ARTICLES
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The success of the nation's nerdiest college football team suggests that academic standards need not hold you back. Especially when you can ask those rich nerds for donations.
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How much does an ambulance ride cost? It could be $20, $200 or $2000, and the charge is largely out of your control.
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Self-publishing is on the rise. Ebooks sales are exploding. Authors have more options than ever. Is making money still one of them?
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In 1920, the 18th Amendment banned the sale and transport of alcohol in America. Sobriety did not follow.
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Hells Angels keeps its lawyer busy protecting its name and registered trademarks.
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75% of all network TV shows now feature product placements. Movies, music, and video games aren’t far behind. We explore the future of entertainment, brought to you by Volkswagen.
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Poker Face by Lady Gaga and Kids by MGMT are the same song? Say it ain't so!
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A Crowdfunding campaign to generate book sales for David Raether.
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Are movies getting worse? Probably, but this data doesn't prove that.
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How lactose intolerance varies across the world. And why are humans lactose tolerant in the first place?
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The way Americans commute to work has seen moderate changes over the past 50 odd years. None of them good.
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Extraversion helps sales revenue - until it doesn’t.
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The backstory of last week's post "What It's Like to Fail." And a simple request in the spirit of Thanksgiving.
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Investigating the claim that the Pilgrims had enough to eat at Thanksgiving because they finally gave up on creating a socialist utopia.
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The invention of the forceps solved the major problem of the natural deaths of large portions of infants and children. Its inventors did everything they could to keep their invention secret.
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The problem with selling stolen art is that the source of its value - its fame - also makes it impossible to sell for its full worth.
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Since traders are subject to both market forces and the whims of their fellow traders, financial markets could be the one place where superstitions have a solid basis in reality.
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The use of mercenaries by modern countries is resurgent, from the Iraq and Afghan wars to the battles against pirates off the coasts of Africa.
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How one man went from writing jokes for Roseanne to homeless, and how he fought his way back using Craigslist.
