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The case for “risky play.”
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Two exploration teams raced to the South Pole. Only one made it out alive.
The racial makeup of neighborhoods changes during the workday. See how yours changes.


It’s a pattern that’s been repeating for 20 years.
We use it to like Instagram photos and tweets, but where did it come from?
Since dating was created it’s always been tied to the economy


How El Chapo dug his way to the top of the drug trade.
We explain with potatoes.
And it’s destroying Guatemala and Honduras.


Cereal companies created a myth about the first meal of the day. Researchers keep debunking it.
When you learn its story, this car really is a time machine.


Everybody’s talking about the superb owl, so these facts will be a hit at your next superb owl party.
Cities want football teams. Owners want stadiums.


At this point, it’s hard to imagine watching football without the yellow line.
The European Union is about to lose one of its last anti-populist voices.


The Doomsday Clock is set two minutes from midnight. Here’s why we should be worried.
The president turns press conferences into a “ritual of hate.”


These telegrams show the two leaders’ relationship in a new way.


Show this video to politicians who say Democrats want to take away 70 percent of your income.


“We are really having a fine time.” This is what Martin Luther King Jr. did on his first snow day.
Here’s what happened when the state legalized machines known as “the crack cocaine of gambling.”
This is the one thing you need to understand before thinking about our options to fight climate change.
Triangles make video games look beautiful. But you never see them.
The USDA knows it’s there.
Tracing the rise and fall of smooth jazz.


Cash bail is great — if you can pay for it.


The Scottish Reformation meets a Canadian big band leader to create a cultural juggernaut.


Blue Note Records created the visual identity of modern jazz.
Though they have a long history of duping us.


A years-long court challenge has thrown a House election, uncalled because of fraud allegations, into even more chaos.
A look back at the turbulence and triumphs of 2018, in five minutes.
What happens when you mix venereal disease and global war?
BOGO specials can sound like the best way to get more bang for your buck. But they’re simply not as good a deal as they appear.
There’s a reason Colombia can’t beat cocaine.