As Our Vision Suffers a Drastic Decline, a Simple Solution (Newser Deep Dive)

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September 9, 2023     As Our Vision Suffers a Drastic Decline, a Simple Solution "The world is going blind," reads the headline at Wired, and it's not some kind of metaphor. The story by Amit Katwala explains how myopia, or near-sightedness, is on the rise around the world—particularly in Asia. Keep reading   Rolling Stone: Fallon Staffers Live in Fear of 'Bad Jimmy Days' Rolling Stone magazine is out with a lengthy report that alleges a "toxic" environment on the set of the Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. It starts with the host himself, according to the report, which quotes 14 former staffers and two current ones to that effect. Keep reading   From our sponsors:   Did You Return Your Shopping Cart? Time to Discuss His name is Sebastian Davis, but he is better known to fans on YouTube as the Cart Narc. The 42-year-old has created a popular YouTube channel of that name with a simple premise—he busts people who fail to return grocery carts to their corrals in parking lots and films the encounters, explains Nate Rogers at the Ringer. Keep reading   From the Archives The Moment I Met Kurt Cobain, I Knew There's no shortage of adjectives that could be used to describe Michael Azerrad's deep dive into his friendship with Kurt Cobain for the New Yorker: insightful, tender, moving, painful, eye-opening, honest. Azerrad met the singer and Courtney Love in 1992 while on assignment for Rolling Stone, and he opens his lengthy article with a recollection of what he first encountered—Cobain lounging in a bed with his back against the wall—and one of the very first thoughts that entered his mind. Keep reading   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2023 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved