Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?
On living in an age when scientific knowledge about vaccinations and climate change are put into question.
The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman
Marilyn vos Savant, a former child prodigy and the “world’s smartest woman,” according to the Guinness Book of World Records, had carved out a niche for herself as an advice columnist for Parade magazine. It was in the body of one of these columns that she politely answered a reader’s inquiry on a probability puzzle, and then all hell broke loose.
Inside the Advertising Industry: A Reading List
From fashion bloggers to food “fluffers,” it takes a village to make you want to buy stuff. Why do some brands connect with us, while others take us by surprise or make us angry? Here are six stories examining the advertising industry.
The Shockingly Simple, Surprisingly Cost-Effective Way to End Homelessness
In the past 9 years, Utah decreased the number of homeless by 72 percent. Their tactic is shockingly simple: provide housing, with no strings attached. Can the Housing First model be replicated across the country?
My Prescribed Life
Emily Landau started taking Zoloft after having a nervous breakdown at age 10. Here, she reflects on what it means to come of age on antidepressants, and the impact of SSRIs on the formation of the self.
Young, Attractive, and Totally Not Into Having Sex
Demisexuals, gray-asexuals, and other sexual identities on the spectrum.
The Boys Who Loved Birds
Can an eco-corridor inhabit the no-man’s land that once separated Western Europe from the Eastern Bloc? Kai Frobel thinks so.
The National Front’s Post-Charlie Hebdo Moment
The National Front, a French ultranationalist fringe party once known for its ties to anti-Semitism, is shedding its controversial image and gaining momentum.
Hunting the Silent Killer
Hepatitis C—often called the “silent killer” because it can progress unnoticed and diagnosed for decades—has a cure. The problem is finding those who need it.
Extra, Extra
Inside the strange, often lucrative world of Hollywood background actors.
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