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Vincent | 28th December 2025 Account of a childhood in China's secret atomic city in the Gobi Desert. Founded in 1958, "Factory 404" was initially inhabited by elite scientists. By the time this writer was born in 1991, the mystery of the bomb had long been solved, so it had shifted to become a major centre for processing nuclear waste. Sandstorms were common and water scarce. It was "a utopian bubble built on hollow ground" (2,300 words) Nomido is the Browser's daily word game. Play today's before it's gone! Sarah Lavender Smith | Mountain Running & Living | 1st January 2026 "Explant" surgery is the process of getting breast implants removed without replacing them, which otherwise needs to be done every decade or so. This ultra-marathoner, having got "the world’s smallest boob job" at the age of 34 to change the appearance of her "masculine chest", decided 22 years on to quit. Although society has normalised cosmetic surgery, it is "pretty freaking gruesome and expensive" (2,800 words) Want more? The full Browser recommends five outstanding articles, a video and a podcast daily, for less than $1 a week. Caroline Crampton, Editor-In-Chief; Robert Cottrell, Founding Editor; Kaamya Sharma, Editor; Sylvia Bishop, Assistant Publisher; Jodi Ettenberg, Associate Editor; Uri Bram, CEO & Publisher; Al Breach, Founding Director Editorial comments and letters to the editor: editor@thebrowser.com | Technical issues and support requests: support@thebrowser.com | Or write at any time to the publisher: uri@thebrowser.com Proudly published with Ghost, the fiercely independent website and newsletter platform
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