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Disney’s First Coco Ride Is Taking Shape at California Adventure
Disney is building the first ride ever themed to Pixar's Coco at Disney California Adventure. Here is what has been…
Writer
Todd Ruffner-Schoenfeld
Editor in chief. A knack for the fine print.
Todd Ruffner-Schoenfeld has spent his working life being handed things he did not yet understand. He started at the bottom, a developer in a bullpen, and worked his way up to running IT. The places were a strange assortment: consulting firms, accounting firms, a biotech startup, a tech startup in Silicon Valley and, of all places, Chiquita. Four small businesses of his own along the way. The work never really changed. Get into something unfamiliar, find out what is actually going on, and help someone make a hard decision with it. HeadLines Decoded is that job, pointed at the news.
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Disney’s First Coco Ride Is Taking Shape at California Adventure
Disney is building the first ride ever themed to Pixar's Coco at Disney California Adventure. Here is what has been…
Series Parts
Senolytic Products vs. Senolytic Protocols
The trials paired prescription dasatinib with quercetin in short courses. Shelf quercetin matches the trial dose; the drug and the…
Politics
Seven Drone Companies, Then a War. Now Ukraine Builds Drones by the Millions
Four years of war turned a handful of workshops into a system that builds millions of drones and improves them…
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The Candlelight Processional Never Changed, and That Is Exactly Why It Still Undoes Me
The one thing at EPCOT I never miss, and the one thing that, after all these years, hasn't lost a…
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The Human Evidence on Senolytics
In animals, clearing senescent cells improved healthspan. In people, the evidence is a handful of small trials, and one new…
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The Festival of the Holidays Kept Its Soul, Because It Trades on Meaning Instead of Volume
It has the booths too. But it also has the storytellers, and they still land.
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Cellular Senescence, Explained Properly
Senescent cells are often described as zombie cells that refuse to die and poison their neighbors. The biology is real.…
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The Concerts Are Where EPCOT Still Surprises You, and Where the Season Gets Personal
The concerts are the one part of the festival that never turned into a booth. And for me, one name…
Business
The U.S. emergency oil stockpile just hit its lowest level since 1983. Here’s what that number actually tells us.
America's Strategic Petroleum Reserve was built as insurance against severe supply shocks. How it has actually been used, and where…
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The Search Results Are the Story
The same commercial forces that shape search results and supplement labels run all the way down to clinics charging five…