He called himself an ‘untouchable hacker god’. But who was behind the biggest crime Finland has ever known?

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How would you feel if your therapist’s notes – your darkest thoughts and deepest feelings – were exposed to the world? For 33,000 Finnish people, that became a terrifying reality, with deadly consequences

Ancient seafarers helped shape Arctic ecosystems

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Humans might have been sailing the sea between Greenland and Canada as long as it’s been unfrozen, archaeological evidence suggests

A Slice of Caracas Flourishes in an Unlikely Spot: The Italian Mediterranean

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Generations of migrants from a village on the coast of southern Italy found a better life in Venezuela. Many came back and turned their town into a mini-Caracas.

I saw a ghost at 25. Now 52, I imagine myself as a ghost | Psyche Turning Points

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At 25, I saw my grandfather’s ghost. At 52, I think of what it may mean to be a ghost

Red-shouldered Hawks With a Taste for Avocado Join a Growing List of Fruit-Eating Raptors

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Until now the behavior had been undocumented in the species, but recent research has revealed that more birds of prey consume plants than we realized.

An Old-School Pizza Chain Is Fast Becoming a Cultural Obsession. I Spent a Day at One to Find Out Why.

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People travel from all over for the gleeful novelty of pizza ordered from real menus, served by real people, and eaten off checkered tablecloths.

Rising Star Of A Prominent Yellowstone Wolf Pack Was I’llegally Killed Sparking A Poaching Investigation

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Wildlife officials are investigating the suspicious death of a gray wolf near Yellowstone National Park. The killing is believed to have taken place on the night of December 25 in an area of southern Montana just north of the park.

Sound Full of Rainbows

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Grateful Dead songs evoke the splendor of the natural world

Fire Fuels Resilience in Florida’s Subtropical Forests

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Scientists from the Yale School of the Environment discovered that forests in the Everglades bounce back quickly after fires, often surpassing their previous levels of productivity. The research reaffirms the need to continue prescribed burns in the face of a changing climate.

Carlos Suárez, the Alpinist and Wingsuit Pilot Who Was Determined to Live an Authentic Life

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At the beginning of this century, he seemed like an artist without a stage, a person in transit toward some destination no one could foresee.

Wolverines Are One Step Closer Returning Colorado

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The bear-like weasels could be reintroduced into the state after a 100-year absence

The Brilliance and the Badness of “The Sun Also Rises”

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Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should be—brave, admiring of nature and grace—its architecture is held up primarily by hatred.

Honeyguide birds learn local human dialects

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Honeyguide birds in northern Mozambique learn local human “dialects,” adapting to village-specific calls to guide honey-hunters to wild bees’ nests.

How plate tectonics revolutionized our understanding of Earth – High Country News

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And how scientist Tanya Atwater was at the center of it all.

Run-DMC’s School of Thought

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Darryl (DMC) McDaniels dropped in on his old Queens elementary school to talk music with second graders, who weren’t too sure who he was.

On Tilt, by Jasper Craven

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America’s new gambling epidemic

Elusive Potomac River Muskie, Dubbed Fish 691, Caught for First Time After Years of DNR Study

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January 22, 2026Angler Garrett Davis of Clear Spring landed a 16-year-old tagged muskie in January 2026 that has been studied by Maryland Department of Natural Resources (DNR) biologists for more than a decade. Photo courtesy Garrett Davis, used with permission…

Are You Enjoying Our Linguine? — The Dial

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How American tourists took over everything.

Why I Wrote “The Crucible,” by Arthur Miller

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As I watched “The Crucible” taking shape as a movie over much of the past year, the sheer depth of time that it represents for me kept returning to mind. As those powerful actors blossomed on the screen, and the…

How to Kill a Fish

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The Japanese chef Junya Yamasaki mastered a butchery technique that results in tastier seafood—and he’s taught some Southern California fishermen how to do it, too.The ray-finned saltwater fish known as the bonito is also called, by some fishermen I know,…