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The end of the American Chinatown - How renewed interest in downtown living is threatening neighborhoods that long provided a first stop for new immigrants
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Stop trusting viral videos
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The weight I carry - What it’s like to be too big in America
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Some plants “hear” through flowers. A study found petals vibrated in response to recordings of a bee’s wingbeats, leading plants to sweeten their nectar.
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A new book describes Hunter S. Thompson’s prescience. “Trump is present on every page, even though he’s never mentioned once,” the author says.
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The real roots of American rage - How anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it
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A sea story
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What should America do with its empty church buildings?
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A break in the quest for the quantum speed limit
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A break in the quest for the quantum speed limit
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American exorcism
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Is science stagnant? Despite vast increases in the time and money spent on research, scientific progress is barely keeping pace with the past
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At 63, I threw away my prized portrait of Robert E. Lee
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The problem with being perfect
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American Nazis in the 1930s—The German American Bund
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My grandfather thought he solved a cosmic mystery
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The end of cheap shipping from China - The White House wants to put an end to low-cost shipping from overseas
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How Manhattan became a rich ghost town
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The man who broke politics: Newt Gingrich turned partisan battles into bloodsport, wrecked Congress, and paved the way for Trump's rise. Now he's reveling in his achievements.
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When a DNA test reveals your daughter is not your biological child
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When pop-up books taught popular science
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Alexa, should we trust you?
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New technology favors tyranny. Yuval Noah Harrari on artificial intelligence, democracy, and the bigger picture
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Raised by YouTube - The platform’s entertainment for children is weirder—and more globalized—than adults could have expected
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How well-intentioned White families can perpetuate racism
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The Brutal Truth About Climate Change: William T. Vollmann’s latest opus is brilliant, but it offers no comfort to its readers
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Elon Musk is his own worst enemy
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Cats are no match for New York City’s rats
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Amazon is invading your home with micro-convenience
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US President Donald Trump's China trade war isn't a 'new Cold War'
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"American democracy is in crisis" - Hillary Clinton
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How useful is the Apple Watch's heart-monitoring feature?
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China is treating Islam like a mental illness
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What happens when your bomb-defusing robot becomes a weapon
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China’s new frontiers in dystopian tech
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Why the left is so afraid of Jordan Peterson
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Dinosaur wars: Scientists behaving badly
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Dude, she’s (exactly twenty-five percent) out of your league
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The burnout crisis in American medicine
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The nastiest feud in science - What caused the dinosaur extinction?
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Since the 1960s, dictionaries have cataloged how people actually use language, not how they should. That might be changing.
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The James Webb Space Telescope and NASA's culture of optimism
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A breakthrough way to see distant planets
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The authors who love Amazon
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The Elon Musk impersonators of the internet - For cryptocurrency scammers, imitation is the sincerest form of fraud
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When a DNA test shatters your identity
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In pictures: Afriski, Lesotho's only ski resort
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Enforcing the law is inherently violent
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Anti-vaxxers are targeting a vaccine for a virus deadlier than ebola
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