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2034, Part VI: Crossing the Red Line
Book Excerpt

2034, Part VI: Crossing the Red Line

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

Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets

Amanda Chicago Lewis
Vertical farms nailed tiny salads. Now they need to feed the world
Long Reads

Vertical farms nailed tiny salads. Now they need to feed the world

Sean Williams
2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness
Book Excerpt

2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Premature Babies and the Lonely Terror of a Pandemic NICU
Healing Touch

Premature Babies and the Lonely Terror of a Pandemic NICU

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

2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale

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

There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain

Arthur Holland Michel
The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam
The Fake Fuel Mob

The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam

Vince Beiser
2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
Book Excerpt

2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC

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

May I Borrow Your Covid Immunity?

Roxanne Khamsi
2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea
Book Excerpt

2034, Part I: Peril in the South China Sea

Elliot Ackerman and Admiral James Stavridis
Your Body, Your Self, Your Surgeon, His Instagram
Backchannel

Your Body, Your Self, Your Surgeon, His Instagram

Katherine Laidlaw