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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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Jenny Odell Can Stretch Time and So Can You

By Camille Bromley
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On the Trail of the Fentanyl King

By Benoît Morenne
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This Is a Philosopher on Drugs

By Justin Smith-Ruiu
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The Lie Detector Was Never Very Good at Telling the Truth

By Amit Katwala
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The Mining Industry's Next Frontier Is Deep, Deep Under the Sea

By Vince Beiser
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The Battle for the Soul of Buy Nothing

By Vauhini Vara
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Meet the Superusers Behind IMDb, Everyone’s Favorite Movie Site

By Stephen Lurie
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We’re All Living Under Gravity’s Rainbow

By John Semley
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Keanu Will Never Surrender to the Machines

By Angela Watercutter
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The Out-of-Control Spread of Crowd-Control Tech

By Wil Sands
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The Kremlin Has Entered the Chat

By Darren Loucaides
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The Spaceport at the Edge of the World

By Tomas Weber
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Life as a 21st-Century Trucker

By Andrew Kay
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Unmasking Pedro Pascal, the Complicated New Face of Sci-Fi

By Hemal Jhaveri
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