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The Beautifully Empty Mind of Will Ferrell

March 6, 2012 10:00 AM ET Will Ferrell puts his breast foot forward. Peter Yang Last night, just as he was going to sleep, Will Ferrell started worrying about ghosts. Like, what if, right now, a gh
PUBLISHED: March 6, 2012
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1445 words)

The Lessons of ValuJet 592

As a reconstruction of this terrible crash suggests, in complex systems some accidents may be "normal" -- and trying to prevent them all could even make operations more dangerous
PUBLISHED: March 1, 1998
LENGTH: 12 minutes (3036 words)

How to Turn Republicans and Democrats Into Americans

Angry and frustrated, American voters went to the polls in November 2010 to take back their country. Just as they had done in 2008. And 2006. And repeatedly for decades,…
LENGTH: 3 minutes (915 words)

How fringe religious groups helped launch the healthy eating movement.

Sri ChinmoyNear the buffet at Annam Brahma (Sanskrit for "food is God"), a white-robed Bengali man played the flute on a muted TV. As I sat down to eat vegetarian curries and a fresh, crunchy salad,…
PUBLISHED: June 1, 2011
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2187 words)

Unearthing a hidden melody.

The Rosslyn Chapel's 213 stone cubes were carved when Leonardo da Vinci and Christopher Columbus were schoolboys. Construction on the chapel began in 1456, about 50 years before the printing…
PUBLISHED: May 18, 2011
LENGTH: 4 minutes (1193 words)
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