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He was the Cyborg Bandit and the Elephant Man Bandit, perpetrator of a 14-month, 30-bank robbing spree. He was also a former Boeing engineer with a raging heroin problem.  By Josh DeanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The $15 billion company needs even more pot. By Susan Berfield and Kristine OwramSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Neuroscientists used to be an endangered species, but the hunt for cyborg implants and AI has made them sought-after stars.  By Sarah McBride  and Ashlee VanceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The National Institutes of Health and the FBI are purging Chinese scientists from U.S. research institutions. Civil liberties issues aside, this is no way to cure cancer.  By Peter WaldmanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sea captain Nicholas Sloane says he’s ready to lasso 125 million tons of ice and bring it home.  By Caroline WinterSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The world is full of innovations more important than ad algorithms. You just need to look outside Silicon Valley.  By Ashlee Vance See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

One-time treatments appear to be curing once-incurable patients like “bubble boy” Omarion Jordan. Most people can’t afford them. By Michelle Cortez See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The rich know how to keep their money secret. Gabriel Zucman knows how to find it. By Ben StevermanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Pro-capitalist scholars are China’s latest public enemies. By Matthew Campbell and Peter MartinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

W.L. Gore, one of the world’s most innovative companies, is hunting for new product lines—and reinventing itself in the process. By Drake Bennett See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.