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20 Mar

Clubhouse’s meteoric rise has been a blessing and a curse. It arrived at a perfect moment—and could be worth billions. But first, it will have to answer the hardest question in tech: How to, in real time, host a global gabfest free of toxicity 1/ wired.trib.al/tqhsyZk

In the year since the invitation-only audio social network launched, Clubhouse has drawn millions of people eager to socialize and listen in on an endless stream of conversations. But as the app has grown in popularity, it’s also been marred by controversy 2/

Clubhouse’s reputation first took a hit last summer, when the reporter Taylor Lorenz went public about harassment she experienced on the app and its lack of community standards. Clubhouse’s founders responded by promising “robust” guidelines and enhanced safety features 3/

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17 Mar

@SecretaryLevine

Even before taking office, then President-elect Joe Biden made headlines by nominating @SecretaryLevine, one of the very few transgender public officials, to be assistant secretary of health in the Department of Health and Human Services. 1/

📷: Sam Whitney

Here’s what you should know about her and why she’s one of our #WomensHistoryMonth honoree:
Her education is top notch: she is a graduate of both Harvard University and the Tulane University School of Medicine. 2/

And in the course of her tenure at Penn State's Hershey Medical Center she created a division for the care of adolescents with medical and psychological problems and an eating disorders clinic. 3/

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13 Mar

The vaccine rollout has been anything but simple in the US. Getting one is tricky, and how to do it varies widely by where you live.

To help, we've put together a list of tips so you can figure out when you’re eligible, where to go, and what to expect: wired.trib.al/VNumCrz

Your place in the vaccine line is determined by state by state. To get an exact idea of where to stand in the queue, you’ll need to check your state’s guidelines. If you want a rough idea, check out these CDC-issued guidelines: wired.trib.al/KwpEO6K

Right now, there's no federal or nationally centralized list onto which you sign up for a vaccine. Each state, territory, and freely associated state has sign-up info on their health department websites.

You can find a list of those sites here: wired.trib.al/10k0GVt

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12 Mar

As people around the world are getting vaccinated against Covid-19, we have Dr. Özlem Türeci to thank. Not only is she the co-founder of BioNTech, but she is also half of the team that designed the first Covid-19 vaccine, with Pzifer, in under a year. 1/

Art: Sam Whitney

Dr. Türeci has had quite an accomplished career. As a physician, scientist, and entrepreneur she has founded multiple biotech companies and, along with her partner and husband, became the first Turkish Germans among Germany's top 100 wealthiest people list in 2020. 2/

She earned her doctorate from Saarland University in Homburg, Germany in the 1990s, where she also met her husband, Dr. Uğur Şahin. 3/

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10 Mar

@DollyParton

.@DollyParton has always been more than what she appears. While some may see her as just an entertainer, she's actually a business-savvy multi-millionaire, who has found subtle ways to advocate for culture change throughout her 60-year career. 1/

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Dolly, an early investor into Covid-19 vaccine research, is one of our Women's History Month honorees.
Since the start of her career in 1959, she has disarmed people by allowing them to think her humble-upbringing and lack of formal education made her less than smart. 2/

But she's made strategic use of her 'trashy' bleached blonde look to gain a public platform for clearly feminist songs like 'Just Because I'm A Woman.' 3/

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10 Mar

For most organisms, decapitation is a harsh conclusion to life. Not for this sea slug. The creature separated its head from its body—and then dragged itself around to feed.

So, uh, how and why? Here are science’s best guesses 1/ wired.trib.al/wBg129U

This kind of body-splitting is known as autotomy—lizards, for instance, shed their tails to escape predation. Unlike lizards, though, this doesn’t appear to be a defensive strategy. And what the sacoglossan sea slug does next puts it in a class of its own 2/

A day after self-decapitation, the slug’s neck wound closes. After a week, it regenerates a heart. In less than a month, the whole body has grown back, and the disembodied slug is embodied once more 3/

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