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The Woman Who Puts America to Sleep

Kathryn Nicolai has gotten really, really good at putting people to sleep. Getting a good night’s sleep has always been something of a superpower for her, so it’s only natural that she built a business around helping other people do it too.“I always say, I sleep like it’s my job,” she says, laughing.Nicolai describes herself as an architect of coziness. Her office, with its enormous lounge chair and dangling mobiles and strings of fairy...

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The Rise and Risks of Intimate Audio Journalism

The philosophy that animates Ira Glass’s This American Life can be summed up by a simple come on: “Let me tell you a story.” News, almost by definition, rarely conforms to what Aristotle deemed the essential element of storytelling: plot. It consists of dispatches from geographically disparate...

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The Violent Underbelly of a Perfect Arizona Suburb

Researchers have identified a specific brainstem circuit that monitors and regulates peripheral inflammation through the vagus nerve, acting as a "biological rheostat" to maintain immune balance. By successfully manipulating this neuro-immune axis to suppress lethal inflammatory responses in...

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Roaring Kitty's Comeback Sparks GameStop Chaos

GameStop shares jumped more than 72% on Monday after trader Keith Gill, known online as "Roaring Kitty," resurfaced four years after he led an investment frenzy involving the video game retailer.Gill is a former financial analyst at MassMutual who in late 2020 encouraged amateur retail investors...

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Jelly Roll Opens Up to Jon Bon Jovi

In the landscape of modern American music, few stories are as compelling as the rise of Jelly Roll. Born Jason DeFord in the Antioch neighborhood of Nashville, he spent a significant portion of his youth navigating the revolving doors of the Tennessee justice system. Today, he is a multi-genre...

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Victor Lustig: The Man Who Sold the Eiffel Tower Twice

The air was as crisp as a hundred dollar bill, on April 27, 1936. A southwesterly breeze filled the bright white sails of the pleasure boats sailing across the San Francisco Bay. Through the cabin window of a ferryboat, a man studied the horizon. His tired eyes were hooded, his dark hair swept...

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Exploring the Mbendjele BaYaka's Mobile Lifestyle

In March 2023, a team of researchers embarked on a journey through the Likouala region of the Republic of Congo, guided by Mbendjele BaYaka men, one of the last remaining mobile hunter-gatherer groups. These men led the researchers through the rainforest, seeking their temporary settlements. The...

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