THE ATLANTIC | Sex toys have transformed into sophisticated and well-designed gadgets that take their inspiration from Apple not Hustler. But one company has a bigger hope: that a better machine could mean better sex for a repressed nation.
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Illustrations by Greg Hart
Steeped in Tea
UTNE | The social significance of tea in America: how tea became the beverage of inner peace and armchair travel.
Channing Tatum and the Quest for the Perfect Buzz
MEN'S FITNESS | How two young entrepreneurs and one Hollywood A-Lister, with the help of a caffeinated Amazonian “super leaf,” are trying to shake up the $30 billion energy-drink market with a healthier alternative.
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Guests in the lodge at a Summit Series weekend at Powder Mountain in January had views of the Wasatch range. Credit: Jim McAuley
The Ski Resort That Crowdsourcing Built
NEW YORK TIMES | The young owners of Powder Mountain in Utah use their networking skills to draw investors to their planned ski resort.
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The Mysterious Buyer of Buford, Pop. 1
THE NEW YORKER | An anonymous Vietnamese businessman purchased the tiny town of Buford, Wyoming, population one. What did he want with it?
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