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Kat Torres: The Wellness Influencer Suspected of Human Trafficking

03.23.23

By Mattha Busby
Baba Ramdev Wants to Be Deepika Padukone’s Personal Adviser

01.14.20

By Shamani Joshi
A Nepali Guru Is Being Investigated Over the Disappearance of His Devotees

01.08.19

By Gavin Butler
Andrew W.K. on Meditation

10.13.16

By Andrew W.K.
Travel

I Spent a Week in the Home of India’s Most Famous Living Guru

01.08.16

By Conor Creighton
Looking Around the Headquarters of Australia’s Most Notorious Cult

08.02.15

By David Allegretti
Eat Cray Love

06.25.15

By So Sad Today
Sex

I Charged My Sexual Energies at the Osho Meditation Resort in India

04.19.15

By Noa Jones
Entertainment

Yoga’s Culture of Sexual Abuse Can’t Be Ignored

12.12.14

By Wendy Syfret
Pulse

Five Women and a Baby Confirmed Dead As Police Storm Indian ‘Godman’s’ Compound

11.19.14

By Sally Hayden
We Asked Australian Jesus How to Be a Leader

05.29.14

By Julian Morgans
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Love Serve Surrender

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Norovirus Turns Cruise Ship Into a Poop-and-Vomit Wonderland. Here’s How This Keeps Happening.

Cruise ships may be affordable and accessible, but the trade-off is spending your vacation on a giant floating petri dish of disease.

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NASA’s Hubble Caught a Comet Breaking Up in Real Time, and the Images Are Wild

Using the Hubble Space Telescope, researchers captured detailed images of a comet as it began to tear itself apart.

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Scientists Discovered a New Dinosaur Species in South Korea, and It’s Named After a Cartoon

Paleontologists in South Korea have identified a new dinosaur species and named it after a beloved Korean cartoon character.

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