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David Sedaris on Keeping a Diary in the Age of Over-Sharing
David Sedaris offers some pertinent advice to aspiring writers.
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How Mental Time Travel Helps Humans Predict the Future
Imagining the future is indispensable to human life and society. But how do we do it, exactly?
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How Stores Trick You Into Buying More Things
People like to think of themselves as savvy shoppers, but are still vulnerable to these common psychological tricks.
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What If Everyone Ate Beans Instead of Beef?
What can an individual do about climate change? The easiest answer: make this one dietary switch.
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'The Drone King': An Animated Excerpt
Watch a passage from Kurt Vonnegut’s short story about a businessman’s bizarre idea to use bees as carrier pigeons.
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Does Swearing Make You Likable?
Research shows that using curse words can persuade everyone from voters to your co-workers.
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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.
