OneZero’s Best Tech and Science Stories of 2019
From engineering a better cannabis to eluding ad tracking, here are the top stories from our first year (okay, 10 months) of existence, as selected by… us
OneZero examines the forces influencing the future — the undercurrents that quietly shape our world like the binary code at the root of our computers. (See what we did there?) Since launching in February, we’ve published hundreds of stories about technology and science to help our readers expand their minds and move fearlessly into tomorrow.
Here’s a small selection of our favorites, collected by our team of staff writers and editors. Thank you for reading.
Unraveling the Secret Origins of an AmazonBasics Battery
Recommended by Michael Zelenko, Features Editor
Most people would toss a busted battery right in the trash. But when an AmazonBasics AA battery exploded in her kitchen, Sarah Emerson did what good reporters do: dig. Who was behind the product, and how did it end up in her home? Emerson took a seemingly simple and straightforward device and used it as a vehicle to navigate and expose Amazon’s labyrinthian supply chains…
