ARTICLES
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Over a dozen states technically require that drug dealers pay taxes by buying "drug tax stamps" and slapping them on their contraband.
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“Redfin estimates that, on average, homes in San Francisco are selling for 60 percent to 80 percent over asking price.” Really?
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Families around the world obey differing sets of social norms when it comes to kicking grown-up kids out of the house.
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We use data to answer the important question, what kind of music is it okay for hipsters to like?
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How one inventor went from making Frisbees to one of the world's best coffeemakers.
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Move over America. China has now surpassed the United States in tourism spending, and all the baggage that comes with that as well.
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The foster care system may be the largest, most impactful program to garner so little national policy debate and media attention.
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Passengers are much less likely to complain about Southwest than United. But both airlines have nearly identical baggage mishandle rates.
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Forty five years since man first walked on the moon, are corporate sponsors and a reality television show the key to reaching Mars?
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You hate assembling furniture from IKEA. Or do you?
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We did a survey of Y Combinator startups to find out how much they pay for office space.
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The Olympics is a rare limelight for female athletes. Does television coverage still treat them differently?
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“Studies” show that traders tend to facepalm when the market’s down. A neuroscientist explains the biology behind the long faces.
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Square is testing out a new app that lets you order ahead to pickup food from nearby restaurants.
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As much as 20% of the North African country's population is enslaved.
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Coachella is officially sold out. But scalpers and resellers have tickets. When are ticket prices lowest on the secondary market?
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Marc Roth went from being homeless to founding his own startup using TechShop and community resources. Now he wants to recreate this model for others.
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The black market trade of exotic and endangered animals offers “profit margins that drug kingpins would kill for.”
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When romances fade and relationships break, where do former lovers turn for support? According to Facebook, they turn to, um, Facebook.
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An academic study found that we are greatly influenced by the success stories of people we can relate to. Russian tennis players would probably agree.
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How do you get an amazing domain name like Experiment.com?
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If you pump your own gas, you probably like hitting double zeroes.
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The definition of “all-you-can-eat” depends on how much you’re paying for the buffet.
