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From me at the Atlantic:

Megan Garber’s epic piece on the history, technology, and sociology of high heels has a superb line in virtually every paragraph. It’s utterly fascinating.

This piece on a (perhaps quixotic) quest to get someone to run a marathon in under 2hrs is full of gold nuggets. By Yannis Pitsiladis

“Leave it to the youngest person in the lab to think of the Big Idea.” Great story about some critical Zika experiments. By Pam Belluck.

I’ve been reading Geoff Manaugh’s A Burglar’s Guide to the City and it’s incredible.

A repeatedly fascinating piece on