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The Big Story

How to Escape From a Sunken Submarine

By Rachel Lance

The Big Story

The Illusion of Perfect Protection

By Kenneth R. Rosen

The Big Story

A History of the Census—and How Covid-19 Could Change It

By Andrew Whitby

The Big Story

The Mom Who Took on Purdue Pharma for Its OxyContin Marketing

By Gerald Posner

The Big Story

How UFO Sightings Became an American Obsession

By Sarah Scoles

The Big Story

Bad Math, Pepsi Points, and the Greatest Plane Non-Crash Ever

By Matt Parker

The Big Story

The Brain Cells That Connect our Mental and Physical Health

By Donna Jackson Nakazawa

The Big Story

How the Dumb Design of a WWII Plane Led to the Macintosh

By Cliff Kuang

Culture

The Undeniable Blackness of Vine (RIP)

By Lauren Michele Jackson

Security

Inside Olympic Destroyer, the Most Deceptive Hack in History

By Andy Greenberg and Excerpt

Business

How Salesforce Closed the Pay Gap Between Men and Women

By Monica Langley and Marc Benioff

The Big Story

The First Smartphone War

By James Verini

Gear

Everything You Need to Enjoy One Tech-Free Day a Week

By Tiffany Shlain

The Big Story

The Tech Helping Dogs Learn to 'Talk' With Humans

By Maria Goodavage

The Big Story

Why Are Rich People So Mean?

By Christopher Ryan

The Big Story

Snowden in His Own Words: Why I Became a Whistle-Blower

By Edward Snowden

Business

Do Our Faces Deserve the Same Protection as Our Phones?

By Brad Smith and Carol Ann Browne

The Big Story

Uncertainty Isn't Always a Problem—It Can Be the Solution

By Ian Stewart

The Big Story

xkcd's Randall Munroe on How to Mail a Package (From Space)

By Randall Munroe

Culture

WFH: Chinese Engineers Abroad Come Back

By Matt Sheehan

Ideas

The Meaning of All Caps—in Texting and in Life

By Gretchen McCulloch

Culture

Social Media Could Make It Impossible to Grow Up

By Kate Eichhorn

The Big Story

The Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice

By Jon Gertner

Business

How Early-Stage VCs Decide Where to Invest