Special Reports
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Brain Scans Expose Military's Hidden Trauma Crisis: Why 'Harmless' Blasts Leave Permanent Marks
400,000 service members walk around with neural fingerprints invisible to the naked eye - ghostly patterns etched into their brains by explosions we once called 'harmless.' New military brain injury r...
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From Toxic Sludge to Tech Treasure: The Alchemy Turning Forever Chemicals Into Graphene Gold
What if humanity’s worst environmental poison could become its most valuable nanomaterial? Rice University researchers just cracked the code, transforming PFAS - those indestructible "forever chemical...
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Playground Physics Fail: Why Your Kid’s Safety Hinges on 9 Inches of Wood Chips
Only 4.7% of playgrounds meet safety standards for wood chip depth - a statistic that should terrify parents more than any AI apocalypse scenario. That unassuming layer of shredded lumber beneath the...
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Mozilla's Email Rebellion: Why Your Inbox Might Soon Have Claws
Your email provider hasn't changed since Obama's first term - until now. As Gmail clings to its 43% market stronghold, Mozilla's Thunderbird team is weaponizing open-source code and privacy protocols...