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Conversation has become optimized—but not always for the better. We send a quick text instead of making a call, react with an ...

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Some people commit murder without having thought it through at all, but that sort of crime does not make one eligible for the ...

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The fight against Ebola is not going well. Last week, the head of Africa CDC, Jean Kaseya, announced that the ongoing ...

For 15 minutes, the celebrity-gossip blogger Perez Hilton livestreamed his violent self-harm without anyone intervening.

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