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The Big Story

Inside China’s Massive Surveillance Operation

By Isobel Cockerell
The Big Story

'Walls Often Fail; They Have Unintended Consequences'

By Kenneth R. Rosen
The Big Story

‘If You Want to Kill Someone, We Are the Right Guys’

By Mara Hvistendahl
Transportation

Kitty Hawk, Flying Cars, and the Challenges of ‘Going 3D’

By Alex Davies
Transportation

LA’s Plan to Reboot Its Bus System—Using Cell Phone Data

By Adam Rogers
Culture

My Search for a Boyhood Friend Led to a Dark Discovery

By Douglas Preston
The Big Story

Move Over, San Andreas: There’s an Ominous New Fault in Town

By Geoff Manaugh
Business

15 Months of Fresh Hell Inside Facebook

By Nicholas Thompson and Fred Vogelstein
The Big Story

Pete Buttigieg Revived South Bend With Tech. Up Next: America

By Paul Tullis
Security

On the Trail of the Robocall King

By Alex W. Palmer
Science

Synthetic Biology Could Bring a Pox on Us All

By David Kushner
Science

A Viral Crime, Genetic Evidence, and a Perplexed Jury

By Jessica Wapner
Science

A Clever New Strategy for Treating Cancer, Thanks to Darwin

By Roxanne Khamsi
Business

The Punishing Ecstasy of Being a Reddit Moderator

By Robert Peck
Science

Better Living Through Crispr: Growing Human Organs in Pigs

By Erika Hayasaki
Science

A More Humane Livestock Industry, Brought to You by Crispr

By Gregory Barber
Business

Coders’ Primal Urge to Kill Inefficiency—Everywhere

By Clive Thompson
The Big Story

The Devastating Allure of Medical Miracles

By David Dobbs
Business

Amazon Alexa and the Search for the One Perfect Answer

By James Vlahos
Business

What Happens When Techno-Utopians Actually Run a Country

By Darren Loucaides
Business

AR Will Spark the Next Big Tech Platform—Call It Mirrorworld

By Kevin Kelly
The Big Story

The Push to Legalize Magic Mushrooms for Depression and PTSD

By Troy Farah
Business

Weedmaps’ Grip on the High-Flying California Pot Market

By Amanda Chicago Lewis
The Big Story

How Trump Could Wind up Making Globalism Great Again

By Robert Wright
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