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