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Nov 13 20161 minute
The Look Book
INTERVIEW BY ALEXIS SWERDLOFF LIGHTNING ROUND Age: 28. Lives in: Sidney Center, N.Y. Currently reading: Small Animal Anesthesia and Analgesia. Favorite TV show: Peaky Blinders. Go-to news source: The BBC. Pets: None. “I have enough animals aro
Oct 31 20162 minutes
Where Paper Checks Go—For Now
As U.K. banks digitize processing, fewer human hands are needed | “We’ve been managing a declining product for some time�?
Oct 31 20163 minutes
When Spotting A Hack Doesn’t Help You
Ben Cotton diagnosed a massive federal breach, then got stiffed | “Ben is more tactically focused than strategically focused�?
Oct 31 20164 minutes
Where The Future’s AT(&T)
It’s buying Time Warner to cope with a changing media world | “The future of mobile is video, and the future of video is mobile�?
Oct 31 20162 minutes
A New Leader In The Suborbital Space Race
Blue Origin’s string of successes means pressure for Virgin Galactic | “Make damn sure that we feel comfortable putting people on�?
Oct 31 20163 minutes
Apple’s Way-Open House
The company is teaming up with builders in a bid for smart homes | “The best place to start is at the beginning�?
Oct 31 20164 minutes
Paid For By The Same People Who Paid For The Video You’re About To Watch
Political advertisers turn to an Obama alum to make web videos voters will actually watch | “How much of a premium are you willing to pay for context?�?
Oct 30 20161 minute
1 An Experiment In The Woods
ARCHITECT STEVEN HOLL SAVED A PLOT OF LAND FROM DEVELOPMENT AND BUILT HIMSELF A GUESTHOUSE THAT SLEEPS FIVE—BUT HAS NO BEDROOMS.
Oct 30 201618 minutes
What Happens To American Myth When You Take The Driver Out Of It!
THE SELF-DRIVING CAR AND THE FUTURE OF THE SELF
Oct 30 20166 minutes
The Internet As You Know It Does Not Exist
Eight (completely plausible) alternate histories on the 25th anniversary of the web.
Oct 24 20165 minutes
A New Paradigm For Opioid Addiction: More Drugs
THE PHOTO WAS so startling that it almost seemed staged. In the driver’s seat, the man’s head is dropped back, his eyes closed, mouth agape, one hand draped on the steering wheel in front of him and the other in his lap. In the passenger seat, a woma
Oct 24 20161 minute
5 Issues That Deserve More Love—Or Hate
SHIPPING Ninety percent of all we use—shirts, phones, disposable coffee cups and the beans therein—have traveled around the world on ships burning one of the dirtiest fuels by the ton. According to Edward Humes, author of Door to Door, 160 of these
Oct 24 20162 minutes
This New Surgery Could Change Pregnancy Forever
IT’S NOT WIDELY KNOWN, BUT EACH year, hundreds of women in the U.S. are born without the ability to carry a child—because they don’t have uteruses. Now, thanks to a groundbreaking series of experimental surgeries, doctors are hoping to change these w
Oct 24 20162 minutes
Sci-Fi Evolves Into Disturbing Reality In Black Mirror And Westworld
LACIE TAKES A CAREFUL BITE OF A COOKIE AND SPITS IT into her hand, then places the rest of it on the saucer next to her cup of coffee. She snaps a picture to post on social media, captioning it Heaven. She giggles as the likes rack up. It’s a famili
Oct 24 20161 minute
Obama Says NASA Will Put A Human On Mars ‘By The 2030s.’ Can It?
JEFFREY KLUGER FEW THINGS MAKE A POST-1950S PRESIDENT APPEAR AS visionary as talking about going to Mars. At one point or another, almost all Presidents seem to do it. On Oct. 11, Obama joined the chorus, promising a public-private partnership to se
Oct 24 20163 minutes
How Zika Could Change The Politics Of Abortion
WHEN THE MOSQUITO-BORNE Zika virus began burning through Latin America early this year, the women of the region were left with a choice that was no choice. Zika infections in pregnancy can result in children born with a neurological defect called mic
Oct 24 20163 minutes
Engineered Food Holds Our Future
ON THE OCCASIONAL clear-frost autumn night, my dog takes the opportunity to remind me that she is not a dog. Bewitched by sounds that I cannot hear and by smells that I cannot imagine, she plants her four feet stolidly apart and raises her head up to
Oct 24 20161 minute
Our Addiction Crisis Can Be Solved—With Hardwork
The prescription-opioid epidemic is one of the most urgent public-health challenges of our time. Since 1999, overdose deaths have quadrupled, which parallels the quantity of opioids prescribed. The majority of prescription opioids that are being misu
Oct 1 20161 minute
Columbus, Ohio
WHEN BROTHERS Andy and Phil George decided to find a permanent home for their then-fledgling company in 2012, Columbus was a no-brainer. It wasn’t just the low cost of living vs. Los Angeles, where they launched the business, or the dozen-plus Fortun
Oct 1 20161 minute
Portland, Oregon
PORTLAND IS the place where Portlandia seems more documentary than satire. Farm-to-table restaurants, stretched earlobe rings, craft-beer-swilling hipsters, and cries of “Bicycle right!�? are common in this burgeoning Pacific Northwest city. But that
Oct 1 20162 minutes
5 Ways To Pick A Killer Name
Branding your company is one of the most important decisions you’ll make. Here’s how to get it right.
Oct 1 201612 minutes
Can This 22-Year-Old Coder Out-Bitcoin Bitcoin?
Russian-born wunderkind VITALIK BUTERIN is the creator of ETHEREUM, a fast-growing new cryptocurrency network. His audacious goal? To unleash the power of the technology behind his creation and spur radical change in finance, social networks, and even government.
Oct 1 20161 minute
Virtual Reality Goes Electric
Utility PG&E thinks VR technology may make inspecting equipment faster and safer.
Oct 1 201611 minutes
Driven In The Valley
Kyle Vogt and Daniel Kan just sold CRUISE AUTOMATION to GM for $1 billion. But there’s no time to enjoy the windfall: They’re under crazy pressure as they race to bring a self-driving car to the masses.
Oct 1 201613 minutes
The Deep-Learning Revolution
Why decades-old discoveries are suddenly changing your life and electrifying the computing industry, and why they’ll soon transform corporate America.
Oct 1 201614 minutes
Forty Under Forty 2016
Leigh Gallagher WHAT DOES “DISRUPTION�? EVEN LOOK LIKE ANYMORE? The 22-year-old coder who comes up with an idea that upends incumbents and mints billions may be the image that captures the popular imagination. But in reality, as you’ll see in the pag
Oct 1 20163 minutes
Now Hear This
Baby boomers, who abused their ears with rock concerts and headphones, are surging into retirement. The hearing-assistance market is expanding, and this time the answer may not be a device—it may be a pill.
Jun 27 20162 minutes
Microsoft’s Linkedin Buy Proves Social Media Is Graying
IN SILICON VALLEY, FIVE YEARS MIGHT AS well be an epoch. When LinkedIn, the online network geared for professionals, went public in May 2011, it was heralded as the opening of a lucrative new frontier for fast-growing social-media firms. The stock po
Jun 20 20161 minute
Airplane Black Boxes Are Badly Out Of Date
Vivienne Walt Weeks of hunting for the flight data and voice recorders from EgyptAir Flight 804 have prompted renewed calls to update the way airplanes gather and transmit information. Advocates want to move past an aging black-box system that was i
Jun 20 20162 minutes
The Role Of Boxing In The Death Of Muhammad Ali Remains Unclear
FOR MUHAMMAD ALI, WHO DIED AT age 74 after suffering from Parkinson’s disease, there couldn’t have been a crueler condition to haunt his later years. For the self-proclaimed Greatest, known for his ability to float like a butterfly around his opponen

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