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Reasonable Doubt
Not Knowing Is OK
Not Knowing Is OK
Reasonable doubt is something to embrace
Siobhan O'Connor
Feb 4, 2019
Inside Baby Autism YouTube
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Inside Baby Autism YouTube
There’s a fine line between educational vlogging and fearmongering. I went down the rabbit hole.
Kelsey Osgood
Feb 27, 2019
Inside Valerie Plame’s Spy Convention
Inside Valerie Plame’s Spy Convention
Ex-CIA spooks clash over Russiagate while lunching on enchiladas
Nina Burleigh
Feb 18, 2019
Why Americans Need to Believe in Monsters
Why Americans Need to Believe in Monsters
As many Americans believe in Bigfoot as the Big Bang, and more believe every passing year. That explains a lot.
William Giraldi
Feb 15, 2019
Meet the Mormon Transhumanists Seeking Salvation in the Singularity
Meet the Mormon Transhumanists Seeking Salvation in the Singularity
Transhumanism is bringing some young Mormons back into the fold
Erin Clare Brown
Feb 14, 2019
The Sneaker Swindle: Inside the Crusade to Sniff Out Fakes
The Sneaker Swindle: Inside the Crusade to Sniff Out Fakes
What are thooose?
Tom Bartlett
Feb 13, 2019
How a Bear Triggered an Epic Fight Over the Inner Lives of Animals
How a Bear Triggered an Epic Fight Over the Inner Lives of Animals
A private zoo owner thought he was taking perfectly good care of his bear. Activists say he was torturing her. An epic fight ensued.
chris sweeney
Feb 13, 2019
The Battle for the Soul of America in Garden City, Kansas
The Battle for the Soul of America in Garden City, Kansas
The Somali refugees living in a small small meatpacking town in Kansas loved America. But so did the locals who tried to kill them.
Michael Scott Moore
Feb 13, 2019
My Name Is Ahmed. Am I White?
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My Name Is Ahmed. Am I White?
The law says yes. My experience says otherwise.
Ahmed Kabil
Feb 12, 2019
He Was Supposed to Be the Next Stephen King. Then the Aliens Came.
He Was Supposed to Be the Next Stephen King. Then the Aliens Came.
Reclusive writer Whitley Strieber reflects on his career — and ‘the visitors’ that interrupted it
Drew Millard
Feb 11, 2019
The Science of Miracles
The Science of Miracles
Is God all in our heads—a product of brain chemistry? Or is the human brain like a radio that can tune into the divine?
Barbara Bradley Hagerty
Feb 7, 2019
Why Fears of Fake News Are Overhyped
Why Fears of Fake News Are Overhyped
A top political scientist reveals new research showing a sharp drop-off in fake news since 2016
Brendan Nyhan
Feb 4, 2019
America’s Enduring Obsession With UFOs
America’s Enduring Obsession With UFOs
How the media keeps extraterrestrial infatuation top of mind
keith.kloor
Feb 4, 2019
Trump Is a Mental Health Story
Trump Is a Mental Health Story
Reporters need to stop covering him as if he’s strictly a political one
Amanda Ripley
Feb 4, 2019
Get Ready for a Wave of Cowardly Super Bowl Ads
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Get Ready for a Wave of Cowardly Super Bowl Ads
Selling yourself in the age of anger means trying to be as bland as possible
Jessica Powell
Jan 28, 2019
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