The Brutalist Report

The Conversation

• Legal wrangling over $12.5B Lakers sale shows how family trusts don’t guarantee a business stays in the family [17d]
• Many Americans are moving away from congregations, but not necessarily from religion – movies, plays, art and social media fill the gap [17d]
• Most Westerners know Buddhism through meditation, but everyday Buddhist life looks quite different in Thai temples [17d]
• Fish DNA in Ozark streams reveals region’s complex geologic history [17d]
• How do ice cubes cool a drink? [17d]
• Just as the world appears to be losing its appetite for books, William T. Vollmann pens a 3,000-page novel [17d]