How Uber Conquered London
There are 1.7 million active Uber riders in London, about half the daily ridership of the Tube. Three years ago, there were 5,000.
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There are 1.7 million active Uber riders in London, about half the daily ridership of the Tube. Three years ago, there were 5,000.
Sam Knight The Guardian Apr 2016 35min Permalink
In the throes of an epidemic, researchers investigate how to inoculate against the disease.
Siddhartha Mukherjee New Yorker Aug 2016 20min Permalink
How the “biggest grow op willing to publish its address” could make Canada an international pioneer in the legalization and commercialization of weed.
Brett Popplewell The Walrus Aug 2016 30min Permalink
Balancing the creation of a house with living in it as a home.
Rachel Cusk New York Times Magazine Aug 2016 15min Permalink
The Obama administration was supposed to fight corporate concentration. In the airline industry, at least, it didn’t work out that way.
Justin Elliott ProPublica Oct 2016 20min Permalink
A profile of Donald Trump’s son-in-law and de facto campaign manager.
Chris Pomorski Tablet Oct 2016 30min Permalink
“We have a lot in common. We go to the same shrink.”
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He was supposed to be the Dallas Cowboys’ star running back. Instead, Joseph Randle is in prison.
Dan Greene Sports Illustrated Jan 2017 30min Permalink
A profile of the Oklahoma City point guard, who is averaging a triple-double in his first season without Kevin Durant.
Sam Anderson New York Times Magazine Feb 2017 30min Permalink
Somewhere in the desert, buried under a mountain of sand and rock, is an ancient shipwreck. Maybe.
Alexander Nazaryan Newsweek Feb 2016 20min Permalink
In Arctic Siberia, Russian scientists are trying to stave off catastrophic climate change—by resurrecting an Ice Age biome complete with lab-grown woolly mammoths.
Ross Andersen The Atlantic Mar 2017 40min Permalink
Sean Spicer and a new era in the briefing room.
Andrew Marantz New Yorker Mar 2017 30min Permalink
In the era of cord-cutting and mobile viewing, ESPN is at the crossroads.
Ira Boudway, Max Chafkin Businessweek Mar 2017 30min Permalink
Why do America’s black gay and bisexual men have a higher H.I.V. rate than any country in the world?
Linda Villarosa New York Times Magazine Jun 2017 35min Permalink
A minute-by-minute account of one of the worst sailing disasters in American history.
Matthew Teague Smithsonian Jul 2017 25min Permalink
In 1993, his rookie season, more than 1,700 boys were named after Shaquille O’Neal. Now they’ve grown up.
Alex Prewitt Sports Illustrated Jul 2017 20min Permalink
The residents of Colorado Springs undertook a radical experiment in government. Here’s what they got.
Caleb Hannan Politico Magazine Jun 2017 15min Permalink
As a father succumbs to lung cancer, his son tries to recreate his personality in the form of a chatbot.
James Vlahos Wired Jul 2017 30min Permalink
The Department of Energy is in chaos and it is putting the world at risk.
Michael Lewis Vanity Fair Jul 2017 40min Permalink
A first-hand account of San Francisco in the hours and days after the devastating 1906 earthquake.
Jack London Collier's May 1906 10min Permalink
Retracing the steps of the most devastating wildfire in California history.
He had the gear, the charm, the trail stories. He found his marks in outdoorsy women.
Brendan Borrell Outside Oct 2017 15min Permalink
The rise and fall of the “most far-flung, most organized, and most brazen example of homosexual extortion in the nation’s history.”
William McGowan Slate Jul 2012 30min Permalink
In 2015, two bright Mississippi State college students started dating. Months later, they were planning their life together—alongside ISIS.
Mike Mariani Psychology Today Nov 2017 20min Permalink
What it takes to be the best alpine skier in the world.
Elizabeth Weil Outside Nov 2017 15min Permalink