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Americans’ interest in spell-casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets.
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The tech industry is producing a rising din. Our bodies can’t adapt.
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Anna Todd started writing her first book, After, on her phone. Five years later, her stories are making millions of dollars around the world.
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Andy Friedman The Nastiest Feud in Science
A Princeton geologist has endured decades of ridicule for arguing that the fifth extinction was caused not by an asteroid but by a series of colossal volcanic eruptions. But she’s reopened that debate.
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