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In Berlin, a single oak tree could contain dozens or hundreds of toxic-caterpillar nests. Each one could contain hundreds or thousands of caterpillars, which can amount to tens of billions of stinging hairs. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wLIo9w
How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic CaterpillarsThe oak processionary caterpillar, which is spreading as Europe warms, fills the air with microscopic hairs that inflict excruciating rashes.newyorkermag.visitlink.meGianni Infantino’s scheme to put the World Cup up for sale backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way. www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...
The World Cup Is Not for SaleGianni Infantino’s scheme to put the World Cup up for sale backfired—but the commodification of soccer is already well under way.www.newyorker.com“I think we could do a single-payer system better than any country in the world,” Abdul El-Sayed tells David Remnick. “Do you know why? We already spend 19 per cent of our whole G.D.P. on health care.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/7r8iUP
Since the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/5zwZcD
The caterpillars are making their way through Europe. According to studies, treatment “shows scarce efficacy” against contact with their hairs, and the most common pesticides “were practically ineffective” against them. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/9r2zWZ
How to Survive an Infestation of Toxic CaterpillarsThe oak processionary caterpillar, which is spreading as Europe warms, fills the air with microscopic hairs that inflict excruciating rashes.newyorkermag.visitlink.meA new exhibition titled “Yves Saint Laurent and Photography” traces the designer and fashion house’s sleek image from Saint Laurent’s days as an assistant to Christian Dior, in 1955, to his retirement nearly half a century later. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/LEwSfw
Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision to take the Fifth, at his Senate committee hearing last week, was understandable, Amy Davidson Sorkin writes. Still, his silence was a loss. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Failures of the Fauci HearingSenator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.www.newyorker.comHanif Abdurraqib reflects on the spiritual intimacy of the Irish singer and songwriter Glen Hansard, who died on Wednesday, at the age of 56. newyorker.com/news/postscr...
Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner StoriesBoth as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.newyorker.comLindsay Clancy, a former labor-and-delivery nurse accused of murdering her three young children, is now on trial for the act. Her now ex-husband said, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someone who got sick.” Revisit Eren Orbey’s 2024 reporting: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/KXUH2U
A Husband in the Aftermath of His Wife’s Unfathomable ActPatrick Clancy’s wife killed their children during a postpartum mental-health crisis. Prosecutors describe a clear-headed scheme, but Clancy says, “I wasn’t married to a monster—I was married to someone who got sick.”newyorkermag.visitlink.meResearchers stimulated highly specific cone cells to create the perception of a new color. People who work with pigments are more excited about the first new inorganic blue in two centuries. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/kk8ouN
What Would It Mean to See a New Color?A new color called olo can be described as the “greenest green.” It can never be captured by a camera, but its development tells us a lot about how vision works.newyorkermag.visitlink.me“When you spend $60 million to beat one person and they beat you, you just turned that person into David,” Abdul El-Sayed said, of Haley Stevens, his opponent in Michigan’s Democratic primary for Senate. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Xeeebq
A new series from the creator of “New Girl” and “The Dropout” centers on a human-trafficking survivor killing off her abusers, and the two female F.B.I. agents who end up hunting the network’s Epstein-like billionaire ringleader. Read Inkoo Kang’s review. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/lw2lhg
“Furious” Is a Crime Drama for a Post-Epstein WorldElizabeth Meriwether’s new series, which follows a female killer seeking vengeance against a network of abusers, is brutal, nuanced, and, at times, surprisingly funny.newyorkermag.visitlink.meLike humans, the technology will never be perfect. The question is what imperfections we’re willing to tolerate. www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
What If We Can Never Trust A.I.?Like humans, the technology will never be perfect. The question is what imperfections we’re willing to tolerate.www.newyorker.comSince the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Forget Albums—Pop Stars Measure Their Careers in Eras NowSince the earthshaking success of Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour, artists from the Weeknd to Ariana Grande have tried to imbue their live shows with a sense of history.www.newyorker.comA new exhibition at the International Center of Photography presents the designer precisely as he wanted to be seen. www.newyorker.com/culture/crit...
The Flawless Surface of Yves Saint LaurentA new exhibition at the International Center of Photography presents the designer precisely as he wanted to be seen.www.newyorker.comCan you make a longer word with each new letter? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Shuffalo: Saturday, August 1, 2026Can you make a longer word with each new letter?www.newyorker.comGlen Hansard, the iconic Irish singer, moved through the world eager to dispense some wisdom about the heart to someone who needed it—or someone who didn’t know they needed it, Hanif Abdurraqib writes. www.newyorker.com/news/postscr...
Glen Hansard’s Street-Corner StoriesBoth as a young busker and as a famous singer-songwriter, Hansard understood how to make people stop and listen and feel one single thing.www.newyorker.comCan you sort the items into the correct order? www.newyorker.com/puzzles-and-...
Play Catalogues: Saturday, August 1, 2026Can you sort the items into the correct order?www.newyorker.comEleven months after an Instagram post deemed a threat on President Trump’s life, a federal grand jury indicted James Comey, the former director of the F.B.I. New evidence continues to expose a collapse between the D.O.J.’s agenda and the President’s. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/6svAo8
The Outlandish Case Against James ComeyThe prosecution’s central claim “would be laughable,” one former federal judge noted, if it weren’t intended “to deprive a man of his liberty.”newyorkermag.visitlink.meSenator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Failures of the Fauci HearingSenator Rand Paul may have approached the matter with theatrics and ill will, but Dr. Anthony Fauci’s decision not to testify was a loss.www.newyorker.com