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But would you actually go through with it?

Her failure to resonate with an audience that might have been receptive to her message — “spiritual but not religious” Americans — also reflects the difficulty of reaching a group that’s defined largely by what it’s not.

Scientists have disagreed for decades. Now they're working together to try to find the answer.

“The only blacks who could survive and be in a viable position in
2020 to run for president were those who moved to the center in the past
to win high-profile statewide races,” said Christopher Stout, an Oregon State University professor and author of a 2015 book on black politicians.

The Democratic presidential debate continues tonight and here’s all the live analysis you’ll need.

Josh Hader’s fastball is the most dominating pitch of its type in recent baseball history. And it’s a complete mystery. Hitters know it’s coming, but they still can’t hit it.

Amid debates over how much protection teams should offer spectators, we wanted to find out which areas of stadiums might be the most dangerous, which could help us figure out what could be done to prevent more fan injuries.

Live updates and analysis from FiveThirtyEight on the first Democratic debate tonight.

The process of doing scientific research — even the kind of research dedicated to environmental sustainability — isn’t always environmentally sustainable itself.

The lineups for the first Democratic debates — on Wednesday, June 26, and Thursday, June 27 — are out! Only 20 candidates qualified, obviating the need for any complicated tiebreakers.

Default Filename feels quietly radical in 2019. The project imagines a YouTube without recommendation algorithms that think you only want to watch beauty tutorials, Avengers outtakes or product unboxings. It’s a glimpse of a timeline where Google and Facebook didn’t create and capitalize on a vast economy of tracking, prediction and control.

When he takes the podium on TV on Monday, he will be sitting on a winning streak of 22 games and total winnings of $1,691,008.

Where is the loudest place in America? You might think New York City, or a major airport hub, or a concert you have suddenly become too old to appreciate.

Holzhauer’s success is the natural evolutionary destination of the show — a final, full realization of the strategic potential locked within its giant board.

The central issue is one that should be familiar to any Indiana Jones fan: Where does a specimen belong once it has been dug up?

Today the Supreme Court will weigh whether asking respondents whether they are US citizens would undermine the census’s mandate to count every person.

White Democrats’ culture clash has been long in the making.

And some scientists think we wouldn’t want to even if we could.

O’Rourke may not be an Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez-style “Super-Progressive,” but he has plenty of positions that Republicans would aggressively attack in a general election.

Scientists: They’re just like us. They have opinions that influence the experiments they design and the questions they ask. They don’t all think about science the same way. Which is to say, scientists make excellent research subjects for other scientists.