The most mysterious cells in our bodies don’t belong to us
Plus: Stories on the shifting job market, Trump’s private cellphone, pop culture’s hypothetical decline, and more.

Rafaela Jinich

Assistant editor

Read about the surprising cells you carry from your relatives, why getting up early might be the best life hack, what happens when your kid’s best friend is a problem, and more.

First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic:

Your Reading List

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You carry literal pieces of your mom—and maybe your grandma, and your siblings, and your aunts and uncles. (From 2024)

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A new sign that AI is competing with college grads

“Who’s calling?” the president asks as he answers call after call from numbers he doesn’t know.

(Photo-illustration by David Samuel Stern*)

J. D. Vance could have brought the country’s conflicting strands together. Instead, he took a divisive path to the peak of power.