At A Glance

Bookkeeping
> 19 feet, 6 inches: Length of the longest fingernails on a man's hands; Vietnamese artist spent 34 years growing them.
> Over 5,000: How many words were added to the 12th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary; new entries include "adulting," "rizz," and "dad bod."

Browse
> First and only man to go up and down Mount Everest without bottled oxygen.
> How much you should give as a wedding gift in 2025.
> Ranking North America's 50 best restaurants.
> Mapping plastic surgery trends, from butt lifts to breast implants.
> See the furry "Wookie" of the deep sea.

Listen
> Centuries-old debate over the sound of a musical note.
> How to have better conversations.

Watch
> This lab makes diamonds for tech, not jewelry.
> Why there's a 61-mile conveyor belt in the Sahara Desert.
> Learn to plate your food like a chef.

Long Read
> How Singapore become obsessed with shade.
> Bruce Springsteen agreed to a biopic, now what?
> Polar bears and dolphins are victims of accelerated aging.

Best of the Week: Why some people thought the world was ending yesterday.

Historybook: Rosetta Stone is first deciphered (1822); First Black US senator Hiram Revels born (1827); Production of Ford Model T begins (1908); Legendary athlete Mildred "Babe" Didrikson Zaharias dies (1956); Actress Maggie Smith dies (2024).