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For better or worse, here are some of the words that filled our sentences in 2014.


How dangerous was 2014 for flying? The surprising truth, in one chart.


Philae, SpaceX, and Orion led a remarkable year in space




Seth Rogen and James Franco can prove their critics wrong — and maybe save some lives in the process.

He’s written with Wes Anderson, directed terrific movies, and now gotten involved in Amazon’s latest bid for streaming domination.


Why we might be headed for a Clinton vs. Bush election.


The Affordable Care Act temporarily boosted payment rates for primary care doctors who see Medicaid patients in 2013 and 2014.


Behold, the ultimate chart of snowflake taxonomy.


Bailouts and austerity and mass unemployment and all that are still happening.

Mass pandemics? Yes. Artificial intelligence? Nope.


Debris and bodies from the plane have been found in the Java Sea


At last a movie about race that doesn’t have a white hero.


By June, six months into the New Year, only 40 percent of those who make a New Year’s resolution are still sticking with the goal.


It pulled in $15 million over the long weekend, according to Sony.