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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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A Tiny 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 E. H. Smith

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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