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Catholics react to Pope Francis' document on family life

Hillary Clinton’s MetroCard Adventure: Swipe. Wince. Repeat. (Hil! You were taking the 4! Did you see how very crowded that line is even without your camera crew? Throw us a bone, if you get elected, do something about funding public transportation!)

Blood-brain barrier breakthrough reported by researchers

We analyzed the names of almost every Chinese restaurant in America. This is what we learned

The Unbearable Whiteness of Baseball

What Is the Answer to Zeno’s Paradox?

Curiosity leads us to seek out unpleasant, painful outcomes

Why Are America's Most Innovative Companies Still Stuck in 1950s Suburbia?

Language Loss in a Time of War

DEA considers dropping marijuana from most dangerous category of drugs in next three months

Americans Have Been Cursing at Automated Checkouts Since 1937

Where The Hell Is Upstate NY?

Taking the Politics Out of American History (and Out of A.P.)

Why Do Some Poor Kids Thrive?

I Hadn't Gone Through Puberty In My 20s: 6 Hellish Realities

From Retail Palace to Zombie Mall: How Efficiency Killed the Department Store

The downfall of Paul Tanaka and the collapse of the blue wall of silence

According to a new study acetaminophen could be impeding error-detection in the brain. (How I feel about studies about how bad acetaminophen is depends on whether or not I have my period. Right now it's "Tylenol is of the devil!" but in a few weeks I'll be staring at the clock waiting for my next dose. This may be a mistake. I know I won't care, and if this study is right, I may not even know.)

The War on Planned Parenthood

Our wasted food is a huge environmental problem – and it’s only getting worse

Louisiana Is Not Taking Its Public Defenders Crisis Seriously

Boy's trans-Atlantic text, fast police work save 15 migrants

Auschwitz guard's death deprives survivors of justice they hoped for

After Bangladesh slaying, US considers refuge for bloggers

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These Birds Can Sing Using Only Their Feathers

London has a Subterranean Veggie Farm in an Abandoned WWII Bunker

Watch Spider Jaws Move as Quickly as World's Fastest Runner

The Long Quest to Get Southerners to Stop Dueling

Future Solar Panels Will Generate Energy From Raindrops

More time in day nursery before age two is associated with higher cognitive scores at age four

The end of the Spanish siesta?

All the Colour they Left Behind

A basic ingredient of life, ribose, can form in comets, say researchers

Why Talented Black and Hispanic Students Can Go Undiscovered

Report: College Campus Attitudes Toward Free Speech Aren't What You Think

Who Decides If You're Too Young To Marry?

Coastal Cities Need to Radically Rethink How They Deal With Rising Waters

I'm an American living in Sweden. Here's why I came to embrace the higher taxes.

When Is It Okay To Dig Up The Dead?

Civic Education in the Age of Trump

A Filthy History: When New Yorkers Lived Knee-Deep in Trash

Human sacrifice helped ancient societies entrench class divide, study suggests

Inside America’s Auschwitz (DO NOT READ THE COMMENTS.)

Here's the latest travesty of secrecy from the NSA

Panama Papers vs NSA: How big is the latest leak?

From Panama to Sparta: A brief history of leaks

The Geography of Financial Secrecy

Wells Fargo admits deception in $1.2 billion U.S. mortgage accord

Earth Is Tipping Because of Climate Change

As Afghan war escalates, schools forced to close

Fates Diverging, Afghan and Syrian Migrants Clash in Greece