The XX Factor

Are You Team JLaw or Team Lupita? A Roundtable Conversation.

How PowerPoint Is Ruining Higher Ed, Explained in One PowerPoint

Now You Can Generate Your Own Travoltified Name, Like "Adele Dazeem"

I Opted My Kids Out of Standardized Tests. Then My Education Began.

Does Opposing Gay Marriage Make You A Bigot? No.

Future Tense

It's Surprisingly Easy to Make a Cryptocurrency

How Gay Issues Could Save the French Left From an Embarrassing Electoral Defeat

Slatest PM: Russia Threatens to Shut Off Ukraine's Gas

The Yellow King Unveiled! Five Theories, in the Style of True Detective Magazine.

Is Wes Anderson's Gorgeous Nostalgia Trip a Journey Worth Taking? Four Critics Discuss.

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The World

The Sochi Paralympics Could Be the Political Showdown the Olympics Were Supposed to Be

An Interview With Chile’s Incoming President, Michelle Bachelet

Why CPAC Isn’t Really About Grassroots Conservatives

CPAC2014: Mitch McConnell’s Challenger Does Six Interviews in Five Yards

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Brow Beat

The Yellow King Unveiled! Five Theories, in the Style of True Detective Magazine.

Is Wes Anderson's Gorgeous Nostalgia Trip a Journey Worth Taking? Four Critics Discuss.

Here’s What John Oliver’s New Show Will Be Like

Dominique Ansel’s New Cookie Cups Are Probably Not the New Cronut

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Future Tense

It's Surprisingly Easy to Make a Cryptocurrency

Judge Clears Path for Beer-Delivery Drones—Almost

The Thirsty West: Arizona May Be California’s Future

U.K.’s “War on Porn” Leader Arrested on Allegations Related to Child Porn

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The Edgy Optimist

How Much Does the Unemployment Rate Tell Us About the Economy? Not as Much as We Think.

Good News: Unemployment Is Up!

The Real Founder of Bitcoin May Have Just Surfaced to Deny the Newsweek Report

Frack You, Putin! Could the U.S. Battle Russia With Natural Gas Exports?

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Outward

How Gay Issues Could Save the French Left From an Embarrassing Electoral Defeat

The "Can't Get There From Here" Railroad Map of 1854 New England

Look at These Scary Sculptures to Determine Your Life's Purpose

The Man Who Helped Dig a Secret Tunnel Under the Berlin Wall

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Medical Examiner

Sorry, Yoga Won’t Cure Your Asthma. Or Your Schizophrenia. Or Your …

Take a High-Res Dip in the Big Dipper

Denial River: How Warm Waters Melted Arctic Ice and Froze Reality

I’ve Consumed Hundreds of Raw Eggs and Have Never Gotten Salmonella Poisoning. Here’s Why.

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The XX Factor

Are You Team JLaw or Team Lupita? A Roundtable Conversation.

What Happened to the Military Sexual Assault Bill in the Senate on Thursday?

Hey, Creeps: It's Legal to Take Pictures Up a Woman's Skirt

Shorter, Fatter "Average Barbie" Is No Match for the Original

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Sports Nut

Will Adidas’ New World Cup Ball, the Brazuca, Fly Straight or Swerve Like Mad?

Forget the 43-Yard Point After Touchdown Kick. Presenting the Extra Hail Mary.

Children Should Not Be Allowed to Head a Soccer Ball

How the NBC Doc Nancy & Tonya Alters Our Perception of Figure Skating’s Greatest Scandal

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Video

Video: A Massive Volcanic Eruption on Jupiter Moon’s Io

The Game of Thrones Mixtape, HBO's Curious Marketing Experiment

Where Do Sea Turtles Go in Their “Lost Years”?

 An Orphaned Pelican Takes Flight for the First Time—With a GoPro Attached to Its Beak

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Behold

This Port-a-Potty Is the First Sign Things Are Going to Change

The Wild and Colorful World of Ballroom Dancers

The Secret Lives of Afghanistan’s Female Poets

Capturing the Quiet Beauty of Baseball

The Audio Book Club

Is Slaughterhouse-Five a Rambunctious Countercultural Lark or a Document of Severe Depression?

Danah Boyd Discusses It’s Complicated

Has Putin Lost Touch With Reality?

Does a More Equal Marriage Really Mean Less Sex?

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