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Retro Games
A 1999 PlayStation action game where you don't shoot enemies — you plant bombs on them and detonate them in a chain.
Retro Games
A 1999 kart racer where you start as the slowest car on the track and unlock your way up through a grid of oddball vehicles.
Health
A review of 11 trials in 3,428 people found combined diet and exercise improved memory and thinking, but not more than either alone.
Health
A large review of 128 trials found mind-body exercise improved thinking and was the easiest for older adults with cognitive impairment to stick with.
Politics
An essay on why we keep saying the same things in politics, and what that repetition does for us.
Life in General
The frantic pre-guest cleanup isn't about the guests—it's about who we want to be when they see us.
Life in General
Cooking for one often feels like a burden, but maybe it's not the cooking—it's the eating alone.
Music
A revolving-door lineup made this band's best music jagged, unpredictable, and oddly timeless.
Movies
In a feverish 1999 LA, a black marketeer sells recorded experiences. Kathryn Bigelow's thriller asks what happens when empathy is a product.
Retro Games
A 1995 PlayStation tactics game where you program mechs to fight autonomously—a unique blend of coding and strategy.
Retro Games
A 1998 PlayStation puzzle game where you roll dice to match numbers, blending strategy with spatial thinking.
Health
A review of 14 trials found exercise plus nutrition modestly improves thinking in older adults without dementia.
Health
A review suggests creatine plus exercise may help older adults' strength and thinking, but more research is needed.
Life in General
A full fridge can feel like a problem. Why does abundance sometimes weigh on us?
Music
Boston's post-punk quartet who made noise and tape loops into a lasting template.
