Kent Sepkowitz

Kent Sepkowitz is a physician in New York City who writes about medicine.

The Slatest

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Texas Teen Avoids Prison After Defense Claims He Was Too Rich to Know Better

Newtown Sparked a Revolution in Data Collection That Could Actually Reduce Death by Guns in America

Students Hate Writing Papers. Professors Hate Grading Papers. Let’s Stop Assigning Them.

The Eye

Making a Life-Size Origami Elephant

This Is the Real Reason Why Strippers Hate Their Jobs

Twitter Can't Decide Whether to Let You "Block" Or "Mute" Harassers. Why Not Offer Both?

Amazon Wants to Charge You $2.50 to Not Get a Physical CD

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Crime

This Is the Real Reason Why Strippers Hate Their Jobs

The Special Challenges of a Middle-Income Failed State

Now We Panic About the Senate Maybe Not Approving the Budget Deal

The Supreme Court of India’s Shockingly Bad Gay-Rights Decision

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Brow Beat

James Bond Is an Alcoholic, Scientists Conclude

Intriguing Photos of Suburban McMansions Around the World

Did Beyoncé Just Pull the Best Stunt Ever?

American Hustle: Somewhere between a raunchy All the President’s Men and an emo Goodfellas.

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Future Tense

Facebook Wants to Know Why You’re Self-Censoring Your Posts

Yahoo Mail Could Be Marissa Mayer’s Waterloo

The One Big Flaw in Instagram's New Private-Messaging App

What Educational Video Games Can Learn From Chess, Checkers, and Mancala

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Moneybox

Amazon Wants to Charge You $2.50 to Not Get a Physical CD

Visa's Amazing "Black Card" Scam

Something for Wall Street to Be Sad About

How Beyoncé Got Us to Pay for Music

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The Eye

Making a Life-Size Origami Elephant

Nineteenth-Century Dog Tags ... for Civilians

Do We Give Straight Allies Too Much Recognition for Their Support?

Einstein's 1941 Letter to Eleanor Roosevelt, Begging Asylum for Jewish Refugees

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Bad Astronomy

How to Watch the Geminid Meteor Shower Tonight

Seahorses Are Stealthy, Brutally Effective Assassins

If Picasso Had Painted in Black and White … on the Moon

Possible Geyser of Water Seen Erupting From Jupiter’s Moon Europa

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The XX Factor

Twitter Can't Decide Whether to Let You "Block" Or "Mute" Harassers. Why Not Offer Both?

Jet Lag and Kids Are Not a Good Mix. Here’s How to Avoid the Dreaded 4 a.m. Wake-Up.

Kirsten Gillibrand Will “Cut Your Nuts Off”: In Praise of New York’s Junior Senator

Michigan Largely Bans Insurance Coverage for Abortion, With No Rape Exception

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Sports Nut

How Impressive Was Matt Prater’s NFL Record 64-Yard Field Goal?

How Will the United States Fare in the World Cup’s Group of Death?

How Did Jameis Winston Evade a Rape Charge?

Ted Williams Had a Perfect Swing and a Complicated Life

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Dear Prudence

Help! Is It Really Bad for Me to Show a Little Bra Strap at Work?

Help! My Sister Won’t Honor the One Condition I Placed on Her Interest-Free Loan.

How Much Can Rick Grimes Whisper-Yell on The Walking Dead? A Raspy Supercut.

Help! My Husband Moans and Groans Whenever I Want to Cut My Hair Short.

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Behold

Intriguing Photos of Suburban McMansions Around the World

Capturing the Texas Tradition of Homecoming Mum Exchange

The Mushroom Hunters of Oregon's Cascade Range

A Photographic Journey Through Apartheid in Nelson Mandela’s South Africa

Why Don’t Men Have Any Friends?

Were Textiles the Internet of the 16th Century?

Will a "Logical" Language Make You Think More Logically?

The Flipped Classroom: Lectures at Night, Homework at School

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