Eric Spitznagel
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Inside the insane rescue of two Americans dying from Ebola in Africa
No one in the world knew how to get them home safely.
How Deepmind's Demis Hassabis ushered in the dizzying rise of AI superintelligence
Demis Hassabis has been pondering what humans are supposed to do in the face of machine superintelligence for his entire life.
Inside the fallout between Gavin Newsom and Elon Musk, as their war of words gets worse by the day
What the feud reveals, underneath all the posturing, is that Newsom and Musk were never really allies.
Inside the high-tech race to prevent avalanches — and why the window to survive one is so brutally narrow
After nine people were killed in a California avalanche, one expert said: “We can reduce risk in the mountains. But we cannot eliminate risk.”
There's a race to live on Mars — but the reality will physically change humans in shocking ways
“Our biggest obstacle might not be technological,” author Scott E. Solomon said of future life on Mars. “It might be us.”
The Black Dahlia at 79: Why America can’t let go of Hollywood’s most haunting murder
The fascination with Elizabeth Short continues with two new books on her unsolved murder — including startling new revelations.
This new spy thriller is unexpectedly timely with Trump's push for Greenland
Brad Thor's "Cold Zero" imagines a world in which global powers converge on the Arctic in a desperate race for military advantage.
The billion dollar shipwreck at the center of an international legal war
A centuries-old Spanish galleon and its booty remain on the ocean floor while Spain, Colombia, Indigenous groups and American hunters fight over it.
How sickness changes the way we actually think
“As we investigated the causes and cures of sickness within us, we began to change our views of the universe outside,” Susan Bauer writes in her new book.
After Marine vet was freed from a Russian prison, he sought revenge by fighting for Ukraine
The 33-year-old shares his harrowing story in a new memoir, 'Retribution.'
How a KGB archivist defected with a treasure trove of Soviet secrets — and even his family had no clue
Vladimir Mitrokhin's amazing story is the subject of a new book, 'The Spy in the Archive: How One Man Tried to Kill the KGB.'
The 30 Best Books of 2025
From gripping thrillers, witty satires and poignant epics to captivating histories and juicy memoirs, this year's top reads are worth celebrating.
Inside the real-life A-Team rescuing Americans from dangerous situations when nobody else will
“When our phone rings, the conversations are always horrible," said Grey Bull Rescue founder Bryan Stern. “No one’s ever called and I’ve thought, 'oh, that’s not so bad.'"
Mysterious 'Christmas tree shipwreck' still haunts the holiday — more than a century later
In 1912, the Grinch didn't ruin Christmas — a tragic shipwreck did.
'Godfather' actor claims Pope John Paul was killed in connection with Vatican money-laundering scheme
In his new memoir, "Mafia Secrets," Gianni Russo shares crazy stories about the pontiff, Marilyn Monroe, JFK and Pablo Escobar.
Inside the wild times of MTV's co-founder — from escaping a coup in Afghanistan to sex clubs with Sumner Redstone
Long before vetting sex clubs for billionaires, Freston built MTV with its own brand of chaos.
Everything you need to know about Palantir's wildly eccentric CEO — and why he feels 'left by the left'
“What’s critical to understanding Karp is the sense of vulnerability that stalks him ... ” author Michael Steinberger said. “You could say that Palantir exists to make the world safer...
The unknown American revolutionaries who were almost lost to history
Ken Burns' upcoming six-part, 12-hour documentary "The American Revolution" premieres Sunday on PBS.
From world's first-ever bailout by the Romans to 33% interest loans 5K years ago, humans have always been in financial crisis
“Mess with money and you mess with far more than the price system, inflation, and economics — you mess with people’s heads," writes economist David McWilliams in “The History of...
Letters reveal what it's really like to travel to space or survive polar bears and hurricanes in the Arctic
A new book of explorers' letters offers firsthand accounts of crazy adventures