Sex Tapes, Hush Money, and Hollywood’s Economy of Secrets
American history is filled with carnival barkers and snake-oil marketers who put showmanship before truth. Blatt was the right marketer
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2034, Part V: Sailing Into Darkness
She made a request to disable all of the avionics in one of her fighter squadrons, VMFA-323, the Death Rattlers,
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How to Remember a Disaster Without Being Shattered by It
McKinnon had grown up listening to police and fire scanners. Her father was a deputy fire marshal, and her mother
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The LA Musician Who Designed a Microphone for Mars
It’s called the “seven minutes of terror.” As the 2,300-pound, six-wheeled, nuclear-powered Perseverance rover approaches Mars on Thursday, a supersonic
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2034, Part IV: The Spratly Islands Ambush
That had been the plan. But by late afternoon, there was still no sign of the Americans. Ma Qiang was
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Premature Babies and the Lonely Terror of a Pandemic NICU
In the beginning, Ruscica and D’Ambra brought their parents and friends to the NICU to see their son. D’Ambra worked
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2034, Part III: One Left to Tell the Tale
There was light in his room now. Hanging from a metal arm in the far corner was a television. Something
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There Are Spying Eyes Everywhere—and Now They Share a Brain
One afternoon in the fall of 2019, in a grand old office building near the Arc de Triomphe, I was
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2034, Part II: Blackout in Washington, DC
Minister Chiang rubbed his round and very smooth chin. Lin Bao watched the screen. In the background, beyond the hurried
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The Lion, the Polygamist, and the Biofuel Scam
According to Leon, Dermen said, “You’re being too flashy. You’re looking for too much attention.” He pointed at Jacob. “Do
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