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Jon Gertner is a journalist and historian whose stories on science, technology, and nature have appeared in a host of national magazines. Since 2003 he has worked mainly as a[…]

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The Present

Climate change: A slow-burn existential threat

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5 min

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Jon Gertner

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How doctors really decide who lives and who dies

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6 min

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Matt McCarthy

The Well

A futurist sets the stage for the next 1,000 years

We don’t need one Elon Musk. We need 8 billion empathic futurists.

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8 min

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Ari Wallach

The Past

How “gate” became the syllable of scandal

In terms of sheer productivity, “-gate” has no peer. Wikipedia’s list of -gates has over 260 entries.

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Is reality real? These neuroscientists don’t think so.

Reality is more distorted than we think.

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Big Think

Hard Science

Wandering icebergs could trigger tsunamis

Icebergs aren't just a threat to unsinkable ships. Their ability to cause underwater landslides poses a danger to coastal cities.

The Present

How humans came to rely on the kindness of strangers

For the ancients, hospitality was an inviolable law enforced by gods and priests and anyone else with the power to make you pay dearly for mistreating a stranger.