Economics
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The reasons for dog breed extinction have changed over the millennia. In today's world of post-functional dog breeds, no breed is safe.
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In the early years of Stanford University, pranks and ridiculous antics took precedent over hitting the books.
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For the past decade, Brent Curry has been building bicycles out of things like couches, using his own design software.
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The economics behind how a disease that should be all but eliminated by now claims tens of thousands of lives a year.
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'Foley' artist Gregg Barbanell has over 500 film and TV credits, including huge hits like "Breaking Bad," "The Walking Dead," and "Little Miss Sunshine" -- though you've probably never recognized his work.
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Baby carrots are just regular carrots cut up and polished down. They're also the biggest thing to happen to carrots since orange. How did it happen?
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Americans feel strongly that tipping waiters and waitresses anything under 15% is perniciously cheap, yet most people seem equally certain that tipping on takeout orders is unnecessary. Is it really?
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Artist Karl Toomey puts together curios from the not-too-distant future. His pieces include a literal "Bieber meter" and a tombstone for the quantified self.
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San Francisco has a pretty large white population. Its public school system, it turns out, does not.
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After being ousted from Stanford University in the 1960s for fiddling around with computers too much, composition professor Dr. John Chowning changed the course of music history.
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Want to be a street musician? Busk smarter, not harder, with this guide to serenading the streets.
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[deep voice] In a world...where movie trailers reign supreme...one word...doesn't make sense. [/deep voice]
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The first truly viral computer viruses spread through floppy disks. Who invented them depends on who you ask, and whether they’re a Mac or a PC.
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How laziness and iPhone separation anxiety led one 20-year-old on a quest to reimagine underwear.
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