“On July 4, the Guadalupe ripped our home from its pillars, pulling my family into its waters and into the night. Then morning came.”
Krista Stevens
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Becoming Earth
“But here the line is blurred. In the afterlife of cedars, nothing is ever dead.”
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At 40, She Discovered She Was One of America’s Best Free Divers
“Sara Burnett went from an introductory course to a world championship in just over a year.”
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My Couples Retreat With 3 AI Chatbots and the Humans Who Love Them
“I found people in serious relationships with AI partners and planned a weekend getaway for them at a remote Airbnb. We barely survived.”
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How I Solved the Century-Old Mystery of a Miraculous Shipwreck Survivor
“In a disaster worse than the Titanic, it was believed a young man swam over six kilometres to safety. It didn’t add up.”
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Inside the Dollar General Workers’ Fight for Safety and Fair Pay
“These Louisianans are organizing to transform the stores their communities rely on.”
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Mal à la Tête
“My neurologist says anything can be a headache. Or rather, a headache can cause anything, since all sensations start in the brain.”
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My Father Could Have Changed the World. Instead, He Changed Mine
“He embodied the traits of our great ancestors—but ended up a drug dealer who broke his family.”
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The Scheme That Broke the Texas Lottery
“When a ‘purchasing group’ won a ninety-five-million-dollar jackpot, the victory caused a scandal in a state where opposition to legal gambling remains widespread.”
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The Cormorant Wars
“Inside the fight between residents, conservationists, and governments over the most divisive and persecuted bird on the planet.”