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 Why do people want to climb Mount Everest?
CNN · Kara Nelson
Life-threatening storms and avalanches are frequent and bodies are left on the mountain. What drives people to scale the world’s highest peak?
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 The real winner when it comes to weight-loss drugs
Quartz · Bruce Gil
Eli Lilly stock is expecting $2 billion more in sales this year as the result of its weight-loss drug, Zepbound.
 Can living with strangers make us happier?
BBC Culture · Matilda Welin
As the cost of living rises and loneliness becomes a global concern, communal living is an increasingly popular choice.
 Captchas are getting harder to solve
theweek.com · Chas Newkey-Burden
Are you finding those annoying little puzzles you need to complete before you can proceed on websites harder to solve? You aren’t alone.
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 Was California’s wine revolution just a mirage?
Punch · John McCarroll
A chorus of winemakers say that the economics of making wine in the state have turned the promise of the “New California” into a cautionary tale.
 You can’t ripen a pineapple, no matter what everyone says
The Kitchn · Andrea Rivera Wawrzyn
Here’s why, and how to save a rock-hard fruit.
 In an unfocused world, ‘listening bars’ demand our complete attention
montecristomagazine.com · Michael Harris
“Here … for a few precious hours, the noise of our online world is vanquished, and a signal, a voice, a line, a note is given its full due.”
 Taylor Swift’s ‘Tortured Poets’ is breaking records
flipboard.com · Billboard
It started with “Spotify’s most pre-saved countdown” and hasn’t stopped.
 The surprising new sculpture that rethinks who we put on a pedestal
Smithsonian Magazine · Kelyn Soong
Korean artist Do Ho Suh’s “Public Figures” makes a grand arrival outside the National Museum of Asian Art
 Is calligraphy art?
thecollector.com · Anastasiia S. Kirpalov
Here’s a deep dive into the history of the ancient art of writing.
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