Saturday, June 14

At A Glance


Bookkeeping

> $1,000: The amount a Deloitte US employee can spend on Lego sets annually.
> $14.71: The (rising) median price of an omelet.
> $150,000: The selling price for a human-sized Labubu doll.

Browse
> The dirty science behind the smell of rain.
> Top chefs are cooking with lab-grown salmon.
> Enormous shoe gives insight into ancient Roman cobblery.
> A Bali resort that doubles as a firefly conservatory.
> Fisherman off Canada’s coast finds a rare black iceberg.
> Why cake decorators are the second-highest paid job at Walmart.

Listen
> Calamari or pig rectum? The secret market of artificial calamari.
> Veterinarians are fetching the fountain of youth for dogs.

Watch
> These four famous forgeries (almost) fooled experts.
> Scientists made radioactive flies to protect us from flesh-eating parasites.
> The questionable history of graham crackers.
> How technology has made us antisocial—and what to do about it.

Long Read
> Father’s Day read—The scars and lessons we pass to our children.
> Want to keep top talent? Try these four candid questions.
> Why the em dash is a sign of a seasoned writer, not ChatGPT.

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