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Mortality

Health

A Litany for Survival

Giving birth as a black woman in America.

Naomi Jackson Harper's Aug 2020 25min Permalink

Splendid Isolation: How I Stopped Time by Sitting in a Forest for 24 Hours

After sitting alone in a forest and not moving for 24 hours, the author reflects on time, mortality, and turning 40.

Mark O'Connell Guardian Jan 2020 25min Permalink

Best Article

Song for My Father

Where words fail, there is music.

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People who love each other will only be able to tell each other a finite number of times.

Shuja Haider Popula Mar 2019 30min Permalink

Science

Can a Jellyfish Unlock the Secret of Immortality?

A species of jellyfish that can transform itself back to a polyp at any time appears to debunk the most fundamental law of the natural world — you are born, and then you die.

Nathaniel Rich New York Times Magazine Nov 2012 25min Permalink

Science

The Aquarium

A father and his daughter’s brain tumor.

Aleksandar Hemon New Yorker Jun 2011 25min Permalink