Wednesday, September 9, 2026
ArchiveThe 24-Year-Old Who Lost Billions
Valedictorian at 19, fired from OpenAI at 21, ran a $45B fund at 24, lost more money than any trader in history by 25. The mechanics of how AI-hype financial engineering actually implodes.
Ectopic Pregnancy Deaths Have Nearly Doubled. It’s Worse in States With Abortion Bans.
ProPublica obtained mortality data showing ectopic pregnancy deaths have nearly doubled since 2022. The state-by-state breakdown is the part that will reshape this debate.
‘This is dangerous’: slime moulds and the bitter debate over the nature of intelligence
A lemon-yellow blob that solves mazes, mimics Tokyo's rail network, and has split biology into warring camps over what 'intelligence' even means. Forty years of experiments, no neurons required.
This Bottle of Dijon Mustard from Costco is Crazy Hot. A Months-Long Investigation Revealed the Surprising Reason Why.
Someone spent months investigating why one jar of Costco Dijon mustard is unreasonably hot. The trail leads to Palliser's Triangle, a Hamilton mustard mill, and a dynasty in Burgundy.
The tech that made a 2-hour marathon possible
A sports scientist thought we wouldn't see a sub-2-hour marathon until 2075—then it happened this year. The Verge digs into the surprisingly mundane tech (mostly shoes) that made the impossible routine.