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History & science writer for @SmithsonianMag, @TheAtlantic, @Hakaimagazine, @mental_floss. Author of The Last Voyageurs. Francophone, bibliophile, geeky person.
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Death Valley Is A Place About Life

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By Lorraine Boissoneault Verified
| The Xylom
Death Valley, California, has the hottest recorded air temperature of any place on Earth; it reached 134 F (57 C) at Furnace Creek in 1913. In known history, it has twice gone an entire year without any rain; the average high temperature is above 100 F for five months of the year.
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Navigating the Coming-of-Illness Narrative

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By Lorraine Boissoneault Verified
| Literary Hub Verified
It can come on you suddenly or gradually: a tsunami or the slowly rising seas eating away at the shoreline till the topography is no longer recognizable. One day you simply wake up underwater, trying desperately not to drown. Article continues after advertisement I went through both—the gradual creep of illness and the sudden riptide pulling me out to sea. At first it was a small accumulation of changes: broken thyroid, misbehaving heart, guts that refused certain foods.
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I Was Treated for Tuberculosis While Millions Were Robbed of Care

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By Lorraine Boissoneault Verified
| The Nation Verified
April 25, 2026 I Was Treated for Tuberculosis While Millions Were Robbed of Care And RFK Jr.’s HHS leadership will only make contracting arcane illnesses like this one a more common affair. Ad Policy Patients crippled by tuberculosis are treated outdoors in the snow at the Harlow Wood Orthopaedic Hospital in Nottinghamshire, on January 24, 1933. Whatever the weather, they spent their days lying on iron bedsteads in the open air, as a “curative” measure.
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