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@longreads.comReposted by @atavist.com"The decades-long pursuit of a treatment for Jenna’s disease followed a very different path. There was no single hero, no lone scientist seeking glory."
An excerpt from the new @atavist.com story by Mark Johnson, about a family that made medical history: longreads.com/2026/10/06/r...
@seywarddarby.bsky.socialReposted by @atavist.comWhen Jenna Smith was diagnosed with a rare kidney disease, her parents—a scientist and a lawyer—feared her life might be unbearably short. But they channeled their concern into research and wound up making medical history.
Issue 180 from @atavist.com
@seywarddarby.bsky.socialReposted by @atavist.comCouldn't be prouder that @atavist.com's story "'There Will Be No Mercy'" by @drewphilp.bsky.social has won the Michael Kelly Award, bestowed today at the @theatlantic.com's annual festival.
@longreads.comReposted by @atavist.com"The only way to know that orphans in Gabon were being saved, he thought, was to save them himself."
An excerpt from the new @atavist.com issue by Matthew Wolfe, about a robber with a conscience:
@atavist.comA great longread for the long weekend:
“Wouldn’t it be right,” Gabriel asked, “to steal something from a bank and give it to the poor?”
@atavist.comIt was the biggest armed robbery in Austria's history.
The perpetrators: an ex-cop, and his friend's mistress.
But they didn't do it to get rich.
They planned to give the money away.
@atavist.com“Once they got faith in us, we couldn’t get rid of them. I mean, they just would not stop killing.”
