“Lone-star ticks don’t just pursue and bite people. The affliction they’re spreading, an allergy to red meat known as alpha-gal syndrome, attacks a way of life.”
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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It
“In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.”
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There’s the Rub
“Each year, massage therapists from around the globe gather to face off, collaborate, and make sure that no body gets left behind.”
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When Your Digital Life Vanishes
“A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void.”
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Parting Shot
“Stormy Morse lost two partners to gun suicide. Then the NRA came to collect.”
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
“What happens when someone throws a message into the sea?”
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Notes on Bed Rest
“I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?”
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Why Immigration Agents Don’t Quit in Protest
“How a culture of dehumanization and denial keeps ICE and Border Patrol personnel ‘at war with an enemy that does not fight back.’”
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How Jim Morrison Surmounted Tragedy and Skied Down Everest
“The mountaineer and his partner, Hilaree Nelson, planned a first-ever descent. After her death, he pushed on.”
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How Tree Rings Challenged the Myth of American Wilderness
“By studying fire scars in ancient wood, many scientists have become convinced that Indigenous people transformed North America long before Christopher Columbus arrived.”
