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Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

Dylan Hollingsworth If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long, slow trek down the school's…
AUTHOR:Luke Darby
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2013
LENGTH: 3 minutes (945 words)

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3. Why Is Science Behind a Paywall? Alex Mayyasi | Priceonomics | May 10, 2013 | 12 minutes (3,246 words) Why is scientific research still stuck in a model that requires that work be published in a…

Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long, slow trek down the school's single hallway,…
AUTHOR:Luke Darby
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4252 words)

Lyndon Baty and the Robot That Saved Him

If he has his act together, Lyndon has already powered on in the copy room by the time the bell for first period rings, and has already begun the long, slow trek down the school's single hallway,…
AUTHOR:Luke Darby
PUBLISHED: May 14, 2013
LENGTH: 17 minutes (4258 words)

The Bizarre Life and Troubling Death of DarkSide, the Dallas Rave Church That Never Was

The Lord had chosen an unlikely vehicle for his message to John Wayne. But when John learned he'd been DJing in a church, he knew it was a message from above. John grew up Pentecostal in Waco, at a…
PUBLISHED: April 9, 2013
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6091 words)

The Rise of the Texas Atheist

It's a warm fall morning near the Texas State Capitol's south steps, and there's a fight brewing. Mark Graham Zach Moore is the non-spiritual leader of Dallas' growing atheist movement.
PUBLISHED: Dec. 4, 2012
LENGTH: 20 minutes (5109 words)

Obama & Romney's Country-Club Sopranos

Patrick Faricy You wouldn't know it by watching the news or reading the paper, but America's banks are on the largest crime spree the country has ever known. Let's go to the highlight reel, shall we?…
AUTHOR:Pete Kotz
PUBLISHED: Oct. 31, 2012
LENGTH: 3 minutes (957 words)

If Only T. Boone Pickens Had Died

One morning in September 2007, billionaire oilman T. Boone Pickens and 27 men and women gathered in the lobby of Oklahoma State University’s Gallagher-Iba Arena to celebrate that they…
PUBLISHED: Oct. 4, 2012
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2582 words)

Brek Shea and the Making of an American Soccer Star*

People die in this weather. But everyone — the videographers, the media interns, the public relations director, the journalist — is out here sweating through their shirts in the FC…
PUBLISHED: July 18, 2012
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5482 words)
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