Weekend Special
Weekend Special: Istanbul
One of the worlds greatest cities, from many different perspectives
The Slow Scroll
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The Perfect Innovation Storm & The Public Health Cost of Noise
What made Bell Labs a powerhouse of innovation at its peak? Also, important questions about the impact of industrial noise on public health.
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Ease of Producing Fentanyl & An Impossible Tale of Survival
An investigative team finds out how easy it is to import components for deadly drugs. Also, what would you do if you survived against impossible odds?
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A Murder Survivor & 53 Stations of the Tōkaidō
Survival and defiance in the face of violence, and how an amateur artist established a major genre
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Nazis In the Family & NDAs
We can't choose our families, but we can influence where our societies are heading. Also, NDAs are getting absurdly common.
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Sunken Gold of A Cursed Ship & Baby Formula
Much needed distractions from the news cycle for the elections
Weekend Special: Olive Oil
A reading list on olive oil and its ancient history, health benefits, societal aspects, and the modern challenges facing olive farmers.
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Immigrants Dying In Marijuana Farms & Making Friends
Featured Articles Jiaai Zeng Died Weeks After Starting Work at an Oklahoma Marijuana Farm. His Family Wants Answers. In another example of very good investigative journalism from ProPublica, this piece tells the story of the death of Jiaai Zeng, a Chinese immigrant working on an Oklahoma marijuana farm. It expands
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The Lie Detector Lie and Exploitative Adoption Practices
Featured Articles What the All-American Delusion of the Polygraph Says About Our Relationship to Fact and Fiction In what I think is the best read of the week, Justin St. Germain interweaves a personal story with our complex relationship with the truth and memory. It is about polygraphs, sure, but
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A History of Bronx and FDA for AI
Plus how the US president has always been above the law, some Kundera influences, and prisons failing to deal with extreme heat. In better news, promising cancer treatment breakthroughs.