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Vox Archives Archive

Archives for August 2014

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Chart: The chemistry of bee stingsChart: The chemistry of bee stings
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Here’s the molecules insects use to be so nasty.

By Susannah Locke
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Stop making high school students wake up so earlyStop making high school students wake up so early
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Starting school before 8 a.m. doesn’t make medical or academic sense.

By Libby Nelson
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Full-time work doesn’t mean 40 hours per weekFull-time work doesn’t mean 40 hours per week
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40 percent of the US’s full-time workers report that a typical week means 50 or more working hours

By Danielle Kurtzleben
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Saturday linksSaturday links
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What I’m reading.

By Ezra Klein
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Russia’s army gets even more brazen about UkraineRussia’s army gets even more brazen about Ukraine
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A Russian tank was spotted with “For Donbas” painted on the side. That’s the region Putin insists he is not invading.

By Max Fisher
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Why no one will call Russia’s invasion an invasionWhy no one will call Russia’s invasion an invasion
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Will avoiding the I-word make it easier for Putin to withdraw from Ukraine?

By Max Fisher
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Russia keeps violating Finnish airspaceRussia keeps violating Finnish airspace
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Is it time for Finland to join NATO?

By Matthew Yglesias
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How Putin backed himself into invading UkraineHow Putin backed himself into invading Ukraine
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To understand Russia’s invasion of eastern Ukraine, you have to go back to December 2011.

By Max Fisher
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The DNC’s braindead attack on Rand PaulThe DNC’s braindead attack on Rand Paul
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This is the brain-dead patriotism-baiting that Democrats used to loathe.

By Ezra Klein
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Mesmerizing animation of every taxi pickup in NYCMesmerizing animation of every taxi pickup in NYC
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A Cornell Tech team’s project to map New York City taxi routing has created a couple of useful tools, and one neat GIF.

By Matthew Yglesias
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Each country’s booze preference, in one mapEach country’s booze preference, in one map
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Some of the preferences won’t surprise you.

By German Lopez
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Is investment in computers really falling?Is investment in computers really falling?
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The price of digital goods is falling so fast that companies are easily able to get more for less.

By Matthew Yglesias
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Avoiding the next FergusonAvoiding the next Ferguson
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A time for justice.

By New America Foundation Weekly Wonk
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A new, promising sign of gender equalityA new, promising sign of gender equality
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Even while he spoke about Iraq and Ukraine, people couldn’t take their eyes off that beige suit

By Danielle Kurtzleben
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Bitcoin pioneer is dead and having his body frozenBitcoin pioneer is dead and having his body frozen
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The man who received the first Bitcoin payment has been declared legally dead. His body is being frozen in hopes that doctors will someday cure his ALS.

By Timothy B. Lee