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When the Boss of All Dating Apps Met the Pandemic

By Arielle Pardes
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A Boy, His Brain, and a Decades-Long Medical Controversy

By Seema Yasmin
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How Audio Pros ‘Upmix’ Vintage Tracks and Give Them New Life

By Jesse Jarnow
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The Buzzy, Chatty, Out-of-Control Rise of Clubhouse

By Steven Levy
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The Secret Auction That Set Off the Race for AI Supremacy

By Cade Metz
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A Genetic Curse, a Scared Mom, and the Quest to ‘Fix’ Embryos

By Stephen S. Hall
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Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan

By Yi-Ling Liu
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Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began

By Samantha M. Shapiro
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How a Hashtag Went Viral—and Incited a Military Intervention

By Joe Parkinson and Drew Hinshaw
Science

How Elon Musk Convinced Gwynne Shotwell to Join SpaceX

By Eric Berger, Ars Technica
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2034, Part VI: Crossing the Red Line

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
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Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets

By Amanda Chicago Lewis
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2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
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How to Remember a Disaster Without Being Shattered by It

By Erika Hayasaki
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The LA Musician Who Helped Design a Microphone for Mars

By Eric Adams
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2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Security

The Untold History of America’s Zero-Day Market

By Nicole Perlroth
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Premature Babies and the Lonely Terror of a Pandemic NICU

By Eva Holland
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2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
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There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain

By Arthur Holland Michel
Science

Here’s What Learning to Juggle Does to Your Brain

By Tom Vanderbilt
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The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam

By Vince Beiser
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2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC

By Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
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May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?

By Roxanne Khamsi
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