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Health

This American Town's Drinking Water Will Make You Permanently Dumber

That’s right. Doctors are now warning that drinking the tap water of the city that General Motors almost abandoned could actually permanently lower your IQ.
Alex Swerdloff
10.2.15
Film

'The Martian' Is Just Supposed to Be Fun

Andy Weir is just a big, beautiful nerd who wants to make you happy.
Beckett Mufson
10.2.15
fifa

Major FIFA Sponsors Simultaneously Call for Sepp Blatter's Immediate Resignation

If there's anything that Blatter will listen to, it's money.
Liam Daniel Pierce
10.2.15
middle east

Israeli Soldiers Mobilize in West Bank After Two Settlers Are Shot

The violence comes just days after Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas hinted he would end security cooperation with Israelis in the West Bank at a high-profile speech at the UN.
Avi Asher-Schapiro
10.2.15
Canadian election

Conservatives in Canada Want to Set Up a Snitch Line for ‘Barbaric Cultural Practices’

The Conservative government is ramping up its focus on how it will stamp out anything that threatens Canadian identity as leaders head into the final stretch of campaigning.
Rachel Browne
10.2.15
Politics

Everyone Responded to the Latest Mass Shooting Exactly as You'd Expect

In the latest school shooting, on a community college campus in Oregon, politicians responded just as they have before. Democrats called for tougher gun legislation, Republicans did not.
Olivia Becker
10.2.15
asia & pacific

Trans-Pacific Partnership Talks Wrapping Up as Obama Seeks Republican Support for Deal

The Trans-Pacific Partnership will be Obama's signature economic component of the broader US pivot to Asia, and if negotiators reach an agreement this week, the treaty will likely be ratified before Obama leaves office.
Shannon Hayden
10.2.15
News

Actually, Charlotte Church Might Be Right About Syria and Climate Change

The British singer was treated like a lunatic for saying climate change may be partly to blame for the country's civil war. But she may have a point.
Mike Pearl
10.2.15
News

We Translated a Mandarin-Only Conservative Statement and It Criticized the NDP for Marrying Chinese Women

Jason Kenney says one thing in Mandarin, like about the NDP marrying Chinese women, and another thing in English.
Justin Ling
10.2.15
Football

The Costanza Method: Playing Fantasy Football The George Costanza Way

In which George Costanza's do-the-opposite-of-every-instinct approach is put to work in the world of fantasy football. At least it's not tuna on toast.
Jesse Farrar
10.2.15
News

Election Class of 2016: David Daleiden Is Revolutionizing Anti-Abortion Activism

The man behind the fetal tissue video is having an outsized impact on the 2016 presidential race.
Mike Pearl
10.2.15
Health

Tomatoes Can Prevent Men From Having To Pee In The Middle of The Night

A compound found in tomatoes could be the secret to ending your middle-of-the-night trips to the bathroom.
Wyatt Marshall
10.2.15
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