muslims, persistent concerns around the spread of covid-19. and now the very snow itself is a story. in an olympic first this year's games will feature virtually 100% artificial snow. yes, you heard that correctly. the biathlon, the nordic combined, the freestyle skiing events, all of them will be held on fake manmade snow. if a headline like that unnerves you, well, just wait. because as "the new york times" put it, china did not move mountains to host the 2022 winter olympic games but it did flood a dry river bed, diverted water from a key reservoir that supplies beijing, and resettled hundreds of farmers and their families, all to feed one of the most extensive snow-making operations in the history of the games. now, this was a monumental project, one that was incredibly resource intensive. the international olympic committee estimates that some 49