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A Brief History of Trial by Combat
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For centuries, judges settled cases by asking God to help honest people win duels or complete impossible tasks like touching hot metal without getting burned. Read More »
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Flamingo Air has helped thousands of couples in Cincinnati, Ohio, join the mile high club. It's a hit—but not for the reason you think.
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Where weed is legal, data shows that chocolates, resins and even sodas are becoming common ways to get high.
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Children are our future, but it’s only recently that they’ve been valued as such.
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The lack of women earning Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) degrees contributes to the wage gap. So which colleges are succeeding at graduating more women from STEM majors?
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We analyzed the cities most likely to generate substantial revenues from fines. The best indicator that a government will levy excessive fines? If a large proportion of the city's citizens are Black.
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What began as a marketing effort to sell more tires is now the world's most celebrated restaurant guide. It’s a bit like if the Coca-Cola Company ran the Oscars, having created the ceremony so people would go to the movies and drink more soda.
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As solar energy gets cheap, this data shows that the middle class is starting to adopt the technology.
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Algebra is no longer being taught to San Francisco eighth graders. Is the tech capital of the world dumbing down its STEM education?
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How George Soros made his fortune on a daring bet against the British pound and the Bank of England.
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All the data you ever wanted to know about online dating apps.
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A full 96% of the world’s 6,000+ languages appear to be dead when it comes to use on phones, laptops, and tablets. The Internet could be to languages what a certain comet was to the dinosaurs.
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Mere decades ago, Americans would have laughed at paying astronomical markups for a liquid that flows freely, and usually safely, from their taps at home.
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A new feature in Priceonomics Content Tracker that notifies you when someone shares your articles on Twitter.
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In the 1924 presidential election, the most hyped candidate was an egotistical and fabulously wealthy businessman who many politicians did not believe would really run.
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Which cars are most likely to cost you a fortune on maintenance?
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Can experiments involving psychologists tempting children with marshmallows explain why some countries flourish while others languish?
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Which countries have the most negative tourists, as measured by online reviews?
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Olestra was meant to deliver us to a fat-free utopia. Instead it gave millions of Americans diarrhea.
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Bookings at Trump Hotels are down 59% according to data we analyzed. Sad!
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It's a popular stereotype that lesbians drive Subarus. What's less well known is that Subaru cultivated that image—and made history in the process.
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Priceonomics is hiring another staff writer to join us. We’re looking for someone who will take a rigorous, data-driven approach to telling stories.
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We analyzed millions of book ratings on the website Goodreads to answer an eternal question: Do people prefer James Joyce or Calvin and Hobbes?
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Where is yoga most popular in America? And where are you most likely to see people wearing yoga pants?
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Depending on where you live, you could spend an extra decade living the single life.
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It's a famous saying: During a gold rush, sell shovels. But that's not how people made fortunes during the Gold Rush.
