ARCHIVE:
Explainer
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How Many Times Can You Recycle a Piece of Paper?
And why does China buy your crumpled Christmas-present wrappings?
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Is the Second Amendment the Second Most Important?
The order of the Bill of Rights is an argument for gun control.
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Does Anyone Still Practice the Mayan Religion?
If the world ends Friday, someone should get to take the credit.
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Where Can I Fire My Gun?
A mini-Explainer on how states regulate the discharge of firearms.
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Why Is the NRA So Powerful?
How the gun lobby leverages modest resources into outsized influence.
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The Unanswered Questions, 2012 Edition
Why do the rich and famous always sunbathe topless? Plus other bafflers from the Explainer's year-end roundup.
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Is John Boehner Allowed To Lower the Flag to Half-Staff?
A mini-Explainer on who controls the height of Old Glory.
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Whose Smile Is It, Anyway?
Can researchers reconstruct the smile of the real Mona Lisa from skeletal remains?
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Why Are Anti-Union Laws Called “Right To Work”?
A mini-Explainer on the history of management’s favorite political catchphrase.
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Is It Better To See a Younger Doctor or an Older Doctor?
A mini-Explainer on youth versus experience in medical practice.
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The Season of Renewal and Suicide
Why are people more likely to kill themselves in springtime than during the holidays?
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Rocky Mountain Contact High
A mini-Explainer on the potency of secondhand marijuana smoke.
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Can You Really Drink Yourself Blind?
Bonus: Can you cure yourself by drinking even more?
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