Unbearably sentimental.
Takeaways from the final Democratic debate before voting begins in the Iowa caucuses. 1/17
The New York Public Library waited 25 years to carry Goodnight Moon, finding the book "unbearably sentimental." 2/17
Related: The New York Public Library's 10 most checked-out books of all time. 3/17
A duo has pled guilty to stealing $8 million in rare books from Pittsburgh's Carnegie Library over a period of 25 years. 4/17
"Bembibre has chemically extracted the smells of old leather gloves, ancient books, and mold, among other things." How science can preserve scents that may otherwise be lost. 5/17
Assembling the oldest ever measles genome—from 1912—points to 400 BC as the earliest date the virus emerged in humans. 6/17
"Smoke from Australia's massive bushfires, which have been burning since September, has now officially circled the globe." 7/17
"I just couldn't breathe anymore, and I fell on the floor." Tennis players at the Australian Open say the smoke is affecting play. 8/17
Gamers are speedrunning—literally—Nintendo's Ring Fit Adventure exercise game. The current record is 18 hours and 55 seconds. 9/17
The Jeopardy: Greatest of All Time tournament earned more TV viewers than the NBA Finals. 10/17
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Watch: Three-dimensional animations made entirely from photos. 11/17
"If prep cooks and hotel concierges, why not dentists and paralegals?" Good reasons to worry about the expanding gig economy. 12/17
Comparing social studies textbooks customized for California and Texas illuminates America's deepest partisan divides. 13/17
Read more stories like this in our editors' longreads picks. 14/17
Portraits of Venezuelan refugees surrounded by their only belongings, by Gregg Segal. 15/17
Photographer Xavi Bou merges video footage to capture a single image of bird trails—lines in the sky that show where birds flew. 16/17
This lovely cover version (and video) of the Pixies' "Wave of Mutilation" by Beacon is an antidote to all sorts of despair. 17/17
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