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From me at the Atlantic:

“I’m a climate scientist who has just been told I have Stage 4 pancreatic cancer.” By Piers J. Sellers

“It’s everything wrong with modern-day science-by-press-release in one anecdote.” By Julie Belluz

Amazing story about a woman with disappearing muscles who diagnosed both her genetic diseases, and found kinship with an muscular Olympic medalist. By David Epstein. There are such stark parallels with my story from last year on an extreme athlete who uncovered her own genetic flaw.

This feature on the feral chickens of Kauai, by Ewen Callaway, is a total delight, from start