Why Do Many Reasonable People Doubt Science?

On living in an age when scientific knowledge about vaccinations and climate change are put into question.

Published: Feb 23, 2015
Length: 13 minutes (3,487 words)

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.

Source: Priceonomics
Published: Feb 19, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,278 words)

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.

Source: Longreads
Published: Feb 22, 2015

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?

Source: Mother Jones
Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 25 minutes (6,270 words)

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.

Source: Walrus Magazine
Published: Mar 1, 2015
Length: 14 minutes (3,660 words)

Young, Attractive, and Totally Not Into Having Sex

Demisexuals, gray-asexuals, and other sexual identities on the spectrum.

Source: Wired
Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 9 minutes (2,294 words)

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.

Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 40 minutes (10,100 words)

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.

Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 26 minutes (6,515 words)

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.

Source: Mosaic Science
Published: Feb 17, 2015
Length: 20 minutes (5,220 words)

Extra, Extra

Inside the strange, often lucrative world of Hollywood background actors.

Source: LA Weekly
Published: Feb 18, 2015
Length: 16 minutes (4,120 words)