A Texas Murder Mystery, Half-Solved

After 40 years, the bodies of a murdered Houston couple have finally been identified. But where’s their missing baby?

Houston Chronicle

The Great Siberian Thaw Transforming Earth

Permafrost contains microbes, mammoths, and twice as much carbon as the atmosphere. What happens when it melts?

The New Yorker

One thing to watch: Denzel Washington talks about reinventing Macbeth and who’s “the next Denzel.”

Variety

One thing to read: In the years before his death, Anthony Bourdain posted anonymously on Reddit. Here’s what he had to say.

Rolling Stone

One thing to eat: The secret to these winter salads? No lettuce.

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