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So … What If Aliens’ Quantum Computers Explain Dark Energy?

By Stephon Alexander
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Meet the Little-Known Genius Who Helped Make Pixar Possible

By Steven Levy
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Can Robots Evolve Into Machines of Loving Grace?

By Meghan O'Gieblyn
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Looks That Quill: The Dark Side of Hedgehog Instagram

By Noelle Mateer
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The Pain Was Unbearable. So Why Did Doctors Turn Her Away?

By Maia Szalavitz
Ideas

The Truth About the Quietest Town in America 

By Stephen Kurczy
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A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part III

By Jason Parham
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Hundreds of Ways to Get S#!+ Done—and We Still Don’t

By Clive Thompson
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A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part II

By Jason Parham
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A People’s History of Black Twitter, Part I

By Jason Parham
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A Son Is Rescued at Sea. But What Happened to His Mother?

By Evan Lubofsky
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Prisoners, Doctors, and the Battle Over Trans Medical Care

By Aviva Stahl
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When the Next Animal Plague Hits, Can This Lab Stop It?

By Geoff Manaugh and Nicola Twilley
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How Fringe Stem Cell Treatments Won Allies on the Far Right

By Lindsay Gellman
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One Man’s Plan to Resurrect the Animal Species We Can’t Save

By Natasha Bernal
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How to Survive the Worst Tornado in US History

By Cody Cassidy
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He Thought He Could Outfox the Gig Economy. He Was Wrong

By Lauren Smiley
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The Lithium Mine Versus the Wildflower

By Gregory Barber
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What If Doctors Are Always Watching, but Never There?

By Neil Singh
Science

How Humans Think When They Think As Part of a Group

By Annie Murphy Paul
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How Roblox Became a Playground for Virtual Fascists

By Cecilia D'Anastasio
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What Really Happened When Google Ousted Timnit Gebru

By Tom Simonite
Business

Inside Silicon Valley’s Mayo Marketing Madness

By Larissa Zimberoff
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One Man’s Amazing Journey to the Center of the Bowling Ball

By Brendan I. Koerner
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