For 20 years, Bill Gates has been easing out of the roles that made him rich and famous—CEO, chief software architect, and chair of Microsoft—and devoting his brainpower and passion to the Bill and Me

Billion dollar bike-maker Trek was bracing for its business to implode in the pandemic — until the opposite happened. Now, it‘s racing to keep up. Published in Marker · 13 min read · Aug 4, 2020 -- B

Courtesy Martin Larsen(Photo) John Ackerman in Ackerman’s Cave (Photo: Courtesy Martin Larsen) The Cave Kingpin Buying Up America’s Underground Jun 17, 2020 John Ackerman has spent millions procuring

An 72-meter ice core drilled in the Colle Gnifetti Glacier in the Swiss Alps entombs more than 2000 years of fallout from volcanoes, storms, and human pollution. NICOLE SPAULDING/CCI FROM C. P. LOVELU

C oping with a pandemic is one of the most complex challenges a society can face. To minimize death and damage, leaders and citizens must orchestrate a huge array of different resources and tools. Sci

“Your writing has punch, David. Punch is power!” After all these years, this simple message, my first words of true validation as a fledgling writer, has never left me. It echoes in my mind like a lon

How King Arthur Flour found itself in the unlikely crosshairs of a pandemic Published in Marker · 14 min read · May 20, 2020 -- B aking bread was a regular family affair in Linda Ely’s childhood home,

As if we needed more reasons to love & respect Dave Grohl! – I too was at that @U2 concert at MCI Center – The Bono inspired stage move was very real – Read this one via @TheAtlantic | @foofighters https://t.co/f4VZNh2mQb

“Trump is shrugging off warnings by scientists that the easing restrictions taking place across the country could cause tens of thousands of deaths” — CNN , 5/6/20 - - - Hello, Peter Ludlow here, CEO

Posted April 18, 2020 Every Western institution was unprepared for the coronavirus pandemic, despite many prior warnings. This monumental failure of institutional effectiveness will reverberate for th

Editor's Note: E. Bryant Crutchfield, the inventor of the Trapper Keeper, passed away this week at the age of 85. Mr. Crutchfield generously gave his time for interviews and fact checking, and even du

Credit... Photo illustration by Delcan & Co. What I Learned When My Husband Got Sick With Coronavirus Our world became one of isolation, round-the-clock care, panic and uncertainty — even as society c

T hree months ago , no one knew that SARS-CoV-2 existed. Now the virus has spread to almost every country, infecting at least 446,000 people whom we know about, and many more whom we do not. It has cr

Larry Brilliant says he doesn’t have a crystal ball. But 14 years ago, Brilliant, the epidemiologist who helped eradicate smallpox, spoke to a TED audience and described what the next pandemic would l

I can't imagine running without a playlist or a podcast, but after reading this lovely piece by @talmonsmith, I might have to give it a try: https://t.co/P7M2ejtszH

I wrote this to share some of my learning over the last few months with the goal of helping you, a non-scientist, bootstrap a reasonable understanding of the basics of carbon removal. No physics, chem

Updated at 2:30 p.m. ET on February 10, 2020. O ne day last fall , I sat down to create a new Facebook account. I picked a forgettable name, snapped a profile pic with my face obscured, and clicked “L

I think it's important to catch people who cheat in endurance races! But what happens when you go too far in pursuit? A riveting, deeply complicated, story about the quest for truth online. https://t.co/VSNoD7i2Fb

Credit... Adam Ferriss The Secretive Company That Might End Privacy as We Know It A little-known start-up helps law enforcement match photos of unknown people to their online images — and “might lead

| The Des Moines Register Show Caption Hide Caption Amputee triathlete shows kids with disabilities what's possible When she crosses the finish line, it's not just for her. It's also for the little gi

If you don’t trust your employees to work remotely, you shouldn’t have hired them in the first place https://t.co/xFblbxp9Di via @qz

It was almost exactly two months ago that Zwift announced they received a whopping $120 million USD in new funding , whereby a large chunk of that would be spent on digital racing – known as esports.

The Next Nuclear Plants Will Be Small, Svelte, and Safer | WIRED https://t.co/Vnre7ah6Ow

Early mornings are the best (5.30-7.30) and the dirty secret to becoming a morning person is going to sleep at or before 10pm (take it from a lifelong night owl) https://t.co/NA7f1xiDWL

PSA: Don't poop with your smartphone. https://t.co/fvtA5Wv6OB

Life Time CEO says luxurious new club at Southdale is just the beginning. https://t.co/j12NbKAXww

Nov. 17, 2019 10:30 am ET When it comes to battling dementia, the unfortunate news is this: Medications have proven ineffective at curing or stopping the disease and its most common form, Alzheimer’s

"In the 9 years I’ve been covering Romney, I’ve never seen him quite so liberated. Unconstrained by consultants, unconcerned about reelection, he is thinking about things like legacy and…the grand sweep of history.” @mckaycoppins on Romney is a must-read: https://t.co/PXFsZMCvg2

This is it, the definitive examination of Donald Trump's pathological narcissism, and how it prevents him from carrying out the duties of the presidency. By none other than @gtconway3d (via @TheAtlantic): https://t.co/gOSl3o389D

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Triathlons Fight Decline and Seek Ways to Attract the Young U.S.A. Triathlon’s membership dropped by about a quarter over a five-year period, and the largest age group in the sport is considerably old

The image is hard to look at now without crying: a thick red scar, carved across Gabriele Grunewald’s midriff as she flies around the track. At first it looks like it shouldn’t be there; perhaps it’s

To the casual observer, one might assume Garmin’s biggest competitors are Apple, Fitbit, and in certain cycling circles – Wahoo. But in reality, I’d disagree. Garmin’s biggest competitor is themselves

The new moon is invisible, and the night is black. My sister, Jen, is paddling in the stern. Her shivering wobbles the bow where I’m sitting. Canoeing in 45-degree weather at midnight dressed in T-shi

All successful politicians are competitive — that’s how they got elected. But some find that the relentless drive that powers them through a campaign serves them equally well in the weight room, in a

If the American dream has not quite shattered as the Millennial generation has come of age, it has certainly scattered. Living affordably and trying to climb higher than your parents did were once con

If you've spent any time with Slack, you've likely seen this message float below the text field of your company's communications software. It can mean a few things: A vibrant discussion is taking place in which you and your colleagues are excitedly…

It was a feat of technological and symbolic imagination. And it was pretty accurate, too. Join the Video Lab to see Phil's Q&A! http://bit.ly/video-lab Leonardo da Vinci’s known for his art and invent

Pete Buttigieg (pronounced BOOT-edge-edge ). Photo: Bobby Doherty for New York Magazine By the time Pete Buttigieg arrived at the Currier Museum of Art in Manchester, New Hampshire, on the night of Ap