ARTICLES
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How this startup went from the worst company in their Y Combinator batch to being near the top.
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How does our behavior change when we think someone is watching us?
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What's driving the latest surge in rhino poaching?
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Today, nearly all cancer drugs cost over $100,000 per year. What makes them so expensive?
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Money buys you options, including the option to get a divorce.
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Some people choose not to vaccinate their children. What are their reasons?
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Everyone has an excuse to buy one more round of drinks, but here’s a new one: It’s for charity.
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Which companies made the most of their $4 million investments?
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You may be disappointed to learn you've been napping wrong this whole time. Do not despair, there is plenty of time for you to practice napping and improve.
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Can Uruguay's new marijuana initiative really dismantle major South American cartels?
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Anything is possible in America. But it's less possible if you are Black, female, or born poor.
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Facebook, Twitter, and co. could react to competitors by focusing on what differentiates them. Instead the game plan seems to be copy, copy, copy.
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Capital punishment in America has followed the boom and bust of hanging, electrocution, and lethal injection.
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Neoclassical economists rejoice! Paying people more increases the supply of "medical detectives."
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Sinful stocks outperformed the market over the past 10 years. But they still follow the same rules as any other industry.
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Some law school grads make a lot of money. Others don't. Either way, law school is expensive.
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Why are the same governments banning and regulating casinos responsible for running a form of gambling worth nearly $80 billion in annual sales?
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When the CIA decided that culture was a weapon in the Cold War, it became the world's most significant anonymous donor.
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What was the San Francisco economy like before the tech boom? We go digging through the archives.
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If it seems like no one cooks using lard any more, that because no one does.
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Think the real estate market is crazy in San Francisco? It doesn't compare to April 2000.
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