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The Rise of the Tick

A black-legged tick, which carries Lyme and other diseases. Photo: David Scharf/Getty
LENGTH: 22 minutes (5593 words)

Bitter Pill: Why Medical Bills Are Killing Us

1. Routine Care, Unforgettable Bills When Sean Recchi, a 42-year-old from Lancaster, Ohio, was told last March that he had non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, his wife Stephanie knew she had to get him to…
PUBLISHED: Feb. 20, 2013
LENGTH: 98 minutes (24646 words)

Manly Honor Part V: Honor in the American South

Welcome back to our series on manly honor. Today we tackle Southern honor in the 19th century. Now, be prepared: this is and will be the longest post in the series by far. The complexity of…
PUBLISHED: Nov. 26, 2012
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7610 words)

The Amazing Story of What Happened in Libya

Before you watch the foreign-policy presidential debate Tuesday, you must read the State Department's riveting tale of heroism in Benghazi. The Benghazi consulate after being set on fire in a photo…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 16, 2012
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4416 words)

Boss Rail

On the morning of July 23, 2011, passengers hurried across Beijing South Station at the final call to board bullet train D301, heading south on the world’s largest, fastest, and newest high-speed…
AUTHOR:Evan Osnos
PUBLISHED: Oct. 22, 2012
LENGTH: 31 minutes (7974 words)

Maria Bustillos on The End of Men and the Rise of Women

AFTER CENTURIES OF OPPRESSION, women have won the day at last, and "pulled decisively ahead [of men] by almost every measure." This is the key argument made by Hanna Rosin in a new book, The End of…
LENGTH: 11 minutes (2906 words)

How Apple and Amazon Security Flaws Led to My Epic Hacking | Gadget Lab

Meet Mat Honan. He just had his digital life dissolved by hackers. Photo: Ariel Zambelich/Wired. Illustration: Ross Patton/Wired In the space of one hour, my entire digital life was destroyed. First…
AUTHOR:Mat Honan
PUBLISHED: Aug. 6, 2012
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3578 words)

Former youth baseball player shares story of recovery from sexual abuse

CINCINNATI -- There was never a good time to tell them. How do you tell your kids something like this? Perhaps now it all would make sense: why Dad drank too much in college; why he quit the baseball…
LENGTH: 18 minutes (4629 words)

Five years after the iPhone, carriers are the biggest threat to innovation

Five years ago, the iPhone revolutionized the mobile business and kicked off a seismic shift in the technology industry that continues today. But the massive success of Apple's phone has overshadowed…
SOURCE:The Verge
PUBLISHED: July 5, 2012
LENGTH: 6 minutes (1664 words)
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