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Chris Wattie / Reuters Trump’s Implicit Defense of Alex Jones Is an Echo of Birtherism
In a Saturday tweetstorm, the president complained that “too many voices are being destroyed” by social media, amid an ongoing controversy about the conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’s use of Twitter.
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Denise Nestor The Nastiest Feud in Science
A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.
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Gary Cameron / Reuters An Admiral Speaks Out
An op-ed criticizing the president from the man responsible for the raid that killed Osama Bin Laden represents a startling intervention by a studiously non-political figure.
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This Is Anxiety
Stories from Atlantic readers on how to think about anxiety, what is helpful, and what isn't.
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Nate Steiner / Flickr Remember When You Could Call the Time?
You still can, and thousands of people do it every day.
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Robyn Beck / AFP / Getty What If a Female CEO Acted Like Elon Musk?
The Tesla CEO’s tearful New York Times interview reveals a lot about the double standards men and women face.
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Concept by Delcan & Co; photograph by The ... The Cognitive Biases Tricking Your Brain
Science suggests we’re hardwired to delude ourselves. Can we do anything about it?
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Stefan Rousseau / Reuters Can Britain Deal With ‘No Deal’?
The British government says it is prepared to crash out of the European Union—but a warning from its new foreign secretary suggests that isn’t true.
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Lee Celano / Reuters Dude, She’s (Exactly 25 Percent) Out of Your League
A massive new study of online dating finds that everyone dates aspirationally—and that a woman’s desirability peaks 32 years before a man’s does.
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Christopher DeLorenzo How to Make Friends, According to Science
To begin, don’t dismiss the humble acquaintance.
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AFP / Getty / The Atlantic China Is Going to Outrageous Lengths to Surveil Its Own Citizens
New tech—including drones disguised as birds—can be a nightmare for Muslims in particular.
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Justin Metz How Trump Radicalized ICE
A long-running inferiority complex, vast statutory power, a chilling new directive from the top—inside America’s unfolding immigration tragedy
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Mike Hutchings / Reuters The World’s Failure in Rwanda Changed Kofi Annan’s Worldview
The former UN secretary general became a proponent of diplomatic interventions to alleviate human suffering. Annan died Saturday at the age of 80.
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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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Chase Dekker Wild-Life Images / Getty What a Grieving Orca Tells Us
People know a famous community of killer whales as individuals, with their own names, families, and personalities—which has made their woes even harder to take.
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Vidhya Nagarajan Are Cities Making Animals Smarter?
A mysterious wild cat in Sri Lanka may hold a clue.
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Sputnik Photo Agency / Reuters Putin’s Weekend of Trolling
It’s always awkward when he meets with Angela Merkel.
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Jackie Lay The Toxins That Threaten Our Brains
Leading scientists recently identified a dozen chemicals as being responsible for widespread behavioral and cognitive problems. But the scope of the chemical dangers in our environment is likely even greater. Why children and the poor are most susceptible to neurotoxic exposure that may be costing the U.S. billions of dollars and immeasurable peace of mind.
