• Ideas | Marcela García

    ‘Roma’ exposes Mexico’s darkest secret

    In the age of Trump, American racism and Mexican racism can seem like matter and antimatter. How can both exist at the same time?

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  • Ideas | Marcela García

    ‘Roma’ expone el secreto más siniestro de México

    En la era de Trump, el racismo americano y el racismo mexicano pudieran ser materia y antimateria. ¿Cómo pueden existir los dos al mismo tiempo?

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  • Ideas | George Thrush

    The global Ferris wheel craze stops here

    It seems that you don’t need to have a wheel to play with the big boys.

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  • Ideas | Tina Cassidy

    White women skewing conservative is a decades-long trend, but their power may be waning

    For 100 years, the predominantly male political machine has been wrestling with that question. Now, women may finally get to answer it themselves.

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  • Ideas | Mark Peters

    What makes ‘milk’ milk?

    One person’s almond milk may be another person’s alleged FDA violation.

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  • Ideas | Beth Daley

    Genetic tests are everywhere, but how reliable are they?

    These types of genetic tests are finding an eager audience.

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  • Brainiac

    Retraction Watch: Whoops, my bad

    This researcher belatedly stumbled upon a mistake he didn’t even realize he had made.

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  • Who will fight the beauty bias?

    It’s deep, unconscious, and surprisingly universal—and means beautiful people get a much better deal. But righting injustice isn’t easy when no one wants to call themselves plain.

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  • IDEAS | Linda Rodriguez McRobbie

    Why alien abductions are down dramatically

    We still believe, we just don’t talk about it anymore.

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