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Estelle Caswell

Estelle Caswell

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    This statistics problem went viral in 1990.

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    The little Japanese honeybee and the Japanese giant hornet are the David and Goliath of nature.

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    He’s gone a lot of places for Her Majesty the Queen.

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    Does this weird theory explain the tragedy at Salem?

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    It’s no more scientifically valid than a BuzzFeed quiz.

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    The unfortunate history of racial bias in photography

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    How gun control could help prevent suicides
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    The overwhelming majority of people who die from guns in the US do not die because someone shot them — they die because they shot themselves.

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    The shameful US response to the Syrian refugee crisis, by the numbers
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    The US likes to think of itself as a safe haven for people fleeing violent conflict, but Syrians have largely found a closed door.

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