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When trauma makes you not yourself

"Bomb Shelter" author Mary Laura Philpott talks about love, hope, loss, and learning from turtles

Salon · Apr 10, 2022

The USSR's golden age of science

If not for the scientists working for the Russia-led Soviet Union, America would be much worse off today

Salon · Apr 10, 2022

Why are teens self-diagnosing on TikTok?

The social media platform has become the psychiatrist's couch for Gen Z

Salon · Apr 9, 2022

What comes after "The Dropout" ending

The real story continues to unfurl with the Theranos trial ongoing, and the whistleblowers taking different paths

Salon · Apr 8, 2022

Netflix's SpaceX doc shows Musk's vision

"We did do two interviews with people in space, which was wild," Jimmy Chin & E. Chai Vasarhelyi told Salon

Salon · Apr 8, 2022

COVID's social legacy: Health anxiety

Crippling health anxiety could "interfere substantially" in our lives — even long after the threat of COVID is gone

Salon · Apr 7, 2022

Trump claims left is "mutilating" kids

Trump's malignant normality keeps getting darker, but the media isn't interested. RIP Eric Boehlert, a huge loss

Salon · Apr 7, 2022

The Putin caucus: Actual anti-Americans

I met former U.S. Navy SEALs working in Ukraine — they understand the right's QAnon show in D.C. is a distraction

Salon · Apr 7, 2022

Chomsky: Humanity at the tipping point

Political philosopher and linguist Noam Chomsky fears that humanity may face a bleak future

Salon · Apr 6, 2022

The mad quest to control the weather

A new film profiles a Finnish scientist's lifelong quest to create rain clouds via technology

Salon · Apr 6, 2022