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Like a Broken Record
From beer milers to long-distance crawlers, the unending appeal of being No. 1.
How a 19-Year-Old Is Teaching Your Laptop to Pick Up on Your Feelings
Even though he's still a teenager, Catalin Voss is already a six-year veteran of the i-app industry, and now he's turning his attention to figuring out how computers might interact with humans more perceptively.
Step Right In: A Tour of an Amazon Fulfillment Center
With typically careful packaging, Amazon opens its doors to the public.
The Heist: How Visitors Stole a National Monument
Fossil Cycad National Monument was home to one of the world’s greatest collections of fossilized cycadeoids—until visitors carried them all away.
The Grateful Dig: An Archaeologist Excavates a Tie-Dyed Modern Stereotype
What California’s senior state archaeologist discovered in the ruins of a hippie commune.
Unreal Estate: The Art of Scrubbing All Identity From a Home
In a slow market, anxious sellers may hire a home stager to draw attention to their property, ultimately adding to the surging cost of real estate.