The First Sherpa to Climb to the Top of Mt. Everest (1954)(newyorker.com)

73 points by paulette449 3 years ago | 38 comments

The Journey of a Migratory Shorebird(newyorker.com)

11 points by wallflower 1 month ago | 0 comments

The magnificence of the bluefin tuna(newyorker.com)

87 points by Petiver 3 years ago | 61 comments

Remembering the Chicago Pile, the First Nuclear Reactor(newyorker.com)

8 points by conorcleary 27 days ago | 1 comments

New Yorker essay by Alex Wellerstein marking the 75th anniversary of Chicago Pile-1, the world's first nuclear reactor, which achieved criticality in 1942.

In "Musk," Alex Gibney Punctures Elon's Self-Mythology(newyorker.com)

20 points by samizdis 16 days ago | 1 comments

New Yorker piece by Sheelah Kolhatkar on Alex Gibney's documentary "Musk," which examines how Elon Musk accumulated power and challenges his self-mythology.

The Strangeness of Grief (2019)(newyorker.com)

72 points by iafisher 2 years ago | 30 comments