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Meet the Psychedelic Boom’s First Responders

By Chris Colin
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Meet the Humans Trying to Keep Us Safe From AI

By Will Knight, Khari Johnson, and Morgan Meaker
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The Night 17 Million Precious Military Records Went Up in Smoke

By Megan Greenwell
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Boots Riley Says a ‘Gentler Capitalism’ Won’t Save Society

By Jason Parham
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How Christopher Nolan Learned to Stop Worrying and Love AI

By Maria Streshinsky
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How to Survive a Devastating Earthquake—and Firestorm

By Cody Cassidy
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The Psychedelic Scientist Who Sends Brains Back to Childhood

By Rachel Nuwer
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Microsoft’s Satya Nadella Is Betting Everything on AI

By Steven Levy
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‘Building a Platform Like Twitter Is Not Difficult’

By Brendan I. Koerner
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The Explosive Legacy of the Pandemic Hand Sanitizer Boom

By Amy Martyn
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It’s the Age of Ozempic. Do We Need WeightWatchers Anymore?

By Lauren Goode
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The Trillion-Dollar Auction to Save the World

By Gregory Barber
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Pete Buttigieg Loves God, Beer, and His Electric Mustang

By Virginia Heffernan
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Doug Rushkoff Is Ready to Renounce the Digital Revolution

By Malcolm Harris
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Reality TV Saved Me

By Jason Parham
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Where to Find the Energy to Save the World

By Maria Streshinsky
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The Untold Story of the Boldest Supply-Chain Hack Ever

By Kim Zetter
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My Balls-Out Quest to Achieve the Perfect Scrotum

By Zak Jason
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How Bookshop.org Survives—and Thrives—in Amazon’s World

By Kate Knibbs
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How a Research Blog Took on Big Surveillance in China—and Won

By Amos Zeeberg
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The Unbelievable Zombie Comeback of Analog Computing

By Charles Platt
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‘You Must Believe You Can Repair It’

By Scott Gilbertson
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Brandon Sanderson Is Your God

By Jason Kehe
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I Saw the Face of God in a Semiconductor Factory

By Virginia Heffernan
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