“With climate change, the skies are becoming more turbulent. Can today’s planes still keep us safe?”
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A Diehard Drinker Accidentally Quits
“The cultural discourse around avoiding alcohol never convinced me—and why sober up when the world is burning? Then life intervened.”
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For People with Misophonia, Everyday Noises Can Be Agony
“The neurophysiological disorder is characterized by a severe aversion to sound—and the struggle to convince others of the severity of that aversion.”
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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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Signed, Sealed, Delivered
“What happens when someone throws a message into the sea?”
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The Cartoonist Who Mocked the Madness of Modernism
“With biting satire, Alan Dunn captured how 20th-century architectural trends left everyday Americans astonished, baffled, and enraged.”
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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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Parting Shot
“Stormy Morse lost two partners to gun suicide. Then the NRA came to collect.”
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The Tick That Hunts Down Its Hosts—Including Us
“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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Notes on Bed Rest
“I spent months limiting my movement, to protect a high-risk pregnancy. How did it change me?”
