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June 01, 2012

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The Edwards Trial: A Massive Waste of Time
With campaign funding laws becoming increasingly more complicated, prosecutors should have seen a mistrial coming.
Andrew Cohen

10 Years After Civil War, No Peace for Sierra Leone's Kids
Children as young as three continue to toil in mines, hoping to earn a few pennies for food.
Greg Campbell

Fairy Tales Started Dark, Got Cute, and Are Now Getting Dark Again
The action-packed 'Snow White and the Huntsman' is less a subversion of an old story than a return to one.
Scott Meslow

The 10 Things Economics Can Tell Us About Happiness
Money can buy joy, but up to what point?
Derek Thompson

It's Not Just You: 'Old Person Smell' Is Real
Many young people can correctly identify the age of a person based on their scent.
Brian Fung

How Headphones Changed the World
If real estate is the ultimate scarce resource, the speakers are a small invisible fence around our minds.
Derek Thompson

In Focus: The Unreal World
Our modern world is full of simulations, from synthesized human voices to CGI-filled blockbuster movies.
Alan Taylor

Video: Building the Golden Gate Bridge
Courtesy of the Prelinger Archive, a film by Bethlehem Steel celebrates how the iconic structure was built in the 1930s.
Kasia Cieplak-Mayr von Baldegg

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