“What I thought was a burden was a tether across death’s divide.”
Brendan Fitzgerald
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The Weather-Changing Conspiracy Theory That Will Never End
“Why are some people convinced that nefarious experiments are happening in the distant Alaskan wilderness?”
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The Shooting of Two Cornell Freshmen, 42 Years Later
“In 1983 six students were taken hostage in a Cornell dormitory. Two of them were killed. How have the survivors reckoned with what happened to them, and what made us forget about this act of violence?”
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My Road Trip With the Do-Gooding Cactus Smugglers
“Can poaching ever be ethical?”
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Recursive Resemblance
“On the feedback loops of mimesis, from the ancients to AI.”
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The Man Who Broke Into Jail
“In Nashville, a criminal-justice activist commits a baffling crime.”
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A Complimentary Profile Of Jason Lee That Was Surprisingly Difficult To Publish
“The paradox of Jason Lee . . . is that he is a celebrity who openly invites fans to come hang out with him on a regular basis, but who also has historically remained a notably private person.”
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When Do We Become Adults, Really?
“Scientists define the stages of life in biological, societal, and chronological terms—but none of them quite capture what it’s like to grow up.”
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A Hockey Dad, a Cartel, and a $12 Million Fraud
“Kota Youngblood told his neighbors there were hits out on their lives — and only he could save them.”
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Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible
“History was unmade last year, as engineers began the massive project of ripping the first-ever transoceanic fiber-optic cable from the ocean floor. Just don’t mention sharks.”