A Genetic Curse, a Scared Mom, and the Quest to ‘Fix’ Embryos

Danielle Messer carried a mitochondrial mutation that left her son severely disabled. Before even daring another pregnancy, she tracked down an “egg specialist.”

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Raptor Boyfriend Proves Absurd Dating Sims Are Here to Stay

Following in the footsteps of visual novels like Hatoful Boyfriend and Dream Daddy, this cryptid romance subverts expectations for the genre.

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Meet the Climate Change Activists of TikTok

A crop of eco-creators is bent on educating their followers about the looming global disaster. Can their message translate into action?

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We Need More Covid-19 Data on the LGBTQ+ Community

The lack of sexual orientation and gender identity data captured in the health care system makes it difficult to develop treatments tailored to different needs.

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The 25 Best Deals From Outdoor Winter Clearance Sales

The right time to buy is when the season is winding down. It’s not just cold-weather picks but also backpacks, headlamps, sporks, and more.

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Offshore Energy Gets a Second Wind Under Biden

New turbines proposed for a development off Cape Cod could provide green energy, but the science of how they might affect the environment is a bit murky.

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How to Find a Covid-19 Vaccine Appointment in Your Area

Vaccination rollout has been a challenge across the US. These tips should help you figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect.

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The US Has 3 Covid Vaccines—Testing New Ones Is Complicated

Now that authorized versions are available, it’s tough to recruit volunteers for trials that might give them a placebo. But there are other options.

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The Pandemic Prompts Cities to Rethink the Parking Spot

Some urban designers have long wanted to reduce the area set aside for cars. Covid is giving them a chance.

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Could 'The Simpsons' Replace Its Voice Actors With AI?

Deepfake technology can make convincing replicas from a limited amount of data, and the show has thirty years worth of audio to work from.

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Sometimes It’s OK to Give Up

Just because you devoted 100 hours of your life to it, doesn't mean you have to finish a video game that now bores you.

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Help! I’m Drowning in Admin and Can’t Get My Actual Job Done

In this week’s Out of Office column, Megan explains how to stand up for yourself when you’re mired in extra work.

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The 15 Best Wireless Headphones for Everyone

Even if you’re on a budget, these wireless headphones sound like a million bucks.

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SpaceX Is Going All In on Its South Texas Starport

New documents show the company has grand plans for its Boca Chica launch site, providing more evidence that Elon Musk is bullish on SpaceX's future there.

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Could Time Loops Be the New Big Thing for Next-Gen Consoles?

New SSD technology helps developers bend space and time—and creativity.

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The Dire Possibility of Cyberattacks on Weapons Systems

Just because you don't hear about them doesn't mean no one's trying.

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This Fingertip for Robots Uses Magnets to ‘Feel’ Things

By sensing the subtle changes in the finger’s own magnetic field, this new technology could one day make for ultra-sensitive prosthetic hands.

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The Next Frontier of the NFT Gold Rush: Your Tweets

Crypto art is huge right now—and it’s moving far beyond digital images.

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It’s Open Season for Microsoft Exchange Hacks

A patch for the vulnerabilities China exploited has been released. Now, criminal groups are going to reverse engineer it—if they haven’t already.

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This Chip for AI Works Using Light, Not Electrons

Lightmatter says the computing and power demands of complex neural networks need new technologies like these to keep up.

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Good-bye Zoom. Hello Low-Key Ambient Snooping

If you are missing out on serendipity in your remote work, try ramping up your 2-D audio copresence.

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Biden Is Assembling a Big Tech Antitrust All-Star Team

Appointing Lina Khan to the FTC would add an anti-monopoly crusader to a crucial position—as does Tim Wu’s installment at the National Economic Council.

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All the Best Rokus Are On Sale Right Now

If you've been looking for a better TV setup, our favorite streaming devices are discounted.

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Sonos Wants Roam to Be Your Post-Pandemic Party Speaker

Sonos has stood out in the crowded speaker market by selling high-end WiFi speakers. Now it’s fully aboard the portable Bluetooth train.

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Bitcoin’s Greatest Feature Is Also Its Existential Threat

The cryptocurrency depends on the integrity of the blockchain. But China’s censors, the FBI, or powerful corporations could fragment it into oblivion.

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The Best Coffee Grinders to Amp Up Your Morning Brew

Get more joy from your java. These picks let you enjoy freshly ground whole beans in every cup.

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My Kids Struggle With Remote Learning. Here's What Could Help

Like many parents, I've had to constantly advocate for my children's education this year. These are the structural changes that parents actually want to see.

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The Shaky Ground Truths of Wikipedia

Now that it’s warping my portals to the outside world, Wikipedia has me more worried than ever.

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Assassin's Creed Valhalla: A Trip to the Land of Ice and Fire

I was surprised at how readily a game could transport me back to my youth—and to a place I always wanted to return.

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'The Code Breaker' Is the Crispr Chronicle You Need to Read

Walter Isaacson’s account, out Tuesday, is a thrilling tale of scientific discovery. He talks about gene-editing tech—and the future of the human race.

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The Pandemic Can’t End While Wealthy Nations Hoard Shots

Eliminating Covid globally means navigating a minefield of competition, limited supply, and suspicion that some vaccines aren’t as good.

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Sci-Fi Writer or Prophet? The Hyperreal Life of Chen Qiufan

As China’s science fiction authors are elevated to the status of oracles, Qiufan’s career—and his genre’s place in society—have gone through the looking glass.

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5 Strategies for Coping With Grief During a Pandemic

There’s no “right” way to deal with loss, whether it’s the loss of a job or a loved one. Here are some resources and practices for managing the pain from home.

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‘Retaliation’ for Russia's SolarWinds Spying Isn't the Answer

It will be hard pointing to a specific line the Kremlin crossed that the US hasn't crossed as well.

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Klara and the Sun Imagines a Social Schism Driven By AI

The Nobel Prize-winning novelist Kazuo Ishiguro talks to WIRED about AI, CRISPR, and his hopes for humanity.

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Microsoft-Led Team Retracts Disputed Quantum-Computing Paper

The 2018 report in Nature claimed to have found evidence of an elusive subatomic particle. A review found that the group had omitted key data.

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These Sea Slugs Decapitate Themselves and Grow New Bodies

Showing off their best impressions of Deadpool, the animals survived for weeks without organs, only to regrow everything and go about their business.

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Watch Us Sing Sea Chanteys on Twitch With The Longest Johns

The WIRED crew will be playing a little Sea of Thieves too, matey.

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How to Figure Out the Mass of the Earth—With Balls and String

It involves calculating some very, very tiny numbers in order to find some super huge big ones.

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Climate Change Will Reshape Silicon Valley As We Know It

The next entrepreneurial revolution will arise to combat the crisis of our lifetime.

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The Political Advertising Black Box Must Be Destroyed

Federal law allowed Both the Trump and Biden campaigns to hide where their ad spending went. Either Congress or the FEC needs to close the loophole.

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The Game of Chess Had Patch Notes, Too

The fundamentals haven't changed much. But the rules have evolved over the centuries—from timer usage to the ways that pieces are moved.

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Ubisoft's Valhalla Is Too Long, Too Big, and Too Repetitive

In the latest Assassin's Creed installment, I'm playing a Viking during the Dark Ages. Why am I bored?

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Big Tech Targets DC With a Digital Charm Offensive

Facebook, Amazon, and Google ads are blanketing inside-the-Beltway newsletters in a bid to rehab their tarnished reputations.

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Black Tech Employees Rebel Against ‘Diversity Theater’

Companies pledged money and support for people of color. But some say they still face a hostile work environment for speaking out or simply doing their jobs.

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The Tide Is High–and Getting Higher

A trove of historic records show that dredging and sea level rise are making nuisance high tides worse along the US coasts.

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The Accellion Breach Keeps Getting Worse—and More Expensive

What started as a few vulnerabilities in firewall equipment has snowballed into a global extortion spree.

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Welcome to Amazon's Future of Automatic Shopping. It's Weird

Amazon's internet-connected scale automatically re-purchases whatever you stack on it when supplies get low. This is both neat and problematic.

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Take Your Tunes Anywhere With Our Fave Bluetooth Speakers

These are our favorite portable speakers of all shapes and sizes, from clip-ons to a massive boom box.

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Microdosing's Feel-Good Benefits Might Just Be Placebo Effect

A study found no significant difference in the well-being of participants who thought they were taking mini hits of psychedelics and those who actually were.

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Imaginary Numbers May Be Essential for Describing Reality

A new thought experiment indicates that quantum mechanics doesn’t work without strange numbers that turn negative when squared.

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The 55-Inch Q80T Is The Cheapest Samsung TV Worth Buying

This is a good mid-tier model, but it's still more expensive than the competition.

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Privacy-First Browser Brave Is Launching a Search Engine

Unlike Google, Brave Search won’t track or profile people who use it.

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There's a Surge of New EVs. We Take Them for a Spin

Volkswagen, Chevrolet, Volvo, Porsche, and Polestar have each introduced new battery-powered models. So we hit the road with each of them.

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How to Tell Which Emails Quietly Track You

Your emails know more about you than you might think, like when you open them or when you forward them to others. But you can reclaim your privacy.

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An Old Book Filled With New Ways to Heat Meaty Treats

Our food writer found a cure for this never-ending winter in a 17-year-old cookbook that elevates the art of the slow braise.

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Utah's ‘Porn Filter’ Law Passes the State Legislature

Plus: An iOS 14 jailbreak is out, Solarwinds details emerge, and more of the week's top security news.

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The ‘Lamborghini’ of Chariots Was Just Unearthed Near Pompeii

Most of the vehicles uncovered so far have been akin to modern-day station wagons. This one's a straight-up sports car.

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The Biden Administration Weighs the Social Cost of Carbon

A new White House policy tries to put a dollar value on the future harm of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Trick Out Your iPhone 12 With These Cases and Accessories

Whichever new model you get, we’ve rounded up the cases, chargers, and other extras you’ll want to snag.

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The Best Gmail Settings You Might Not Have Used Yet

Almost all of us have an account. Most of us use it every day. But if you peel back the curtain a little, you'll find some powerful tools buried underneath.

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The 15 Best Weekend Deals on Phones, Smartwatches, and More

Time to upgrade your gadgets? This is a good time to spend on last year’s gear, as newer models are about to hit the market.

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NFTs Are Hot. So Is Their Effect on the Earth’s Climate

The sale of a piece of crypto art consumed as much energy as the studio uses in two years. Now the artist is campaigning to reduce the medium’s carbon emissions.

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Chinese Hacking Spree Hit an ‘Astronomical’ Number of Victims

A single group appears to have infiltrated tens of thousands of Microsoft Exchange servers in an ongoing onslaught.

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McAfee Is Indicted for Altcoin Pump-and-Dumps and ICO Schemes

The 75-year-old antivirus entrepreneur faces up to 80 years in prison if convicted.

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The US Has a Covid 'Scariants' Problem. Here's How to Fix It

Researchers are racing to understand new versions of the coronavirus. But without scientific standards, too many mutants are getting the monster treatment.

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J&J Shots Administered, States Reopen Too Soon, and More News

Catch up on the most important updates from this week.

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All of the Covid-19 Vaccines Are Equally Worthy of Your Arm

Headlines about the Johnson & Johnson trial results cite an efficacy rate lower than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s. But one figure doesn’t tell the whole story.

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Yes, Chainmail Is Really Hard to Draw

Ultima artist Denis Loubet knows this for a fact.

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Our Favorite Cold-Weather Gear for $100 or Less

These coats, gloves, and other winter essentials will keep you bundled up and under budget.

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NFTs Are a Collective Hallucination—So What?

Plus: The man behind digital money, how to disseminate facts, and a union in the most unlikely of places.

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These Smart Insoles Fixed My Running Form—and My Aching Hip

These pressure-sensing insoles are a great diagnostic tool for leveling up training or addressing painful running woes.

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The Magical Mystery of WandaVision’s Kathryn Hahn

As the ancient witch Agatha Harkness, she’s pulling off her best trick yet.

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Gig Companies Fear a Worker Shortage, Despite a Recession

The pandemic sapped demand for rides from Uber and Lyft, and government aid has cushioned the blow for workers. Execs are feeling the strain.

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Augmented Reality Isn’t Quite There Yet

Even with breakthroughs like HoloLens and Pokemon Go, we are still a few years away from fulfilling AR’s biggest promises.

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The Game Walden Shows Us That Some Things Can’t Be Digitized

It invites players to "live deliberately" in the woods, as Thoreau did—but it's not an experience you can easily replicate.

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Who Are the Biggest Influencers on Clubhouse?

It's harder to figure out than you might expect.

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How to Tap Into Students' Strengths During Remote Learning

Growing up making friends on AIM and in chatrooms, I know the internet can foster human connection. Here are some tips that translate to teaching online classes.

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You're Vaccinated and People Want to Visit. Now What?

After getting fully inoculated against Covid-19, here are some scenarios that prove the New Normal isn’t normal at all.

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China and Russia's Spying Sprees Will Take Years to Unpack

The full extent of the Solarwinds hack and Hafnium's attack on Microsoft Exchange Server may never be known.

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Thousands of Android and iOS Apps Leak Data From the Cloud

It's the digital equivalent of leaving your windows or doors open when you leave the house—and in some cases, leaving them open all the time.

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Facebook’s New AI Teaches Itself to See With Less Human Help

Most image recognition algorithms require lots of labeled pictures. This new approach eliminates the need for most of the labeling.

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All Our Favorite Accessories for the Nintendo Switch

Did you pick up a Switch or Switch Lite recently? Here are some screen protectors, chargers, and other accoutrements for your new best friend.

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Why Can't I Stop Staring at My Own Face on Zoom?

WIRED's spiritual advice columnist on narcissism, Nabokov, and what it means to exist—really exist—for other people.

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Can Alien Smog Lead Us to Extraterrestrial Civilizations?

A new study modeled whether we could find intelligent life on another planet—by looking for its pollution.

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The Rise of Unapologetically Erotic LGBTQ+ Games

Video games have long struggled to handle sexuality, but a growing number of indie developers are changing that.

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Shark's Stick Vacuum Is No Dyson-Killer

The company's cordless vacs are touted as affordable Dyson alternatives. I'm not so sure about that.

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Adoption Moved to Facebook and a War Began

As the adoption industry migrates to social media, regretful adoptees and birth mothers are confronting prospective parents with their personal pain—and anger.

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The Murder Hornets Nature Doc Disguised as a True-Crime Show

Attack of the Murder Hornets plays out like a spooky murder mystery. But the insects are scary enough; they don't need horror movie tropes.

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The Secret Behind North Dakota’s Speedy Vaccine Rollout

The state’s independent rural drugstores are showing the power of small.

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The Best Used Tech to Buy (and Sell)

That old Microsoft Zune? Not so much. That old iPhone? Definitely.

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Gab's CTO Introduced a Critical Vulnerability to the Site

A review of the open source code shows an account under the executive's name made a mistake that could lead to the kind of breach reported this weekend.

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Everything You Need to Know About the Coronavirus

Here's all the WIRED coverage in one place, from how to keep your children entertained to how this outbreak is affecting the economy.

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Here's All the Gear You Need to Start Climbing

You don't need a lot, nor do you need to spend a ton. From harnesses to carabiners, here are our favorites.

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How Far Away From Perseverance Did the Descent Stage Land?

The rocket lowered the rover onto the surface of Mars before it shot away from the landing site. So where did it end up?

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The Pandemic Nearly Shuttered My Church. Technology Saved It

From engaging audiences to building bridges, tech has helped my small, rural faith community weather the storm. Here's how it might help yours too.

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TikTok Played a Key Role in MAGA Radicalization

The platform's absorbing endless scroll and karaoke features have built an overlooked disinformation machine.

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Help! I’m Sneaking Into My Office. Is This So Wrong?

In this week’s Out of Office column, Megan tackles guilt, bad policies, and the rules of zoomfood.

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If You Transplant a Head, Does Its Consciousness Follow?

In her new book, Brandy Schillace recalls the unbelievable legacy of a Cold War era neurosurgeon’s mission to preserve the soul.

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Soak in Your Own Sweat Inside a Heated Sauna Blanket

MiHigh's portable infrared sauna is warm, wet, and weird.

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