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When will the Earth try to kill us again?
Most mass extinctions began with vast convulsions of Earth’s interior—can we detect that?
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The NSA needs to stop hacking
America's national security can't afford any more idiot spy bungling. By Ryan Cooper.
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China Reveals Images of New Hypersonic Strike Aircraft
China has disclosed the first images of secret hypersonic strike aircraft that are being developed to deliver warheads through U.S. missile defenses. By Bill Gertz.
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MINIX — The most popular OS in the world, thanks to Intel
You might not know it, but inside your Intel system, you have an operating system running in addition to your main OS, MINIX. And it’s raising eyebrows and concerns. By Bryan Lunduke.
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The Zombie Diseases of Climate Change
What lurks in the Arctic’s thawing permafrost? By Robinson Meyer.
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Fifty-three year old nuclear missile accident revealed
“The warhead is no longer on top of the missile.” By Seth Tupper.
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The Great College Loan Swindle
How universities, banks and the government turned student debt into America's next financial black hole. By Matt Taibbi.
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Shadow Banking Gets Bad Rap, So Treasury Wants to Erase the Term
Treasury argues big investment firms don’t operate in shadows. By Jesse Hamilton.
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EPA Says Higher Radiation Levels Pose ‘No Harmful Health Effect’
In the event of a dirty bomb or a nuclear meltdown, emergency responders can safely tolerate radiation levels equivalent to thousands of chest X-rays, the Environmental Protection Agency said in new guidelines that ease off on established safety levels. By Ari Natter.
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Untold Stories from Deep Inside a Notorious Brazilian Prison
Filmmaker and photographer João Wainer talks about the years he spent taking pictures of what was once the largest prison in Latin America. By Débora Lopes as translated by Livia Holmblad.
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Congress’ pharmacist suggests some have Alzheimer’s, backpedals furiously
The quote seems clear, but now he’s changing his tune. By Beth Mole.
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A Giant, Mysterious Hole Has Opened Up in Antarctica
“We’re still trying to figure out what’s going on.” By Kate Lunau.
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The strange and deadly saga of 15 circus cats’ final week in America
A former Ringling Bros. tiger escaped near Atlanta in September. But that was only the beginning of a saga that drew attention from officials in three states. By Karin Brulliard.
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The Dark History of Fear, Inc.
How politically-driven bugaboos distract us from the real monsters. By Mark Perry.
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The Coming Software Apocalypse
A small group of programmers wants to change how we code—before catastrophe strikes. By James Somers.
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Tropical Depressions
Climate change means, quite plausibly, the end of everything we now understand to constitute our humanity. By Sam Kriss, Ellie Mae O’Hagan.
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Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World
In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.
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Falling off Bolivia’s ‘Death Road’
The miraculous survival of a cyclist who fell off Bolivia's Yungas Road. Maria With Hoen tells Jo Fidgen about her excitement at the prospect of an adventure.
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Global fingerprints of sea-level rise revealed by satellites
Geological processes send more meltwater from glaciers and ice sheets to Earth's mid-latitudes. By Rachael Lallensack.
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The great nutrient collapse
The atmosphere is literally changing the food we eat, for the worse. And almost nobody is paying attention. By Helena Bottemiller Evich.
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