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This Heist’s for the Birds
“I always say, If there is a $50,000 bill flying around, someone is going to try to catch it.”
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The Mad Scramble to Claim the World’s Most Coveted Meteorite
Meteorite hunters Mike Farmer and Robert Ward travel to Carancas, a tiny village at 12,000 feet in Peru’s remote altiplano, to examine a crater in the hope to claim precious rock from space.
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
A Fascinating Case of Precocious Puberty
Patrick Burleigh carried an extremely rare genetic mutation, which brought on puberty prematurely.
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Model Metropolis
You probably haven’t read Jay Wright Forrester’s dubious ideas on how cities work (and why they die), but if you played SimCity you’ve had more firsthand experience with them than you realize. Historian of science Kevin T. Baker explains why.
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A 4-Year-Old Trapped in a Teenager’s Body
Like all the men in his family, Patrick Burleigh carried an extremely rare genetic mutation, which led to “precocious puberty” and a confusing, challenging childhood in which he experienced dramatic physical changes — like pubic hair — as early as age 2.
Posted inHighlight, investigations, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature
The Fertility Doctor’s Secret Children
Donald Cline justified his deception with choice bible verses, so that makes everything okay.
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Is Sunscreen the New Margarine?
The science that linked Vitamin D with certain ailments was incorrect. Unfortunately, many of us have spent too long popping D pills while shielding ourselves from the healthy thing we need to consume: sunlight.
Posted inCulture, Highlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Science & Nature, Technology
Into the Wild On an E-Scooter
What happens when you ride an e-scooter out of the city limits — until its battery dies?
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Self Portrait With iPhone
Newly single in her mid-50s, Pam Mandel swipes through dozens of selfies, including her own.
