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    Guy Martin
    01
    [*"The Macedonian Teens Who Mastered Fake News," by Samanth Subramanian](https://www.wired.com/2017/02/veles-macedonia-fake-news/) (March 2017)*
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    Tim McDonagh
    02
    ["The Curse of the Bahia Emerald, a Giant Green Rock That Ruins Lives," by Elizabeth Weil](https://www.wired.com/2017/03/curse-bahia-emerald-giant-green-rock-wreaks-havoc-ruins-lives/) (March 2017)
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    Chad Hagen
    03
    ["Inside the Hunt for Russia’s Most Notorious Hacker," By Garrett Graff](https://www.wired.com/2017/03/russian-hacker-spy-botnet/) (April 2017)
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    Sean Freeman
    04
    ["How a Single Gene Could Become a Volume Knob for Pain," by Erika Hayasaki](https://www.wired.com/2017/04/the-cure-for-pain/) (May 2017)
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    Dan Winters
    05
    ["Apple’s New Campus: An Exclusive Look Inside the Mothership," by Steven Levy](https://www.wired.com/2017/05/apple-park-new-silicon-valley-campus/) (June 2017)
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    Curt Merlo
    06
    ["Russia's Cyberwar on Ukraine Is a Blueprint For What's to Come," by Andy Greenberg](https://www.wired.com/story/russian-hackers-attack-ukraine/) (July 2017)
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    Alma Haser
    07
    ["A Son’s Race to Give His Dying Father Artificial Immortality," by James Vlahos](https://www.wired.com/story/a-sons-race-to-give-his-dying-father-artificial-immortality/) (August 2017)
  • Chill Robots Wont Take All Our Jobs by James Surowiecki
    Zohar Lazar
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    ["Chill: Robots Won’t Take All Our Jobs," by James Surowiecki](https://www.wired.com/2017/08/robots-will-not-take-your-job/) (September 2017)
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    Cole Barash
    09
    ["What Is CamperForce? Amazon's Nomadic Retiree Army," by Jessica Bruder](https://www.wired.com/story/meet-camperforce-amazons-nomadic-retiree-army/) (October 2017)
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    Dan Winters
    10
    ["The Replicant: Inside the Dark Future of Blade Runner 2049," by Brian Raftery](https://www.wired.com/2017/09/behind-the-scenes-blade-runner-2049-sequel/) (October 2017)
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    Cait Oppermann
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    ["Are We Ready for Intimacy With Androids?" by Alex Mar](https://www.wired.com/2017/10/hiroshi-ishiguro-when-robots-act-just-like-humans/) (November 2017)
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    YOSHI SODEOKA/VICTORIA HASHUK/EYEEM/GETTY IMAGES
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    ["How One Woman's Digital Life Was Weaponized Against Her," by Brooke Jarvis](https://www.wired.com/story/how-one-womans-digital-life-was-weaponized-against-her/) (December 2017)
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