[ad_1] This is an edition of The Wonder Reader, a newsletter in which our editors recommend a set of stories to spark your curiosity and fill you with delight. Sign up here to get it every Saturday morning. When you watch an actor accepting an Oscar, or read about a brilliant scientist receiving a huge […]
Young Dad’s Organ Donations Helped a Surprising 102 People A…
[ad_1] NEED TO KNOW In March 2023, a couple’s life imploded when their 25-year-old son Dylan died after a motorcycle accident in Twin Falls, Idaho They take solace in the fact that he was able to help 102 people through organ donation “We’re just amazed at how many lives he changed,” says dad Curtis On […]
The Surprising Power of Boredom: It Lets You Confront Big Qu…
[ad_1] The twenty-first century so far may seem light on major technological breakthroughs, at least when compared to the twentieth. An artificial intelligence boom (perhaps a bubble, perhaps not) has been taking place over the past few years, which at least gives us something to talk about. Before that, most of us would have named […]
Movies Minister to Us in Surprising Ways
[ad_1] Norma Dent eases into her chair in the 750-seat auditorium of the luxurious Terrace Theater in North Carolina. The seventy-three-year-old is visiting Asheville to watch the premiere of Doc Savage: Man of Bronze starring Ron Ely. The screen is stunning: it curves around the audience a full 180 degrees in what was known in […]
How one surprising photo of a teenage Kate Moss kick-started…
[ad_1] Estate of Corinne Day/ Bridgeman Images An iconic image of Kate Moss marked an explosive moment of change in Britain – and helped to create the culture we now live in. It’s among the photographs displayed in a new exhibition that celebrates the photography of The Face magazine. Freckled and fresh-faced, a 16-year-old Kate […]
3 Years Later, A Surprising Reunion with Something Important
[ad_1] A few weeks into December, I received a message in my “requests” folder on Facebook. I didn’t know it at the time, since it was buried in Facebook purgatory. It was only a month later that I thought to check my requests inbox. I found the following message. Hi, you don’t know me, but […]
Timothée Chalamet Reveals Surprising Pick When Asked About I…
[ad_1] Timothée Chalamet is no danger of being typecast. Asked on SiriusXM’s The Morning Mash Up who would he like to play if he were to do another biopic, the actor, who plays Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown, went deep with his answer on the sports-themed show. Chalamet didn’t choose a legendary underdog like U.S. Olympic […]