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The 7.25.21 Issue

Highlights

  1. Learning to Love G.M.O.s

    Overblown fears have turned the public against genetically modified food. But the potential benefits have never been greater.

     By Jennifer Kahn

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  2. A Personal History of the C-Section

    When my daughter’s delivery went off the script I had imagined, it made me wonder about what we ask from our birth stories.

     By Leslie Jamison

    Owen, Oct. 17, 2014; 12 seconds old.
    CreditArtwork by Christian Berthelot

  1. The Strange Joy of Watching the Police Drop a Picasso

    The status of “art” can elevate an object into something with which we struggle to live naturally. What if we were more accepting of art’s impermanence?

     By Sophie Haigney

    CreditPhoto illustration by E S Kibele Yarman
    Screenland

  2. A Salad So Good You Can Eat It for Breakfast

    This riff on a classic chef’s salad has a bit of everything in each bite.

     By Gabrielle Hamilton

    CreditLinda Xiao for The New York Times. Food stylist: Sue Li. Prop stylist: Nicole Louie.
    Eat

  3. We Need to Know How Menopause Changes Women’s Brains

    This might turn out to be a crucial window to try to prevent Alzheimer’s and other chronic diseases that often accompany older age.

     By Kim Tingley

    CreditIllustration by Ori Toor
    Studies Show

  4. How I Let Go of My Time-Management Anxiety

    I constantly worry I’m forgetting a deadline, that I’ll be late, that my life is slipping through my fingers. Thinking about geologic time gives me perspective.

     By Yohanca Delgado

    CreditBrendan George Ko for The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation

  5. Poem: The Woman You Love Cuts Apples for You

    Reading Rosal’s poem again made me pull out some tajin, and slice some apples, and remember how poems create a heart’s history and remind us of home.

     By Patrick Rosal and Reginald Dwayne Betts

    CreditIllustration by R. O. Blechman
    Poem

  1. How to Fall Off a Mountain

    Keep calm, relax your body and if you can, try to land in a frog-like position.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  2. Judge John Hodgman on the Right Time to Eat a Sandwich

    A wife tries to reassert order after a year of dining chaos.

     By John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

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