“What would you do if you were given the opportunity to become another person—one whose life promised to be more glamorous and prosperous than your own?” – an incredible story by Evan Ratliff, who worked on it for five years. Well worth your $2.99.

Wow. WOW… … Holy… WOW. Watch 50 metres of magnetic beads come alive.

“What determines the color of each butterfly scale is, in a word, chance.” Lovely. This piece is classic Brandon Keim.

David_Dobbs, writing on the seasonality of suicide, demonstrates yet again why he’s one of our most elegant writers.

An incredible story of man taken by Taliban, who then escaped. Look at the list he wrote in captivity

Neal Stephenson wants to see more