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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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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic DACA Med Students Face Uncertain Futures
“It's yes, then no, then yes, then no.”
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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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Jeremy Raff / The Atlantic Why Americans With Disabilities Fear Medicaid Cuts
The Senate’s health-care bill includes changes to the federal program, raising concerns among those who rely on it.
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How Health-Care Cuts Could Impact Disabled Americans
Some fear the Senate plan could cost them their freedom.
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Why Are Humans Awkward?
The science behind that cringeworthy feeling
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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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Why Do Americans Smile So Much?
Research shows how immigration and cultural values shape this distinctive habit.
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Jeremy Raff / Jackie Lay / The Atlantic The Border Patrol's Corruption Problem
More than 140 Customs and Border Protection agents were arrested or convicted of corruption in recent years—and President Trump’s promise to hire 5,500 new agents could make the problem worse.
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Cameron County Sheriff The Cartel Murder That Exposed a Rogue U.S. Border Patrol Agent
A headless body, a gold-plated pistol, and the specter of corruption in the country's largest police force
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How Would Immortality Change the Way We Live?
Some people are taking steps now to prepare for a life without death.
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What Will Happen to Undocumented Doctors?
Meet the Dreamers who are one executive action away from losing everything.
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The Carrier Myth
Donald Trump's efforts to save one Indiana factory are up against a global trend.
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The Kombucha Freedom Warrior
As fermented products become a health fad, questions of regulation arise. One man is fighting back.
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How Sexist Speech Impacts Stress and Self-Esteem
Hearing discriminatory comments changes how people think.
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Samantha Power on Diplomacy, Motherhood, and the 24-7 Job 'of a Lifetime'
"I think women should never lose the instinct to actually listen, but we need to become as unflappable as we can become."
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Voting Without Voting
A record number of Latinos are eligible to vote—and those who can't, register others.
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The Armed Campus
Concealed firearms on colleges are now a reality in Texas. How have they altered life at the state’s largest university?
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The Fight to Vote in a Southern Swing State
We took a road trip through North Carolina to survey its residents’ hopes and anxieties.
