“It was supposed to be an exhibition of freedom without restraint: a bombastic birthday boy, fourteen uncontrollable athletes, and a South Lawn build-out that was piss-your-pants patriotic. But what united onlookers, in the end, was the sudden realization that American machismo had hit a hard limit.”
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Melon’s Odyssey On The Black Market For Life-Saving Cat Medicine
“While Melon lay dying under my bed, I contacted the Facebook group.”
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What if America Went Completely Dark?
“The power grid relies on thousands of aging, hand-built transformers. If enough fail, the blackout could last years.”
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The Children a Scientist Took Home
Carleton Gajdusek won the Nobel Prize for his work on a disease in Papua New Guinea. But his biggest experiment was on the children he took from the field to the US—many of whom he sexually molested, with the knowledge and, in some cases, approval of his professional peers and colleagues: In his journals and […]
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The End of the European Summer
“As extreme heat overwhelms the Continent’s great cities, they are racing to transform themselves for a climate that they were never built to withstand.”
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Bad Cards
“How a $168,000 Michael Jordan rookie card rocked the $15 billion trading card industry.”
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How Anti-ICE Protesters Became Prisoners in Trump’s War on Antifa
“‘We are not terrorists.'”
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How a Cowboy Rides When the Range is on Fire
“When wildfires approach, moving cattle to safety means managing their fear and instincts. Here’s how it’s done in B.C.’s Nicola Valley.”
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There’s Something Dangerous About Sam Rockwell
“Ever since that monologue—you know the one—everyone knows who the legendary scene-stealer is. Still, his appetite for taking risks means he’ll never stop surprising us.”