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Drugs

There’s So Much Legal Weed That It Might Now Be Too Cheap

01.31.17

By Brian Moylan
Food

Lobster’s Delicious History Is Completely Insane

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By Éric De Benedictis
News

Russia’s Economy Is a Mess — and Its Problems Aren’t Going Away

09.01.15

By Samuel Oakford
Tech

How Writing Is Losing to Metrics in the Online Content Wars

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Music

4 of the Best Literary References in 1990s Rock

These four 90s rock songs feature some great literary references you may never have thought could be turned into a song.

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Life

NASA’s Asteroid-Smashing Test Worked Even Better Than Expected

The impact didn’t just alter the asteroid’s local orbit. It slightly shifted the entire system’s path around the Sun.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

Start Wearing Headphones on Planes or You’ll Get Blacklisted

Gone are the days of judging people from afar for their bad taste in YouTube and TikTok content on United Airlines flights.

2 hours ago

By Luis Prada
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Life

Brain-Invading Rat Lungworms Are Lurking in California

Officials say the risk to the general public remains low, but the discovery suggests the worm’s geographic range in the U.S. may be expanding.

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By Luis Prada
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Life

Marsupial Found Alive After Being Thought Dead for 6,000 Years

The latest animal to rise from the not-so-dead is the Lazarus taxa. Researchers re-added its name to the list of creatures that are still alive.

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By Luis Prada