August 2026

• Take 25 Minutes to Improve Your Balance and Strength By Jen Murphy, The New York Times, August 8, 2026
• Christopher Nolan’s Trojan Horse By Ezra Klein, The New York Times, August 2, 2026
• It Wasn’t a ‘Civil War.’ It Was the Slaveholders’ Rebellion. By Anthony Conwright, The New York Times, August 2, 2026

July 2026

• ‘I never mentioned it for 25 years. I didn’t want to be a victim of the bomb’: Hiroshima survivor Koko Kondo on horror, anger and forgiveness By Simon Hattenstone, The Guardian, 25 Jul 2026
• ‘Everywhere there were pitifully injured people’: how a newly unearthed memoir captures the devastation of Hiroshima By Kiyoshi Tanimoto, The Guardian, 25 Jul 2026
• How much forgetfulness is normal, and when you should see a doctor By Jennifer Fields, The Washington Post, July 25, 2026
• An American Politician is Blocked by Israeli Settlers in the West Bank By Lisa Lerer, The New York Times, July 11, 2026
• An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him? By Julian E. Barnes, The New York Times, July 10, 2026
• From A.I. to the Deep State, Michel Foucault Foresaw It All By Emily Eakin, The New York Times, July 10, 2026
• 90 percent of U.S. adults have this syndrome — but most have never heard of it By Erica Sloan, The Washington Post, July 9, 2026
• There’s a new way to treat sprains and strains. Hint: Ice is out. By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, July 1, 2026

June 2026

• The War Forgotten by the World Is an Apocalypse Now By Hannah Beech, with visuals by Daniel Berehulak, The New York Times, June 24, 2026
• My Father’s Death Was the Start of My Life By Megan K. Stack, The New York Times, June 20, 2026
• Steve-O Has Beef With Father Time By Kathryn Shattuck, The New York Times, June 20, 2026 

May 2026: Notable

• 6 things a neurologist does to keep his brain healthy By Anahad O'Connor, The Washington Post, May 26, 2026
• 6 Expert Sleep Tips for Allergy Sufferers By Amanda Schupak, The New York Times, May 20, 2026
• One-and-Done Heart Disease Prevention? Scientists Show It May Be Possible. By Gina Kolata, The New York Times, May 25, 2026
• The French Civil Servant Accused of Drugging More Than 100 Women By Ségolène Le Stradic, The New York Times, May 20, 2026
• Fall asleep faster using these science-backed tips By Lindsey Bever, The Washington Post, May 19, 2026
• Keir Starmer and the End of the Old Certainties By Tom McTague, The New York Times, May 15, 2026
• Russia Has Lost More Than 350,000 Soldiers, New Estimate Finds By Paul Sonne, The New York Times, May 9, 2026

April 2026: Notable

• This degree changed my life. And it’s essential to a changing America. By Thurka Sangaramoorthy, The Washington Post, April 27, 2026 [Anthropology taught me how to translate human experience into knowledge institutions can act on.]
• I’m a gastroenterologist. Here are the IBS treatments that actually work. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, April 27, 2026
• Stressed? Just a couple minutes of meditation might help. By Ashley Abramson, The Washington Post, April 23, 2026
• 4 Drugs That May Increase Your Dementia Risk By Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, April 22, 2026
• Journalist From the Frontlines Responds to Israel’s Attempt to Assassinate Him on Camera  Tucker Carlson, YouTube, April 10, 2026

March 2026

• It’s Not Trump. It’s America. By Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times, March 26, 2026
• Exercise can lower Alzheimer’s risk. Scientists may have discovered why. By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, March 24, 2026
• No Pills or Needles, Just Paper: How Deadly Drugs Are Changing By Azam Ahmed and Matt Richtel, The New York Times Magazine, March 21, 2026
• What’s Behind the Historic Drop in U.S. Crime By Scott Calvert  and Josh Ulick, The Wall Street Journal, March 14, 2026
• Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It By Clive Thompson, The New York Times Magazine, March 12, 2026
• Billionaires Are Swaying Elections in All Corners of America By Mike Baker and Steven Rich, The New York Times, March 9, 2026
• How Can ‘Love Story’ Get Away With This? By Daryl Hannah, The New York Times,  March 6, 2026

February 2026

• Difficult people in your life might make you age faster, study suggests By Kathleen Felton, The Washington Post, March 8, 2026
• What high blood pressure does to your body By Kathleen Felton, The Washington Post, February 28, 2026
• 8 science-backed habits for a healthier heart By Anahad O'Connor, The Washington Post, February 19, 2026
• Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood By Derrick Bryson Taylor, The New York Times, February 16, 2026

January 2026

• Adding this much exercise to your daily routine may boost longevity By Taylor Dutch, The Washington Post, January 31, 2026
• 6 tips for shoveling snow from Post staff from the Midwest  By Dylan Moriarty and  William Neff, The Washington Post, January 24, 2026
• Are You Aging Well? Try These Simple Tests to Find Out. By Dana G. Smith, The New York Times, January 22, 2026
• Syria, in Ruins  By Carlotta Gall and Saad Alnassife with Visuals by Nicole Tung, The New York Times, January 19, 2026
• You can get stronger with gentle weight training, new study finds By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, January 21, 2026
• I’m a gastroenterologist. Here are some surprising GLP-1 gut benefits. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, January 19, 2026
• How Little Exercise Can You Get Away With? By Christie Aschwanden, The New York Times, January 15, 2026

April 2025: Notable

• As Bangladesh Reinvents Itself, Islamist Hard-Liners See an Opening By Mujib Mashal and Saif Hasnat, The New York Times, April 3, 2025

December 2025: Notable

• What to Know About OMNY, MetroCard’s Tap-and-Go Successor By Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, December 22, 2025
• Lynching of a Hindu in Bangladesh Fans Fears of Rising Intolerance By Saif Hasnat and Mujib Mashal, The New York Times, December 22, 2025
• Riots Erupt in Bangladesh After the Killing of a Student Leader By Saif Hasnat and Alex Travelli, The New York Times, December 19, 2025
• As U.S. Guns Pour Into Canada, the Bodies Pile Up By Norimitsu Onishi, The New York Times, December 21, 2025
• Suspect in Death of M.I.T. Professor Was a Former Classmate, Prosecutors Say By Pooja Salhotra and Francesca Regalado, The New York Times, December 19, 2025
• What blood tests to detect Alzheimer’s biomarkers can and can’t tell you By Akilah Johnson, The Washington Post, December 18, 2025
• This remarkable book about a ‘wild boy’ reveals what makes us human By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, December 11, 2025
• Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere By Ivan Penn, The New York Times, December 5, 2025
• This Is the Story of How the Democrats Blew It on Gaza By Ben Rhodes, The New York Times, December 1, 2025
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November 2025: Notable

• Flying After 60: 10 FEDERALLY Protected Rights Airlines Hope You Never Claim Next Level Travel, YouTube, November 17, 2025
• A Different Type of Dementia Is Changing What’s Known About Cognitive Decline By Pam Belluck, The New York Times, November 29, 2025
• Sleep Apnea Linked to Parkinson’s Disease, New Study Finds By Caroline Hopkins Legaspi, The New York Times, November 24, 2025
• American Inertia: Why Can’t New York Fix Penn Station? By Patrick McGeehan, The New York Times, November 12, 2025
• Rise in Kidney Disease Tied to Other Chronic Conditions, Study Finds By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, November 7, 2025

October 2025: Notable

• How the Interborough Express Could Transform New York By Stefanos Chen, The New York Times, October 31, 2025
•  Got Time and a Boundless Appetite? A Marathon Feast Awaits. By Ligaya Mishan, The New York Times, October 28, 2025
• With ‘Vibecoding,’ A.I. Can Help Anyone Build an App By Lora Kelley, The New York Times, October 24, 2025
• Colin Jost, Pete Davidson and the Staten Island Ferry Fiasco By Steven Kurutz, The New York Times, October 20, 2025
• Liberalism The Economist
• Two infectious-disease experts say this is when you should get covid, flu shots By Lena H. Sun, The Washington Post, October 19, 2025
• The blood pressure secret: everything you need to know to improve yours – and live a longer, healthier life By Phil Daoust, The Guardian, October 19, 2025
• EV owners are using their trucks’ giant batteries to prevent blackouts By Nicolas Rivero, The Washington Post, October 12, 2025
• You asked: What’s the hygiene etiquette on a long flight? By Natalie B. Compton, The Washington Post, October 9, 2025
• How Zohran Mamdani Came to Embrace the Palestinian Cause By Nicholas Fandos, The New York Times, October 9, 2025
• To Steven Pinker, human knowledge is just a game By Becca Rothfeld, The Washington Post, October 4, 2025

September 2025: Notable

• As a Booker prize judge I helped whittle 153 books down to a shortlist of six. Here’s why you should read them By Chris Power, The Guardian, September 23, 2025
• Look to Myanmar for a terrifying vision of a world where authoritarians have unfettered power By  Simon Tisdall, The Guardian, September 21, 2025
• Democrats Cannot Just Buy Back the Working Class By David Paul Kuhn, The New York Times, Sept. 14, 2025
• Major Medical Prizes Given to Cell Biology and Cystic Fibrosis Pioneers By Carl Zimmer and Gina Kolata, The New York Times, September 11, 2025

August 2025: Notable

• Why Thailand’s Politics Are in Constant Crisis By Sui-Lee Wee, The New York Times, Aug. 28, 2025
• You Can Fix Those Annoying Plug Outlets By Tim Heffernan, The New York Times, Aug. 18, 2025
• Why Russia Sold Alaska to the U.S. By Mike Ives, The New York Times, Aug. 16, 2025
• How Liberalism Went to Die on the Texas-Arkansas Border By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, Aug. 12, 2025
• 21 Ways People Are Using A.I. at Work By Larry Buchanan and Francesca Paris, The New York Times, Aug. 11, 2025
• 27 Notes on Growing Old(er) By Ian Leslie, Persuasion, August 4, 2025
• These nuclear reactors fit on a flatbed truck. How safe are they? By Evan Halper, The Washington Post, August 6, 2025
• 80 Years Ago, Nuclear Annihilation Came to Japan By Hannah Beech, The New York Times, August 5, 2025
• The 109-Year-Old Pact That Looms Over European Moves to Recognize a Palestinian State By Mark Landler, The New York Times, August 3, 2025

July 2025: Notable

• Take a Ride On New York City’s Future Train Line By Stefanos Chen, Eden Weingart and Winnie Hu, Photographs and Video by Yuvraj Khanna, The New York Times, July 28, 2025
• This Test Can See a Heart Attack in Your Future By Paula Span, The New York Times, July 26, 2025
• A Pill for Sleep Apnea Could Be on the Horizon By Caroline Hopkins Legaspy, The New York Times, July 23, 2025
• I’m a Genocide Scholar. I Know It When I See It. By Omer Bartov, The New York Times, July 15, 2025
•  Where to find information about flood risk to your home By Rebecca Hersher, NPR, July 12, 2025
• Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza’s population ‘a blueprint for crimes against humanity’ By Emma Graham-Harrison, The Guardian, July 7, 2025
• If Zohran Mamdani Wins, Then What? By Ross Barkan, The New York Times, July 9, 2025
• The Gender Gap That Ate the Democrats By Thomas B. Edsall, The New York Times, July 8, 2025
• Nearly Half of America’s Murderers Get Away With It By German Lopez, The New York Times, July 6, 2025
• With Etch a Sketches and Apples, Math Is Revealed By Josh Ocampo, The New York Times, July 1, 2025
• Video Shows Drone Rescuing Stranded Man During Flood in China By Tiffany May and Jiawei Wang, The New York Times, July 1, 2025

June 2025: Notable

• Bowling for Nobels By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 30, 2025
• Let’s Get Packing! By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 23, 2025
• It’s Official: Streaming Is Now the King of TV By John Koblin, The New York Times, June 17, 2025
• Navel Gazing and the Golden Ratio By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 16, 2025
• The Achingly Simple Lesson That Democrats Seem Determined Not to Learn By Michael Hirschorn, The New York Times, June 10, 2025
• Want to lower your risk of dementia? Here’s what the science says. By Leana S. Wen, The Washington Post, June 10, 2025
• Taxicab Geometry By Steven Strogatz, with illustrations by Jens Mortensen, The New York Times, June 9, 2025
• Nervous about using the bathroom at work? A gastroenterologist shares advice. By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, June 2, 2025

May 2025: Notable

• I’m an oncologist. Here are 11 science-based ways to reduce your cancer risk. By Mikkael A. Sekeres, The Washington Post, May 27, 2025
• What did you do during the genocide in Gaza? By Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, May 22, 2025
• How a scientist who studies ‘super agers’ exercises for a longer life By Gretchen Reynolds, The Washington Post, May 21, 2025
• The Spy Factory By Michael Schwirtz and Jane Bradley, The New York Times, May 21, 2025
• How to Manage Your Blood Sugar With Exercise By Hilary Achauer, The New York Times, May 19, 2025
• A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences By Paula Span, The New York Times, May 17, 2025
• ‘Watch Me,’ Biden Said. But Hearing Him in Hur Interview Is More Revealing. By Lisa Lerer, The New York Times, May 17, 2025
• A Century-Old Romance That Gave the Pope His Family Name By Julie Bosman, The New york Times, May 16, 2025
• 9 Federally Funded Scientific Breakthroughs That Changed Everything By Alan Burdick and Emily Anthes, Illustrations by Ruru Kuo, The New York Times, May 16, 2025
• Soviet Spacecraft Crash Lands on Earth After a Journey of Half a Century By Nadia Drake, The New York Times, May 10, 2025
• New Pope Has Creole Roots in New Orleans By Richard Fausset and Robert Chiarito, The New York Times, May 8, 2025
• ‘I Was Stunned’: Watching From Illinois, Pope’s Brother Reflects on History By Robert Chiarito and Mitch Smith, The New York Times,  May 9, 2025

March 2025: Notable

• What the science says about multivitamins, magnesium and 7 other supplements By Trisha Pasricha, The Washington Post, March 31, 2025
• What Happens to Your Brain When You Retire? By Mohana Ravindranath, The New York Times, March 26, 2025
• What Works for Low Back Pain? Not Much, a New Study Says By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, March 18, 2025
• Why You Should Sign Up for the I.R.S.’s Identity Theft Prevention Tool By Ron Lieber, The New York Times, March 8, 2025
• A New Scientific Field Is Recasting Who We Are and How We Got That Way By Dalton Conley, The New York Times, March 13, 2025

February 2025: Notable

• How to keep your eyes healthy and your vision sharp By Kevin Loria, The Washington Post, February 18, 2025
• She’s Trying to Stay Ahead of Alzheimer’s, in a Race to the Death By Stephanie Nolen, The New York Times, February 16, 2025
• In rural America, more women are saying ‘I don’t’ By Shelley Clark and Matthew M. Brooks, The Washington Post, February 12, 2025
• 3 Ways to Track Your Fitness Over Time By Jen Murphy, The New York Times, February 11, 2025

January 2025: Notable

• A Renewed Liberalism Can Meet the Populist Challenge By Daron Acemoglu, The New York Times, Jan. 26, 2025
  
• 7 Ways to Improve Your Heart Health By Nina Agrawal, The New York Times, January 10, 2025
  
• 15 science-based ways to reduce your risk of dementia By Marlene Cimons, The Washington Post, January 13, 2025
  
• Giving Kids Some Autonomy Has Surprising Results By Jenny Anderson and Rebecca Winthrop, The New York Times, January 2, 2025
  
• A Long Fight to Keep a Closer Eye on Madrasas Unravels in Pakistan By Zia ur-Rehman, The New York Times, January 3, 2024
  
•  Are you fit for your age? Try our fitness tuneup to find out. By Gretchen Reynolds, Chelsea Conrad and Carson TerBush, The Washington Post, Jan. 1, 2025
• How to calm your mind with breathing, according to science By Richard Sima, The Washington Post, January 1, 2025