"you may think you know when someone’s trying to deceive you, but there’s a clever trick very few people are aware of – one that has eluded ai and traitors contestants alike..."

"almost a decade has passed since michael phelps set the world alight on the olympic stage at rio 2016, when he took home the most medals of any athlete with five golds and one silver..."

"in 1998, karl bushby left his home in england to walk around the world. twenty-seven years later, he's on the home stretch..."

"the moment you recognize you’re dreaming, the dream’s compulsive hold loosens. you can still feel the fear, the urgency, the pull of whatever the dream is running. but you’re no longer entirely inside it. there is a distance between you and the experience. and from that distance, something becomes possible that wasn’t before: choice..."

"never shall a complaint pass your lips. how many times have we all heard that praise sung of the dying and recently departed, “they never complained”?..."

"six months ago, after toyota spent an estimated $10 billion to build an urban paradise atop a disused factory, the first residents moved in. one-hundred handpicked “weavers,” residents chosen to boost the tech cred of the sensor-laden mini-metropolis, began settling in..."

"not that long ago, doctors generally assumed that unconscious brains were simply turned “off,” but that idea seems increasingly difficult to sustain. as scientists probe the far reaches of human awareness, we’re learning that when the lights seem to be out upstairs, the brain may still be alive with activity..."

"i think this is a universal desire for anyone who didn’t grow up rich. you see what financial stress does to a family and you make a silent promise to yourself: i’m never going to live like that..."

"scientists analyzing the genomes of thousands of people across japan discovered evidence for a previously overlooked third ancestral group, challenging the long-accepted “dual origins” theory. the newly identified ancestry appears linked to the ancient emishi people of northeastern japan. researchers also uncovered inherited neanderthal and denisovan dna connected to conditions like diabetes, heart disease, and cancer..."

"during the night, the internet had been set in motion. tossing hither and thither in silence—as the fields lay frozen and waiting and the hedgehog slept in its pile of leaves—the internet had rearranged itself around me..."