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The Country That Learned to Live With Covid-19

As nations around the world still struggle to contain Covid-19, South Korea’s early, focused, and perhaps controversial approach has kept loss of life and economic damage to a minimum. Read…

Where We’re Going, We Won’t Need Roads

Flying cars have been a staple of futuristic fantasy since the dawn of science fiction. Now, thanks to a new crop of eager, well-funded startups, those visions may finally become…

The Get-Rich-Quick Scheme That Almost Killed a Soccer Team

The bombing of a professional German soccer club’s bus was at first thought to be an act of terrorism. But instead, it was the work of a young Russian man,…

Number Fever: The Pepsi Contest That Became Deadly

In the 1990s, a Pepsi marketing stunt promised soda drinkers in the Philippines a chance at getting rich. But an error in the campaign led thousands of people to think…

Coronavirus Growth in Western Countries: December 1 Update

Better late than never. Here’s the coronavirus death toll through December 1. The raw data from Johns Hopkins is here. See source