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السبت، 23 فبراير 2019

Inside a Silicon Valley Implosion

Plus, the search for life beyond Earth, how to stop hating your least favorite food, and more.
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Inside a Silicon Valley Implosion

Inside a Silicon Valley Implosion

In the final days of Theranos, CEO Elizabeth Holmes kept lawyers from a dozen firms on retainer. She led her employees in affirming chants. She flew across the country to buy a puppy that repeatedly pooped in the company boardroom. Holmes's fall has been breathlessly documented, but the question remains: How did she keep up her corporate scam for so long?

Vanity Fair
The Search for Life Beyond Earth

The Search for Life Beyond Earth

Scientists now agree that alien life probably exists. So how do we find it? With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, we're racing to make contact.

National Geographic
How to Stop Hating Your Least Favorite Food

How to Stop Hating Your Least Favorite Food

We all have flavors we don't like. But some "food aversions" can make you seem fussy or unsophisticated, even if they're predetermined by genetics. Here's how to overcome a distaste for broccoli, oysters, and anything else.

The Atlantic

"I Just Want to Coach Football"

Rob Mendez was born without arms or legs. He's never held a football. Who says he can't be a head coach?

ESPN
Saving the Beach from <i>The Beach</i>

Saving the Beach from The Beach

After Leonardo DiCaprio's film made Maya Bay famous, everybody wanted a piece of paradise — and they nearly destroyed it. Eight months after Thailand took the dramatic step of banning visitors, there are signs of recovery.

BBC News US
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