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The scientist whose research was key to developing the COVID vaccines was demoted, had her salary cut, and threatened with deportation. Today, she won the Nobel Prize

Katalin Karikó, now a vice-president at BioNTech, saw her research undermined for years before the 2005 breakthrough that led to the COVID-19 vaccine.

Fortune

Free Market Book Misstates the History of Free Market Thought

Author Jacob Soll's commitment to an untenable historical thesis distorts the facts.

Reason

UK e-bike users warned not to use incompatible chargers after fatal fire

Coroner says blaze that killed London man probably caused by battery being plugged into charger with different voltage

The Guardian - UK

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US sets new record for billion-dollar climate disasters in single year

Country has experienced 23 extreme weather events costing $1bn or more already this year, passing previous mark of 22 in 2020

The Guardian - US

US sets record for billion-dollar weather disasters in a year -- and there's still 4 months to go

The deadly firestorm in Hawaii and Hurricane Idalia’s watery storm surge helped push the United States to an annual record for the number of weather disasters that cost at least $1 billion

The Independent UK

Celebrity couples keep breaking up. Why do we care so much?

Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner are the latest high-profile pair to announce their split in what some have deemed "the year of the celebrity breakup." Experts explain why people get so invested from afar.

WEKU

U. of I. professor examines complexity and contradictions of work

Robert Bruno’s book “What Work Is” draws on how his students at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign characterized their jobs and how they affect daily life.

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Baldur's Gate 3 writer explains why Act 2 cuts down on exploration

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer, Adam Smith, explains why the game's second act has a narrower focus.

TechRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer says Act 2 is deliberately lighter on exploration for pacing's sake

'If we'd done three big slices of space like we did in Act One, I think it would get exhausting.'

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3 gets high praise from Dragon Age writer and Baldur's Gate 2 dev: "A worthy successor" and "monumental achievement"

RPG legend David Gaider gives his verdict after finally beating Baldur's Gate 3

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3's darker second act had to exist because otherwise "it gets exhausting"

The stuff you learned in Act 1? "You need it to survive" in Act 2

GamesRadar

Why did Baldur's Gate 3 blow up? Larian lead writer says it's thanks to "a big gamble" with CRPG standards

"We believe RPGs are big ... So we always believed the audience was there," says Adam Smith

GamesRadar

'The sickest man in NSW': horror flu hits 50yo man

'I want you to be strong and we're going to pull through this.'

Newcastle Herald

Lead writer on Baldur's Gate 3 describes working under Bioware's "shadow"

Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer describes the pressure of taking the series over from Bioware.

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"This was shoulders of giants stuff": Baldur's Gate 3 writer pays tribute to BioWare's legendary CRPGs

Without BioWare's Baldur's Gate, there wouldn't be Larian's Baldur's Gate 3

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3's lead writer on romances: 'sex is not the goal, it's just sex'

"I know we made them too thirsty," he jokes. (But I disagree.)

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Baldur’s Gate 3 writer reveals his favorite origin character

You can be nearly anyone in Baldur’s Gate 3, but the game’s lead writer Adam Smith said his favorite is one you might instantly think of

GamesRadar

Even Baldur's Gate 3's devs know its characters are "too thirsty"

"Like, I know we made them too thirsty"

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Baldur's Gate 3 player 'breaks' Monk class with attack that does 320 damage on every turn

This impressive class can do tremendous damage with just their fists

GamesRadar

Baldur's Gate 3 writer says his favourite playthrough is 'very evil guy trying to be good'

For Adam Smith, Baldur's Gate 3 is at its best when playing as a good-aligned bad guy

PC Gamer

Baldur's Gate 3's chaotic Dark Urge origin is 'potentially the most heroic playthrough,' says lead writer

I'm just going to have to trust him on this one.

PC Gamer

'We owe them a huge debt': Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer hopes they did '90s BioWare proud

Larian Studios' lead writer Adam Smith reflects on the long shadow of Baldur's Gate.

PC Gamer

PC Gamer Chat Log Episode 25: Baldur's Gate 3 lead writer Adam Smith joins the pod!

We have our first ever special guest, and boy is it a good one!

The Independent UK

Billy Porter says he is ‘back on the market’ after filing for divorce

Divorce decision was ‘amicable and mutual’

The Conversation

How the work of Adam Smith could help solve the UK skills gap

Tackling the UK’s productivity problem will require long-term public investment in quality education aimed at closing the skills gap and boosting equality – a plan the 18th-century economist Adam Smith would certainly have agreed with.

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