwater-loving bacteria that spreads fast in warmer waters. For bioGraphic, Craig …Species · United States See the Story

‘The Forest Had Gone’: The Storm That Moved a Mountain

Every year, high in the Swiss Alps, soccer teams gather for a tournament on a picturesque pitch: Campo Draione sits on a ledge over a mountain stream and is surrounded by forest. In 2024, the celebratory event turned into a disaster scene when a catastrophic series of thunderstorms dropped nearly 8 billion gallons of water in just a few hours. Jonah Goodman has the harrowing story, which The Guardian translated from the original German version, …Soccer · Locarno Read Article

Fear and Trembling in the Garrison

What are the products of our perpetual proximity to violence, even during times of peace? Theo Lipsky, a captain in the US Army, considers the soldiers who thumb their phones, distracted, while guarding explosives for a war that has not arrived, and may not. With some assistance from Kierkegaard, Lipsky seizes on the “great spiritual movements” accessible to the individuals in this singular position, without romanticizing the forces—including in…United States · United States See the Story

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