“A physics expert and audio engineer may have solved the mystery of a strange noise that rattled an Oregon town in 2016.”
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What Lies Beneath
“This is the grand Tahoe experiment: if we throw the book at aquatic invasives, can we, as the bumper stickers say, Keep Tahoe Blue?”
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A Note of Holiday Thanks, and the Week’s Top 5
We’ll keep it short this week, folks. With our Best Of package marching on, we have our two latest roundups for you: Our favorite profiles of the year, and a look at the best-performing Audience Award winners of 2023. (On that note: As much as we’ve enjoyed adding the Audience Award, we’ve enjoyed the jockeying […]
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Jesus Christ is Born in Texas
“70,000 believers arrive at the Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas to witness America’s greatest Christmas pageant.”
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He Thought He Knew Horses. Then He Learned to Really Listen.
“Warwick Schiller made his name as an expert trainer. An enigmatic little horse completely changed his outlook.”
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Predator or Prey
“I still want to feel each meal, each touch, each body I absorb into mine.”
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Ecstasy’s Odyssey
“The recent surge in MDMA research has demonstrated applications that range far beyond psychiatry, from treating Parkinson’s disease and cancer to promoting trust and emotional bonding.”
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Holograms of the Holocaust (and Our Top 5)
“Over many decades, my grandmother gave responses to thousands of questions, wrote tens of thousands of words, and spoke for hours and hours while tapes rolled. She would be, in other words, the perfect candidate for AI reanimation.” In my household, the transition from summer to fall has been tough. Lately, to help my daughter […]
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A Work of Love
“Before gay marriage was legal, illustrator John Megahan was called to work on a revolutionary secret project: bringing to life, in painstaking scientific detail, the queer lives of the animal world.”
