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 Are you better off than you were four years ago?
NBC News · Shannon Pettypiece
The question was made famous years ago by Ronald Reagan.
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 A death row prisoner’s parting interview
themarshallproject.org · Maurice Chammah
Days before his scheduled execution, Ramiro Gonzales speaks on faith, legacy — and apologizing to the family of his victim, Bridget Townsend.
 The frogs of Puerto Rico have a warning for us
Vox · Benji Jones
Scientists are finally listening to the island’s iconic coquis, and they have a lot to say.
 Autism added to growing list of things we’ve inherited from Neanderthals
newatlas.com · Paul McClure
The hypothesis is not that Neanderthals gave humans autism but that they gave us some of the gene tweaks that lead to higher susceptibility.
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 Faces made of living skin make robots smile
BBC News · Michelle Roberts
Scientists have found a way to attach living skin to robot faces for more realistic smiles and expressions.
 The case against pets
TIME · Jessica Pierce
More than one billion animals are kept as pets around the world. Is this fair to them, and is there another way?
 An acquired taste
Eater · AC Lamberty
“After going on hormone replacement therapies, my taste began to change — but that effect wasn’t purely biological.”
 The anxious history of the American summer camp
Atlas Obscura · Ashley Stimpson
The annual rite of passage has always been more about the ambivalence of adults than the amusement of children.
 Don’t stop the music
thedial.world · Jessi Jezewska Stevens
As Europe seems to be falling apart, Vienna dances on.
 In an industry of conformity, Questlove remains a hip-hop iconoclast
NPR · Rodney Carmichael
“I’m in the lion’s den,” Questlove blurts out, before I can ask the first question, with a laugh that confirms he’s being eaten alive online.
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