The Oliver Sacks Reading List

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The Oliver Sacks Reading List
Writer and neurologist Oliver Sacks passed away Sunday morning — he leaves behind a body of work that reveals a lifetime of asking difficult questions with empathy.

August 31, 2015 at 01:39AM
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What Are the Worst Airports in the World?

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What Are the Worst Airports in the World?
The most hated and most loved — well, tolerated — airports.

August 30, 2015 at 01:29PM
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How the Ballpoint Pen Changed Handwriting

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How the Ballpoint Pen Changed Handwriting
Thicker ink, fewer smudges, and more strained hands.

August 29, 2015 at 01:02PM
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Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds

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Undercover Planned Parenthood Videos Were Altered, Analysis Finds
Planned Parenthood on Thursday gave congressional leaders and a committee that is investigating allegations of criminality at its clinics an analysis it commissioned concluding that “manipulation” of undercover videos by abortion opponents make those recordings unreliable for any official inquiry.

August 28, 2015 at 12:10AM
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The Real Life of a Sugar Daddy

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The Real Life of a Sugar Daddy
Do you ever see a super-old, super-rich guy out on the town with a super-young girl who's super out of his league and wonder, how the hell did that happen? This is how it happened.

August 27, 2015 at 11:48AM
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I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon. This Is My Story

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I Had a Baby and Cancer When I Worked at Amazon. This Is My Story
After a five-month leave, I was nervous and excited to return to work, and I showed up that first day back with a big smile and a phone full of baby pictures to share.  Here’s what happened instead: I was taken to lunch by a woman I barely knew. Over Cobb salad she calmly explained that all but one of my direct reports  —  the people I had hired  —  were now reporting to her. In the months that followed, I was placed on a dubious performance improvement plan, or PIP, a signal at Amazon that your employment is at risk.

August 26, 2015 at 12:54PM
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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South

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The True Story of Kudzu, the Vine That Never Truly Ate the South
Introduced from Asia in the late 19th century as a garden novelty, but not widely planted until the 1930s, kudzu is now America’s most infamous weed.

August 24, 2015 at 11:52PM
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Age Is Just A Number When It Comes To Fitness

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Age Is Just A Number When It Comes To Fitness
Want to continue to crush well into your 80s? Here’s how.

August 24, 2015 at 04:52PM
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Usain Bolt Is Still Really, Really Fast

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Usain Bolt Is Still Really, Really Fast
Bolt is one of the greatest athletes we've seen in a long time, so might as well watch him do his thing whenever we can.

August 23, 2015 at 04:07PM
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What To Read About The French Train Gunman And The US Servicemen That Stopped Him

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What To Read About The French Train Gunman And The US Servicemen That Stopped Him
​Late Friday evening, three US servicemen disarmed then subdued a gunman who attempted to open fire on a high-speed train travelling from Amsterdam to Paris, preventing what could have been a gruesome attack. Here's what to read to get a full understanding of the thwarted attack, and the men who stopped it.

August 22, 2015 at 07:54PM
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We want Jon Stewart to moderate a 2016 presidential debate.

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We want Jon Stewart to moderate a 2016 presidential debate.
From the Change.org petition: "Over the last 16 years, Jon Stewart has played an influential and iconic role in covering US politics and media. We believe he should continue that tradition as a moderator at one of the 2016 Presidential Debates."

August 21, 2015 at 12:26PM
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Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?

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Are Lawyers Getting Dumber?
Yes, says the woman who runs the bar exam.

August 20, 2015 at 11:26AM
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The Flash Storage Revolution Is Here

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The Flash Storage Revolution Is Here
The pace of flash storage development has been slow and steady for decades. Finally, though, we’re starting to see breakthroughs of the last few years result in actual products, starting with one mammoth SSD

August 19, 2015 at 08:44AM
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Why People Oppose GMOs Even Though Science Says They Are Safe

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Why People Oppose GMOs Even Though Science Says They Are Safe
In the context of opposition to GMOs, genetic modification is deemed “unnatural” and biotechnologists are accused of “playing God”.

August 18, 2015 at 10:38AM
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No, Torture Doesn’t Make Terrorists Tell The Truth — But Here’s What Does

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No, Torture Doesn’t Make Terrorists Tell The Truth — But Here’s What Does
Over the past five years, psychological research — some involving real terrorist suspects — has shown how to get information from people who don’t want to talk. Now Washington has the chance to put these findings into practice.

August 17, 2015 at 09:36AM
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The Aurora Borealis, As Seen From The International Space Station

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The Aurora Borealis, As Seen From The International Space Station
Astronaut Scott Kelly captured this gorgeous clip of the Aurora Borealis from the International Space Station, where he and cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko are spending 342 days. There's no sound to the clip, but we'd suggest pairing it with something epic.

August 16, 2015 at 02:41PM
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Inside The Brutal Life Of Working At Amazon

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Inside The Brutal Life Of Working At Amazon
The company is conducting an experiment in how far it can push white-collar workers to get them to achieve its ever-expanding ambitions.

August 15, 2015 at 12:59PM
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How Wall Street’s Bankers Stayed Out of Jail

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How Wall Street’s Bankers Stayed Out of Jail
The probes into bank fraud leading up to the financial industry’s crash have been quietly closed. Is this justice?

August 14, 2015 at 06:04PM
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On the Hunt for America's Last Great Treasure

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On the Hunt for America's Last Great Treasure
Millionaire Forrest Fenn launched a thousand trips when he filled a chest with gold, rubies, and diamonds, and hid it somewhere north of Santa Fe. If one man is going to find it, by god, it's an ex-cop from Seattle named Darrell Seyler.

August 13, 2015 at 01:46PM
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Oh My God Look At This Massive Shark

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Oh My God Look At This Massive Shark
Deep Blue is a 20-foot Great White shark — the largest ever filmed — who lives off the coast of Mexica. Luckily, while she's Jaws-like in her proportions, she doesn't seem quite as hell-bent on the destruction of the human race.

August 11, 2015 at 11:23PM
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Our Universe is Dying

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Our Universe is Dying
Based on findings from the Galaxy and Mass Assembly the energy output of the nearby Universe is currently half of what it was “only” 2 billion years ago — and it’s still decreasing.

August 10, 2015 at 09:29PM
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The Container Ship Tourism Industry

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The Container Ship Tourism Industry
Freighters frown on stowaways, but there is one way for civilians to hitch a ride on these massive ships — becoming a paying guest. And there is whole (albeit small) industry around freighter travel, complete with freight travel agents.

August 10, 2015 at 12:52PM
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Confessions of a social engineer

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Confessions of a social engineer
When he was just 16, Jonah made hundreds of thousands of dollars ripping off some of the world’s biggest tech companies. A self-described social engineering expert, he boasts that he could steal practically anything with just a laptop and a cellphone.

August 9, 2015 at 10:04AM
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Why American Teens Aren't Working Summer Jobs Anymore

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Why American Teens Aren't Working Summer Jobs Anymore
This was supposed to be a better year for teenagers to land summer jobs, and July has always been the peak month for such positions. Things haven't worked out that way, according to the Labor Department's latest jobs report. We blame it on video games and weed.

August 8, 2015 at 11:21AM
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Can You Protect Your Tummy From Traveler's Diarrhea?

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Can You Protect Your Tummy From Traveler's Diarrhea?
It has many names: Montezuma's Revenge. Delhi Belly. And there are about as many misconceptions about traveler's diarrhea as there are names for it. NPR is here to explain what actually will help.

August 7, 2015 at 05:21AM
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Essential Reading On The 70th Anniversary Of Hiroshima

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Essential Reading On The 70th Anniversary Of Hiroshima
Seventy years ago today, the United States dropped the world's first atomic weapon on Hiroshima, Japan, in an attempt to force the Japanese into surrender in the late stages of World War II. The bomb flattened the city and killed tens of thousands instantly. Here's what you should read about Hiroshima today.

August 6, 2015 at 03:25PM
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Spicy food associated with longevity

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Spicy food associated with longevity
Spicy food in the diet seems to contribute to longevity, a study of thousands of people in a Chinese registry finds.

August 5, 2015 at 01:18AM
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Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?

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Can we reverse the ageing process by putting young blood into older people?
A series of experiments has produced incredible results by giving young blood to old mice. Now the findings are being tested on humans.

August 4, 2015 at 12:58PM
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The Man Who Shot Michael Brown

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The Man Who Shot Michael Brown
Darren Wilson says he wants to stop thinking about what happened in Ferguson. But Ferguson isn’t done.

August 3, 2015 at 11:37AM
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hitchBOT destroyed in Philadelphia

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hitchBOT destroyed in Philadelphia
The bot had already successfully traveled through Canada, The Netherlands, and Germany "without incident."

August 2, 2015 at 03:13PM
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Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz

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Less Money, Mo' Music & Lots of Problems: A Look at the Music Biz
Music may have been the first media format to be upended by digital, but more than 15 years later, it's the only one still fixated on what was, not what can be.

August 1, 2015 at 01:33PM
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