The High Line: A Photo Essay There is an abandoned train track on the West side of Manhattan, running from 34th Street to Gaanesvoort. Imagine a trail in the woods, full of plants and garbage, hovering above the city. A photo essay by Rosecrans Baldwin.

The Non-Expert: Hair Growth Experts answer what they know. The Non-Expert answers anything. This week Andrew Womack explains how different hairs on the body grow at different speeds, i.e., get ahead of one another, all puns intended.

Darth Vader Made Me Cry From the first moment you see Darth Vader choke that rebel fighter, you know he’s evil. The helmet, the cape, the breathing? Evil, evil, evil. Matthew Baldwin remembers when he met Vader at a shopping center and learned that evil really is as evil does.

Easy Like Drinking Water ‘He adjusted the speed on the cruise control to an even sixty and stared out the window at the rows of cattails growing on the side of the turnpike. Through their tawny, rowed communities he could see New York approach from the east, a tangle of concrete and steel. He drove past the city, further north, until he couldn’t wait any longer, which turned out to be Massachusetts.’ A story by John Bishop.