“AI is poised to eliminate customer-service agents. We’ll miss them when they’re gone.”
Carolyn Wells
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Recovering the Lost Aviators of World War II
“Inside the search for a plane shot down over the Pacific—and the new effort to bring its fallen heroes home.”
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Life Aboard a Nuclear Submarine as the US Responds to Threats Around the Globe
“How the Navy prowls today’s uncertain seas—and prepares for possible superpower conflict tomorrow.”
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200 Cats, 200 Dogs, One Lab: The Secrets of The Pet Food Industry
“Pet food is a £120bn industry, with vast resources spent on working out how best to nourish and delight our beloved charges. But how do we know if we’re getting it right?”
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‘If You Scream You Are a Dead Duck’: At 14, my Mother Left me Alone All Summer – Then the Man With a Knife Found Me
“I asked her not to go on the six-week camping trip with her boyfriend, but she said I would be fine. I wasn’t – I was raped.”
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The ‘Into the Wild’ Bus Was a Pilgrimage Site in the Wilderness. Can It Hold Up in a Museum?
“The rusty coach where Chris McCandless spent his final days captured the imagination of people all over the world.”
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What Really Caused the Sriracha Shortage?
“Two friends and the epic breakup that left millions without their favorite hot sauce.”
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Precipice of Fear: the Freerider Who Took Skiing to its Limits
“Jérémie Heitz has pushed freeriding to breathtaking, beautiful new extremes. But as the risks get bigger, the questions do, too”
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The Woman Who Spent Five Hundred Days in a Cave
“Beatriz Flamini liked to be alone so much that she decided to live underground—and pursue a world record. The experience was gruelling and surreal.”