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Latest The First Three Months

The First Three Months

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  56

What I saw inside the government’s response to COVID-19

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Latest The Motivated Ignorance of Trump Supporters

The Motivated Ignorance of Trump Support...

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  47

Trump supporters can’t claim they didn’t know

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Latest Most Life on Earth Is Dormant Right Now

Most Life on Earth Is Dormant Right Now

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  45

Cells can go from wide awake to fast asleep in an instant.

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Latest A Small Island Amid Major Tension

A Small Island Amid Major Tension

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  34

A remote outpost of the Philippines in the South China Sea is on the front line of potential geopolitical conflict.

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Latest <em>House of the Dragon</em> Is Bolder, Nastier—And Harder to Watch

<em>House of the Dragon</em> Is Bolder, ...

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  36

In Season 2, the show comes close to being great. But it keeps making the same mistake.

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Latest The Perfect-Length Movie

The Perfect-Length Movie

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  41

Culture and entertainment musts from Evan McMurry

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Latest The Overlooked (But Real) Possibility of a Big Democratic Win

The Overlooked (But Real) Possibility of...

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  38

Both moderates and progressives are pushing the Biden campaign to get more ambitious.

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Latest When Are Trump Supporters Complicit?

When Are Trump Supporters Complicit?

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  41

Trump supporters and the power of motivated ignorance.

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Latest Night Terrors

Night Terrors

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  35

Published in The Atlantic in 1995

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Latest The Eerie Silence Over Brexit

The Eerie Silence Over Brexit

Vidcon   Jun 16, 2024  0  39

How did the biggest argument in British politics simply … vanish?

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Latest My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial Complex

My Encounter With the Fantasy-Industrial...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  32

Online conspiracy theorists turned me into “CIA Renee”

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Latest How I Became ‘CIA Renee’

How I Became ‘CIA Renee’

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  30

What happened when online fantasists turned my long-ago college internship into a cloak-and-dagger story

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Latest The Quest to Make Flying More Comfortable

The Quest to Make Flying More Comfortabl...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  58

Being on a plane is not likely to feel great—no matter what you bring aboard with you.

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Latest Stingrays Are a Bigger Threat Than Sharks

Stingrays Are a Bigger Threat Than Shark...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  44

But scientists have found a way to step on them without getting stung.

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Latest How to Step on a Stingray Without Getting Stung

How to Step on a Stingray Without Gettin...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  62

Their attacks are more preventable than scientists once thought.

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Latest The Humbling of Narendra Modi

The Humbling of Narendra Modi

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  33

Indian voters handed him a victory that feels more like defeat.

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Latest An All-American Hot-Dog Controversy

An All-American Hot-Dog Controversy

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  50

What happens when you combine franks, the Fourth of July, a sponsorship dispute, and a Netflix special?

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Latest You Have Every Reason to Avoid Breathing Wildfire Smoke

You Have Every Reason to Avoid Breathing...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  37

The hazards are only becoming clearer; what the U.S. will do to protect people is not.

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Latest The Era of Inescapable AI

The Era of Inescapable AI

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  50

Apple’s latest move normalizes the controversial technology.

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Latest A Generation of AI Guinea Pigs

A Generation of AI Guinea Pigs

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  65

AI is quickly becoming a regular part of children's lives. What happens next?

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Latest Wildfire Smoke Is a Public-Health Emergency

Wildfire Smoke Is a Public-Health Emerge...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  35

The hazards are only becoming clearer; what the U.S. will do to protect people is not.

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Latest Kids Are Getting the Full Blast of Generative AI

Kids Are Getting the Full Blast of Gener...

Vidcon   Jun 15, 2024  0  49

Tech companies are creating a generation of AI guinea pigs.

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Latest For Hamas, Everything Is Going According to Plan

For Hamas, Everything Is Going According...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  35

Why accept a peace proposal when the goal is “permanent war”?

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Latest What Writer’s Block Feels Like

What Writer’s Block Feels Like

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  43

Being stuck is a regular affliction when you do this work for a living, though it can affect anyone who just has to write an email...

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Latest One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern Life

One Satellite Crash Could Upend Modern L...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  39

The Big One in orbit might take many forms. All of them could be disastrous.

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Latest The Most Influential Climate-Disaster Thriller of All Time

The Most Influential Climate-Disaster Th...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  41

Twister captivated America and sparked a subgenre. Its director thought it could never be remade. Can Twisters conjure the energy ...

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Latest Rachel Cusk’s Lonely Experiment

Rachel Cusk’s Lonely Experiment

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  34

First she abandoned plot in her fiction; now characters must go.

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Latest Americans Are Mad About All the Wrong Costs

Americans Are Mad About All the Wrong Co...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  42

Don’t complain about the cost of a Big Mac. Complain about the cost of a house.

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Latest The Real Problem With Prices

The Real Problem With Prices

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  61

Don’t be mad about the cost of a Big Mac. Be mad about the cost of a house.

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Latest The ‘Jimmy Clean Hands’ Election

The ‘Jimmy Clean Hands’ Election

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  33

Criticizing Trump without trying to stop him is meaningless.

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Latest The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than Harlem

The Harlem Renaissance Was Bigger Than H...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  49

How Black artists made modernism their own

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Latest A Novel Without Characters

A Novel Without Characters

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  36

Rachel Cusk’s lonely experiment

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Latest Tornado Watch

Tornado Watch

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  49

How Lee Isaac Chung reimagined Twister, one of the biggest climate-disaster thrillers of all time

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Latest Boston Should Rename Its Airport for Bill Russell

Boston Should Rename Its Airport for Bil...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  28

It’s high time the city properly recognized its greatest sports champion, a civil-rights hero who endured horrific racism during h...

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Latest Photos of the Week: River Violin, Stuffed Bear, Laser Run

Photos of the Week: River Violin, Stuffe...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  37

Blackout conditions in parts of Ukraine, whale watching on the Australian coast, flooding in parts of southern Florida, fencers in...

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Latest The “Jimmy Clean Hands” Election

The “Jimmy Clean Hands” Election

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  41

Criticizing Trump without trying to stop him is meaningless.

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Latest <em>Bridgerton</em> Faces the Limits of Romantic Fantasy

<em>Bridgerton</em> Faces the Limits of ...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  35

The result is a wittier, more biting show in Season 3.

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Latest What Children Remember About Their Fathers

What Children Remember About Their Fathe...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  43

A reading list on fatherhood and the memories that stick

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Latest The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball

The Secret Code of Pickup Basketball

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  51

The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?

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Latest Donald Trump’s Message to Milwaukee

Donald Trump’s Message to Milwaukee

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  46

“Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city,” the former president reportedly told congressional Republican...

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Latest The Decline of Streaking

The Decline of Streaking

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  48

Naked runners used to disrupt events seemingly all the time. Why’d they stop?

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Latest 50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1974

50 Years Ago in Photos: A Look Back at 1...

Vidcon   Jun 14, 2024  0  38

Half a century ago, President Richard Nixon resigned from office, streaking took off as a fad, the stuntman Evel Knievel attempted...

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Latest Is There Any American City Donald Trump Won’t Insult?

Is There Any American City Donald Trump ...

Vidcon   Jun 13, 2024  0  56

“Milwaukee, where we are having our convention, is a horrible city,” the former president reportedly told congressional Republican...

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Latest The Golden Age of Streaking Is Over

The Golden Age of Streaking Is Over

Vidcon   Jun 13, 2024  0  58

Naked runners used to disrupt events seemingly all the time. Why’d they stop?

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Latest The Paradox of Pickup Basketball

The Paradox of Pickup Basketball

Vidcon   Jun 13, 2024  0  40

The game presents a social problem: How does one find comity among a group of jostling strangers?

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