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Can New Research Validate Women’s Pain?
The X chromosome holds compelling answers to the autoimmune disease epidemic in women
Jordan Rosenfeld
Dec 14
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Want To Be Happier? How to Take Charge of Your Thoughts
“We do not know what a thought is, yet we’re thinking them all the time.” — Ani Tenzin Palmo
Marta Brzosko
Dec 12
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The Work of Art in the Age of Algorithmic Reproduction
As artificial intelligence seeps into our lives, artists are exploring AI both as a tool and in its impact on our humanness.
Thomas McMullan
Dec 12
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Barry Goldwater: The Birth (and Rebirth) of the Republican Party’s Dark Side
1968 Reduxed and Revisited: Look How Far We’ve Come (That Was Sarcasm) — Part 1 of 5
John Fisher
Dec 12
In case you missed it
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The Age of Incompetence
What happens when we realize no one’s in control?
Henry Wismayer
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Jeremiad
Dec 13
One Hour — Short Story
John focused hard. He’d done one jump before, but it was always across the room to grab something. Or maybe across the street if he was…
Gerald Reid
Nov 30
The Long Hard Road
A portraiture of the Absurd and the Damned
Joseph Chibike
Nov 30
We’re Shittiest To The Ones We Love
Because love makes us vulnerable, which feels insecure
Kris Gage
Dec 1
Seeing Your Parents As…People
The holidays, those time-warped and distorted periods of time when we’re forced (or force ourselves) to spend time with family, can, for…
A Maguire
Nov 26
What You Need to Know About the Future of Bitcoin Technology
Bitcoin will be going through some incredible changes in the very near future, here are the ones you need to know about
Subhan Nadeem
Dec 2
Things I wish I had known about sex (before I started doing it)
In the middle of having sex with someone, sometimes I remember this poem I wrote called “As Distracting As A Condom”. I came up with the…
Emily Cashour
Nov 27
10 Things I Wish I’d Known About Raising ‘Smart Enough’ Kids
Raising kids doesn’t appear on any lists of the world’s most stressful jobs but — no disrespect to mountain guides or stuntmen — I think…
Karen Nimmo
Nov 29
The More Uncomfortable Today — The More Comfortable Tomorrow
Lessons the world has taught me after 7 years abroad
Michael Thompson
Dec 1
Would Evangelicals Elect Lucifer?
A thought experiment
Berny Belvedere
Dec 3
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Bitcoin has Hacked the Attention Economy
The Crypto Singularity has Arrived
Michael K. Spencer
Dec 3
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Why Rent-To-Own Became a Bad Deal
The rent-to-own model, exemplified by Rent-a-Center, evolved from a mainstream model in the U.K. to one widely seen as predatory in the U.S…
Ernie Smith
Dec 3
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Not tonight
Cassie’s hand is as pale as the sheet it’s resting on. When she sits up, her head swims. She is enervated. Drained. She desperately wants…
Lizella Prescott
Dec 4
Travelling the world didn’t help me figure out what I want to do with my life.
And I still haven’t become the full-fledged adult I thought I would be. What gives?
Kiara Mijares
Dec 6
The Conservative Obsession With Law and Order
On the destructive legacy of the conservative-led War on Crime and War on Drugs in Black America.
Avi Woolf
Nov 29
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How Emotional First-Aid Protects You From Negative Self-Beliefs
Framing Your Way to Resiliency
Ryan Engelstad
Dec 13
Ten Resolutions to Make the Best of your Career in the New Year
As another year comes to its close, people start to think of fresh beginnings and what they’d like to change in their life for the New Year…
Vinny Galiano
Dec 5
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I Critique Dick Pics
Self-explanatory
Madeleine Holden
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Strange Work
Dec 13
Does Anybody Have a Smart Home?
I was recently at a conference where a speaker asked the audience: put your hand up if you have a “smart home”. Very slowly three out of…
Oisin Hanrahan
Dec 4
On the Nature of Little Gestures
The other night, I was watching the tired flow of Karu Site’s night market.
Joseph Chibike
Nov 12
To Survive Amazon, Direct-To-Consumer Startups Will Become Luxury Brands
The next wave of VCBs will look more like Apple, than Amazon
Jay Kapoor
Nov 29
Aristotle’s Timeless Advice on What Real Friendship Is and Why It Matters
Utility, pleasure, and virtue.
Zat Rana
Dec 5
Why I’m leaving Silicon Valley
Here’s something I never thought I’d say: this is my last week in Silicon Valley.
Preethi Kasireddy
Nov 19