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Latest Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart Failure

Meerkats Keep Dropping Dead From Heart F...

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  52

The genomes of meerkats could help researchers solve some puzzles in human heart disease.

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Latest A Compelling Made-For-TV Reality Season

A Compelling Made-For-TV Reality Season

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  43

Culture and entertainment musts from Jinae West

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Latest Great-Power Politics Is Ruining the Olympics

Great-Power Politics Is Ruining the Olym...

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  46

The agency charged with keeping sports doping-free now seems vulnerable to manipulation by malign states.

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Latest The General Intendant’s Daughter

The General Intendant’s Daughter

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  49

A short story

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Latest How Drake Became White

How Drake Became White

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  44

White supremacists aren’t the only ones using race to undermine others’ identity and credibility.

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Latest 850 Bryant

850 Bryant

Vidcon   May 19, 2024  0  33

A poem for Sunday

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Latest How Hollywood Fell Short for the Fall Guys

How Hollywood Fell Short for the Fall Gu...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  40

Stunt work doesn’t have its own category at the Oscars. Here’s why that should change.

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Latest The Political Dysfunction Facing Congress

The Political Dysfunction Facing Congres...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  50

“We have a ways to go in our national devolution.”

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Latest The Algorithmic Radicalization of Taylor Swift

The Algorithmic Radicalization of Taylor...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  45

We’re all on the Eras Tour, forever.

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Latest Reaganomics Is on Its Last Legs

Reaganomics Is on Its Last Legs

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  47

Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods mark the decisive rejection of an economic orthodoxy that dominated American policy makin...

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Latest Free Trade Is Dead

Free Trade Is Dead

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  48

Joe Biden’s new tariffs on Chinese goods mark the decisive rejection of an economic orthodoxy that dominated American policy makin...

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Latest A Raunchy Comedy About … Pregnancy?

A Raunchy Comedy About … Pregnancy?

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  34

Babes isn’t perfect, but its refreshing candor still feels like an R-rated public service.

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Latest A Rat Purge Saved This Island

A Rat Purge Saved This Island

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  45

Eliminating the rodents was all it took to revive a seabird paradise.

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Latest The Power of Hearing Family Stories

The Power of Hearing Family Stories

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  58

Sometimes our loved ones need a nudge to share a bit more than they might’ve otherwise.

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Latest God’s Doctors

God’s Doctors

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  41

In rural Virginia, religious and community groups are filling cavities, treating diabetes, and stepping into a health-care void.

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Latest Taylor Swift Is a Skeleton Key to the Internet

Taylor Swift Is a Skeleton Key to the In...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  41

The algorithms work for her.

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Latest Why the Internet Is Boring Now

Why the Internet Is Boring Now

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  48

A conversation with Ian Bogost about how the web became a victim of its own success

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Latest Why Was Alito Flying the Flag Upside Down After January 6?

Why Was Alito Flying the Flag Upside Dow...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  44

Justice Alito blamed his wife for the incident, but he did not disavow what the symbol stands for.

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Latest Ladies and Gentlemen, the State of Things

Ladies and Gentlemen, the State of Thing...

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  47

Last night’s House Oversight Committee hearing marked a new low in American politics.

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Latest An Insurrectionist on the Supreme Court?

An Insurrectionist on the Supreme Court?

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  44

Justice Alito blamed his wife for the upside-down flag that flew outside his home just days after January 6. But he did not disavo...

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Latest The Toilet Theory of the Internet

The Toilet Theory of the Internet

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  51

Google is serving an audience that wants quick and easy results. That may lead to disaster.

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Latest The Spat That Made Congress Even Worse

The Spat That Made Congress Even Worse

Vidcon   May 18, 2024  0  42

Last night’s House Oversight Committee hearing marked a new low in American politics.

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Latest The Sad Desk Salad Is Getting Sadder

The Sad Desk Salad Is Getting Sadder

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  73

There isn’t always time for a lunch break. But there’s always arugula.

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Latest The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense

The UN’s Gaza Statistics Make No Sense

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  62

The actual death toll matters—first, because of the dignity of those killed or still living.

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Latest ‘An Entire Life Handed Over to Art’

‘An Entire Life Handed Over to Art’

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  47

Alice Munro’s death was an occasion to praise her life as a writer as much as her actual work.

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Latest Your Childhood Home Might Never Stop Haunting You

Your Childhood Home Might Never Stop Hau...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  61

Many of us feel pulled toward the places where we grew up. But it can be weird when old and new selves collide.

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Latest Giant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Vegetables Grow

Giant Heaps of Plastic Are Helping Veget...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  47

Plastic allows farmers to use less water and fertilizer. But at the end of each season, they’re left with a pile of waste.

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Latest The Gaza Death Toll Is Confusing and Unreliable

The Gaza Death Toll Is Confusing and Unr...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  39

These numbers matter—first, because of the dignity of those killed or still living.

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Latest The One Place in Airports People Actually Want to Be

The One Place in Airports People Actuall...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  56

Inside the competition to lure affluent travelers with luxurious lounges

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Latest The Airport-Lounge Arms Race

The Airport-Lounge Arms Race

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  78

Inside the ever more extravagant competition to lure affluent travelers

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Latest The Particular Melancholy of Visiting Your Childhood Home

The Particular Melancholy of Visiting Yo...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  47

Many of us feel pulled toward the places where we grew up. But it can be weird when old and new selves collide.

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Latest The ‘America First’ Chaos Caucus Is Forcing a Moment of Truth

The ‘America First’ Chaos Caucus Is Forc...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  51

Does the Republican Party still believe in American leadership abroad?

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Latest Photos of the Week: Dock Diving, Buddha Cleaning, Vapor Falls

Photos of the Week: Dock Diving, Buddha ...

Vidcon   May 17, 2024  0  63

Surgery at a teddy bear hospital in Germany, a performance at the Eurovision Song Contest in Sweden, coyote pups at an animal park...

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Latest The Funding Crisis Behind Teacher Layoffs

The Funding Crisis Behind Teacher Layoff...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  61

A looming deadline is already causing cuts in school budgets.

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Latest The Dream of Streaming Is Dead

The Dream of Streaming Is Dead

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  153

Bundles are back.

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Latest The Study-Abroad Accent Might Be the Real Deal

The Study-Abroad Accent Might Be the Rea...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  50

Our speech patterns can change with remarkable speed—if we want them to.

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Latest Accents Are Emotional

Accents Are Emotional

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  52

How we speak reflects what we feel—especially when it comes to regional accents.

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Latest No, No, No

No, No, No

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  41

Back to Black re-creates the tragedy of what happened to Amy Winehouse without trying to understand it.

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Latest Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2024

Winners of the GDT Nature Photographer o...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  51

A collection of winning and honored images from this year’s nature photo competition

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Latest Back to Bland

Back to Bland

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  46

A new biopic re-creates the tragedy of what happened to Amy Winehouse without trying to understand it.

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Latest The Cruel Social Experiment of Reality TV

The Cruel Social Experiment of Reality T...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  60

The new Hulu film about an atrocious moment in ’90s television is shocking, but revelatory.

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Latest The Sadistic History of Reality Television

The Sadistic History of Reality Televisi...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  54

The new Hulu film about an atrocious television experiment is shocking, but revelatory.

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Latest How to Be Your Best Despite the Passing Years

How to Be Your Best Despite the Passing ...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  39

There is no age or time of life that isn’t still an opportunity for personal progress.

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Latest New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuriatingly Pain-Free and Easy

New Male Contraceptives Could Be Infuria...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  48

Why don’t women have options like that?

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Latest The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolts Against Netanyahu

The Israeli Defense Establishment Revolt...

Vidcon   May 16, 2024  0  46

To appease his far-right flank, the prime minister has refused to commit to Palestinian governance of Gaza. Israel’s security figu...

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