Eric Spitznagel
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How greed and profit fueled one failed Alzheimer drug
On May 3, 2021, Matt Price drove his 73-year-old father Stephen from their New Jersey home to a medical strip mall on the Jersey Shore, for his first injection of...
Inside the advanced tech aimed at preventing future wildfires — from early detection to fire-proof domes
Back in 2018, Vasya Tremsin, a (then) high school senior from the San Francisco Bay Area, came up with a crazy idea for a science fair project, “a technology that...
How this thriving NYC neighborhood became a 'killing field' — with a haunting legacy of unsolved murders it can't escape
A new book examines how the once idyllic Brooklyn neighborhood became ridden with violent crime.
From robots to AI: The tech behind Trump's plan to secure the Southern Border
How Donald Trump might seal the Southern Border.
Why the 'race for space' has only just begun
On May 2, 1945, just a few days before World War II ended and two days after Adolf Hitler committed suicide, Nazi scientist Wernher von Braun and his team of...
Meet the 74-year-old 'night watchman' who's truly the last of his kind: A 'cultural marvel'
Night watchman Roland Borg is one of several fascinating people profiled in the new book "Custodians of Wonder."
Inside the 'lost' tribe of indigenous Amazonians charged with mass-murder of white treasure hunters
It was April 7, 2004, and Nacoça Pio was one of the first to learn of the bloodbath. A leader of the Cinta-Larga — an indigenous tribe who for centuries...
How Ozempic is changing the way America eats, travels and lives
The new class of weight-loss drugs is upending every element of American life
Alex Navalny always knew he would die: Inside the Russian dissident's posthumous memoir
On Alexei Navalny’s first night in a prison cell, after being arrested at a Moscow airport in early 2021, he slept like a baby. “You would imagine you would be pacing around...
How Vladimir Putin outsmarted three US presidents
During a private fundraising event in New York in October, 2022, President Biden gave an ominous warning about the prospect of nuclear “Armageddon.” “We’ve got a guy I know fairly...
From Norway to New York, electric ferries are taking over the globe
Coming this fall, residents in Stockholm won’t have to endure the hour-long commute by car or train between Ekerö, a popular suburb, and central Stockholm, home to the historic City...
One day, we may all have brain chips to help remember where our keys are: scientists
Companies like Elon Musk's Neuralink and BrainGate2 aren't just helping people with ALS or brain injuries to communicate — they are also poised to help all of us, eventually, with...
Why the 1955 murder of Emmett Till still remains shrouded in racism and mystery
A new book details the mystery and indifference that still surround the murder of Emmett Till.
How AI is helping scientists finally predict earthquakes
When a 4.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Los Angeles on Aug.13, it didn’t come as a complete surprise to everybody. About a million Californians got an early alert on their phones that...
How 'Big Pharma' traded principles for profits: 'Hype fears' and 'exaggerate supposed benefits'
In December of 2002, Sharyl Attkisson, an Emmy-winning investigative reporter for CBS News, had an unsettling interview with smallpox expert Jonathan Tucker.
How dinosaurs changed the science and society of Victorian England
This year marks the 200th anniversary of one of the weirdest and most reality-shifting moments in science. On Feb. 20, 1824, at the annual meeting of the Geological Society in...
Why does cancer risk skyrocket as we age? How 'inflammaging' is the new tool to end the disease
One of the biggest mysteries of cancer is why it predominantly and almost exclusively targets people in middle age or older. During the first five decades of life, you’re twice...
Iran, Putin's mafia state: How despotic leaders are buying power across the globe
Today's autocracies run by “sophisticated networks relying on kleptocratic financial structures, a complex of security services, and technological experts who provide surveillance, propaganda, and disinformation.”
Will the River Seine be ready for Paris' 2024 Summer Olympics?
One of the biggest questions leading up to this summer Olympics in Paris — the opening ceremonies begin on July 26 — isn’t just who’ll be bringing home the gold...
Cher, cocaine and blood money at the Bellagio: What it was really like doing PR for dictators
Publicist Phil Elwood has written a book called “All the Worst Humans: How I Made News for Dictators, Tycoons, and Politicians."