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The Men Trying to Live Forever
From the daily newsletter: biohackers are juicing themselves with everything from Ayurvedic herbs to electromagnetic-frequency beds.
The Engines and Empires of New York City Gambling
As plans are laid for a new casino, one can trace, through four figures, a history of rivalry and excess, rife with collisions of character and crime.
How the Poet James Schuyler Wrung Sense from Sensibility
Schuyler once told a friend that “life had been after him with a sledgehammer.” But the poet’s work was sharp and humane, a marvel of twentieth-century literature.
How to Live Forever and Get Rich Doing It
As researchers work to make death optional, investors see a chance for huge returns. But has the human body already reached its limits?
ICE’s Spectacle of Intimidation
Immigrants showing up for court dates in Manhattan must now navigate past rows of masked federal agents.
Sign Here! The World’s Greatest Autograph Collection Is Rediscovered
In the early nineteen-hundreds, Josip Mikulec walked the globe, collecting famous signatures (Thomas Edison, Teddy Roosevelt, Admiral Tōgō). Now the mayor of his Croatian home town has purchased the three-thousand-page tome.
How to Make a Movie House with John Wilson
The Ridgewood, Queens, filmmaker, known for his HBO series “How To,” has opened Low Cinema—a neighborhood movie joint, for lovers of odd programming and second-run flicks.