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Australia’s Centuries-Long Genocide Against Aboriginal People

For nearly two centuries, Australia pursued deliberate policies of extermination against the native people that have left scars visible to this day.

By Richard Stockton Nov 16, 2016

Australia’s Centuries-Long Genocide Against Aboriginal People

For nearly two centuries, Australia pursued deliberate policies of extermination against the native people that have left scars visible to this day.

By Richard Stockton November 16, 2016
Not My Electoral College
Not My Electoral College

Why Americans Don’t Actually Get To Vote For President

Almost nothing in American politics is weirder than the Electoral College. And in the 2016 election, it might be the cause of violent upheaval.

By Richard Stockton Nov 14, 2016
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Why Americans Don’t Actually Get To Vote For President

Almost nothing in American politics is weirder than the Electoral College. And in the 2016 election, it might be the cause of violent upheaval.

By Richard Stockton November 14, 2016
Jeanne Calment Birthday
Jeanne Calment Birthday

Controversial Paper Claims To Uncover The Limit Of The Human Lifespan

If the scientists behind a controversial new paper are correct, we’ve now reached the limit of the human lifespan. After millennia of evolution capped off by a doubling of the average worldwide life expectancy over the course of just the past hundred-plus years (from 31 in 1900 to 71 today),...

By John Kuroski Oct 6, 2016
Science News

Controversial Paper Claims To Uncover The Limit Of The Human Lifespan

If the scientists behind a controversial new paper are correct, we’ve now reached the limit of the human lifespan. After millennia of evolution capped off by a doubling of the average worldwide life expectancy over the course of just the past hundred-plus years (from 31 in 1900 to 71 today),...

By John Kuroski October 6, 2016
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Featured Needle

33 Maps That Explain The World’s Drug Problem

In 2014, the most recent year with available data, 247 million people used illegal drugs and 207,400 of them died because of it. But even to cite such numbers is to fail to capture the full weight and breadth of the world’s vast drug problem. Lest we get too gloomy,...

By John Kuroski Sep 26, 2016

33 Maps That Explain The World’s Drug Problem

In 2014, the most recent year with available data, 247 million people used illegal drugs and 207,400 of them died because of it. But even to cite such numbers is to fail to capture the full weight and breadth of the world’s vast drug problem. Lest we get too gloomy,...

By John Kuroski September 26, 2016
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