Dec 19, 2017 6:00 AM

Care Coach Gallery

Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
01
Jim Anderson and his wife, Dorothy, in the living room of their home in St. Louis Park, Minnesota in the '70s. Their house was modeled after an early American Pennsylvania farmhouse.
Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
02
Jim became a private pilot after returning home from World War II.

Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
03
Jim's wife, Dorothy, on the couple's trip to Hawaii in the early '60s.
Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
04
A '70s-era snapshot of Jim, lounging on a driftwood throne after beaching his eighteen-foot mahogany sailboat, Antigua.

Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
05
Dorothy and Jim pose with a marine radio at the "nav station" of their boat, Right Stuff, in the early '90s.
Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
06
A tennis match between Jim and his middle daughter, Layney, on his 80th birthday. (The score was tied at 6-6, she recalls; her dad won the tiebreaker.)

Courtesy Arlyn Anderson
07
Jim sailing Wisconsin's Apostle Islands in the '90s.

The Best Travel Mugs for Coffee That’s Going Places

These top picks from brands like Ember, Owala, and Hydro Flask are built to last, keeping your drinks hot and your mornings smooth.

Boutayna Chokrane

A Newly Discovered Trail of Cosmic Debris Illustrates How the End of the Solar System Could Look

A dying star 1,600 light-years from Earth is surrounded by two rings of gas and dust that astronomers believe are the remnants of the planetary bodies it once hosted.

Jorge Garay

Googlebooks Have Arrived. You Should Buy These Chromebooks Instead

While Google is heralding a new series of laptops called Googlebooks, Chromebooks are sticking around—for now. These are the ones to consider.

Luke Larsen

Spooky New Infostealer Malware Uses AI to ‘Autodox’ Victims

Named “Volta-Autodoxer,” the recently uncovered malware uses AI tools to collect troves of data about victims, from login credentials and credit card numbers to Discord sessions and UberEats receipts.

Lily Hay Newman

There’s a Completely New Type of Whisky. It’s French and Made in Concrete Eggs

The founders of Maison Lineti are, in a world first, making single malt whisky as if it were wine—and the spirit world is mighty impressed.

Jeremy White

Light Up Your Home Like Christmas With These Smart String Lights

Glow up your home indoors or out with these versatile, discounted, full color smart string lights. They’re WIRED-tested and 25 percent off right now.

Simon Hill

Power Outages Are No Match for This Fridge Battery

Backup by BioLite is designed to power your fridge when the grid goes down. It works, but protecting your ice cream doesn’t come cheap.

Christopher Null

Meta’s Muse Could Upend All Kinds of Businesses. It Hasn’t Yet

Companies have spent the past several weeks trying to reassure investors that Muse and other AI agents pose more of an opportunity than a threat.

Paresh Dave

An AI Agent Injected Drugs Into a Live Mouse’s Brain

A biotech startup let an agent choose a gene therapy and successfully inject the treatment, offering a startling glimpse of the future of research labs.

Emily Mullin

Get Bose QC Headphones at Their Lowest Price Ever

They’re a steal at over 40 percent off in multiple colors. Plus, other great Bose deals you should know about ahead of Black Friday.

Harry Rabinowitz

The Keurig Alta Brewer Can Do It All, With No Plastic Pods

This multifaceted home coffee brewer and its new AltaRounds will make you rethink everything you know about Keurig machines.

Louryn Strampe

Are Memories Transferable? Meet the Scientists Replicating an Infamous Study to Find Out

In the 1960’s, an odd experiment showed planarian worms could transfer memories by consuming each other. It was a sensational finding—that is until the worms stopped learning.

Claire L. Evans