This Swedish Mining Town Is Sinking—So It's Being Moved
By Michael Hardy
Austrian photographer Gregor Kallina documents Kiruna, an Arctic city in the process of relocation.
Longread
The Top Secret Cold War Project That Pulled Climate Science From the Ice
By Jon Gertner
A classified US nuke installation in Greenland was supposed to end with 600 missiles aimed at the USSR. Instead it opened the door to a huge breakthrough in climate research.
glamping
Here’s What a $52 Million Ticket to the ISS Will Get You
By Daniel Oberhaus
A tourist's jaunt to the ISS is the most expensive camping trip possible, complete with sleeping bag and dehydrated food. But the views are out of this world.
disinfo
Jigsaw Bought a Russian Troll Campaign as an Experiment
By Andy Greenberg
In a controversial move, the tech firm played both sides of an online argument in Russia with the aim of testing disinformation-for-hire services.
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High Times
These Ancient Peoples Smoked the Chronic at Funerals
By Matt Simon
A finding in western China suggests humans were seeking out high-octane weed for rituals 2,500 years ago.
Ars Technica
A Top Voting-Machine Firm Calls for Paper Ballots
By Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica
The long-awaited shift from paperless ballots could make elections more secure.
Crypto Mining
Bitcoin's Climate Impact Is Global. The Cures Are Local.
By Gregory Barber
To measure bitcoin's contribution to global warming, you need to know where it is mined, and where those computers get their electricity.
The Central Park Five Are Finally Being ‘Seen.’ That Matters
By Noam Cohen
Ava DuVernay’s riveting documentary When They See Us tells the story of five men convicted—wrongly—of rape. It brings the story to life in new ways.
WIRED Opinion
The Next Big Privacy Hurdle? Teaching AI to Forget
By Darren Shou
Opinion: The inability to forget doesn’t only impact personal privacy—it could also lead to real problems for our global security.
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