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Mark Blinch / Reuters The Better The Credit Score, the Longer-Lasting The Relationship
Researchers theorize that a good score is a proxy for “an individual’s general trustworthiness and commitment to non-debt obligations.”
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Philippe Wojazer / Reuters Paris Cut Smog By Banning Cars for a Day
And the mayor wants to do it once a month.
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Mario Anzuoni / Reuters How China's Economic Woes Could Hurt the Revenues of American Universities
Colleges in the U.S. have become increasingly dependent on students from abroad, who pay full sticker prices to attend.
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Courtesy of Mystic Seaport A Priceless Museum Artifact, But in the Ocean
​An American maritime museum took its most valuable object, a 19th-century whaling ship, on a grand tour last summer.
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Angelo DeSantis/Flickr How Turkeys Got Supersized
While the number of individual turkeys raised and slaughtered in the U.S. each year is declining, total production of turkey meat has remained stable—pound-wise.
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kundl/Flickr Why, Why Is Pepsi Testing Doritos-Flavored Mountain Dew?
A new frontier for junk food
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istolethetv/Flickr Dining Companion Size Influences Portion Size
Those eating with overweight people are more likely to serve themselves more and unhealthier food, a new study says.
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YouTube Whither Jack Bauer, America's World Cup Cheerleader?
ESPN's Group of Death promos were about grit. But the tournament's really been about luck.
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The Aspen Institute A Decade at the Aspen Ideas Festival
Highlights from recent years of The Atlantic's collaboration with the Aspen Institute
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Brian Hall/Mission 31 What It's Like to Live Underwater for 31 Days
Fabien Cousteau wants to change the way we think about the ocean.
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Al Goldis/AP The National Park Service Shoots Deer, Feeds Them to the Homeless
The organization's controversial approach to population control in D.C.'s Rock Creek Park
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AP 'Jellyballs' Are Serious Business
The controversy over the South's weird new fishing industry
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Noah Berger/Reuters How Oysters Can Protect Houses From Hurricanes
A new study shows that bivalves can make dynamic and cost-effective sea walls, a potentially valuable tool for protecting coastal communities from rising sea levels.
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Rebecca Blackwell/AP A Brief History of Exploding Whales
It happens! Pretty often, actually. And the results are ... really, really gross.
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Randal Olson The 5 U.S. Counties Where Racial Diversity Is Highest—and Lowest
Why are Alaska's Aleutian Islands so racially mixed? And other questions from a new map of U.S. populations.
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Kimberly Casey The Year Climate Change Closed Everest
As the world heats up, the Himalayas are becoming more volatile.
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MPAtlas.org A Blueprint for Protecting the World's Oceans
One percent of the global ocean is closed to fishing. Is that a good thing?
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David Gray/Reuters Charting Deaths on Mount Everest
Who dies where on Earth's highest mountain? An avalanche illustrates the disproportionate risks that Sherpas face in Himalayan expeditions.
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Colleen Kinder What's Wrong With Sentimentality?
A conversation with Leslie Jamison, author of The Empathy Exams
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Maersk Drilling How to Drill for Oil in the Brutal Conditions of the North Sea
The new generation of oil rigs: enormous, energy-conscious, and equipped with Internet cafes
