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Herbert Heinsche / Gilles Baechler / Shutterstock / ... When a Mars Simulation Goes Wrong
A recent mission atop a Hawaiian volcano shows humans still have much to learn before they set foot on another world.
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Bettmann / Getty But, Seriously, Where Are the Aliens?
Humanity may be as few as 10 years away from discovering evidence of extraterrestrial life. Once we do, it will only deepen the mystery of where alien intelligence might be hiding.
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All photos courtesy of Alex Tizon and his ... My Family’s Slave
She lived with us for 56 years. She raised me and my siblings without pay. I was 11, a typical American kid, before I realized who she was.
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Shutterstock / Blue Planet Studio Instagram’s Wannabe-Stars Are Driving Luxury Hotels Crazy
Hotels are being forced to figure out how to work with a new class of brand-peddling marketers.
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Edmon de Haro The Dangers of Distracted Parenting
When it comes to children’s development, parents should worry less about kids’ screen time—and more about their own.
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Andrew Harnik / AP Schrödinger’s Coat
The 20th century witnessed the rise of the media event. The 21st, with its tan suits and swatted hands and flippant Zara outerwear, is bringing a new spin to the old idea.
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Axel Bueckert / Shutterstock A Landmark Study on the Origins of Alcoholism
By studying rats in a smarter way, scientists are finally learning something useful about why some drinkers become addicted and others don’t.
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Craig Cutler The 9.9 Percent Is the New American Aristocracy
The class divide is already toxic, and is fast becoming unbridgeable. You’re probably part of the problem.
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Mayuko Fujino The Weird, Ever-Evolving Story of DNA
Carl Zimmer’s sprawling new book, She Has Her Mother’s Laugh, forces readers to reconsider what they think they know about genetics and heredity.
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Maciek Jasik When Children Say They’re Trans
Hormones? Surgery? The choices are fraught—and there are no easy answers.
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Edgard Garrido / Reuters The Republican Party Moves From Family Values to White Nationalism
The migrant crisis signals an end to one era for the GOP—and the terrifying start of a new one.
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Yves Herman / Reuters How Do You Know When It's Officially a Trade War?
New tariffs come with new threats as the downward spiral continues.
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Leah Millis / Reuters It’s Not the Holocaust
Trump’s family-separation policy is horrible, but equating it with genocide is both historically and strategically misguided.
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MirageC / Getty Disposable America
A history of modern capitalism from the perspective of the straw. Seriously.
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William Faden / John H. Levine Collection / ... I Detransitioned. But Not Because I Wasn't Trans.
In almost every classroom in America are maps that encourage students to consider the vast world that surrounds them. Why are people so afraid of what will happen if young people are inspired to think through their own identity?
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Owen Freeman An Extraordinarily Expensive Way to Fight ISIS
The tale of a bombing raid in the Libyan desert, pitting stealth bombers and 500-pound bombs against 70 ragtag fighters
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Youtube Beyoncé and Jay-Z’s New Vision of Gender in ‘Apeshit’
In their recently released music video and collaborative album, the Carters show just how much their dynamic as a couple has evolved.
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Fox News / Reuters What Krauthammer Meant to Conservatives of My Generation
He wasn’t only an influential columnist and essayist; he was emblematic of his times.
