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What Scientists Have Learned from Eclipses
Under the moon’s shadow, humans have created both grand myths and scientific breakthroughs.
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What Does 'Late Capitalism' Really Mean?
The intellectual meme for a garbage economy
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Is Trumpism the New Conservatism?
To understand the changes taking place in the Republican Party now, it helps to go back to the last time the party went through a major transformation.
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What Is Dodd-Frank and Why Does Trump Want to Repeal It?
The president claims regulations are hurting economic growth. The data shows otherwise.
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Why Are Humans Awkward?
The science behind that cringeworthy feeling
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How to Fight Superbugs
One scientist’s solution to drug-resistant bacteria
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Which Animal Murders the Most?
Humans aren't the only mammals who kill each other. So how do we stack up to lions, tigers, and bears?
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How the Internet Is Changing Friendship
Does social media make all friendships last forever?
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What Makes Things Cool?
A handy acronym for popularity
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Why Do Americans Smile So Much?
Research shows how immigration and cultural values shape this distinctive habit.
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Trump Scandals Are Good for Putin
Julia Ioffe argues that the one thing Putin wants from a Trump White House is chaos.
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Americans See Discrimination in Radically Different Ways
People don’t agree on who is facing the most persecution in the country.
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How The Apprentice Manufactured Trump
He didn't have to be a successful business man in real life because he played one on TV.
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How Did Tech Become So Male-Dominated?
Women developed computer science. Today, the industry is mostly men.
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Is the Anti-Trump Resistance Another Tea Party?
The two movements are strikingly similar.
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Have Conspiracy Theories Gone Mainstream?
How Alex Jones and Steve Bannon pushed a paranoid new media into the spotlight
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Is Trump a Populist Authoritarian?
What he does and does not have in common with the likes of Hitler, Chavez, Berlusconi, and Erdoğan
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Why Don't Democrats Take Religion Seriously?
Condescension and hostility toward people of faith has a political cost.
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Are Trump's Tweets Presidential?
How his social media feed compares to political communication in past administrations
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Ways to Avoid Staring at Your Phone Before Bed
Every night, set aside “the amazing hour."
