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Unmasking “The Scholar”: The Colorado woman who helped a global art smuggling operation flourish for decades

Douglas Latchford marketed stolen Cambodian art for decades. And he couldn’t have done it without Denver Art Museum consultant Emma Bunker

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The Forgotten History of Gay Entrapment

Routine arrests were the linchpin of a social system intended to humiliate LGBTQ people.

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Your attention didn’t collapse. It was stolen

Social media and many other facets of modern life are destroying our ability to concentrate. We need to reclaim our minds while we still can

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Less storytelling, please: why documentaries will benefit from getting real

A good story has been the hot commodity of nonfiction films in recent years – but they only give viewers the power to identify with their subjects rather than understand them.

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A Kidnapping Gone Very Wrong

In 1974, John Patterson was abducted by the People’s Liberation Army of Mexico—a group no one had heard of before. The kidnappers wanted $500,000, and insisted that Patterson’s wife deliver the ransom.

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I Got an Artificial Intelligence to Write My Novel - Electric Literature

And it didn't do a better job than me—but we should maybe be worried that it didn't do much worse

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The Science of Mind Reading

Researchers are pursuing age-old questions about the nature of thoughts—and learning how to read them.

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Courtroom testimony about dogs detecting dead bodies keeps sending people to prison—even without physical evidence. Critics say the science is lacking

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Diary: Media Theranos

I had left Ozy Media in 2017 without exercising my stock options, believing the likeliest outcome for the company was...

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A Gay History of Private Eye

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Isn’t Black Representation What We Wanted?

Yes, but not at this price.

“When people talk about representation, or reflections, or mirrors, they don’t mean, ‘Replicate my exact experience.’ They mean, ‘Make it ordinary to see someone who looks like me. Make it as common as it once was to see a friend. Make it so that I don’t even notice.’” To me, this speaks to two separate issues: how minority groups view themselves (which they can do quite well without representation), and how outsiders view that minority group (which is rather more outside of their control). But the first is tied up in the second: we internalize the opinions that other people hold of us, and come to believe our worth is what the dominant hegemony says it is. Representation in media isn’t just about seeing oneself; it’s also about seeing that others see us as we want and deserve to be seen.

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Mathematics Shows How to Ensure Evolution

New results emerging from graph theory prove that the way a population is organized can guarantee the eventual triumph of natural selection—or permanently thwart it.

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Gay Literature Is Out of the Closet. So Why Is Deception a Big Theme?

Until recently, gay literary characters had to hide their identities. But even now the closet — and the lies and concealment it implies — re

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The Gervais Principle, Or The Office According to “The Office”

My neighbor introduced me to The Office back in 2005. Since then, I’ve watched every episode of both the British and American versions. I’ve

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The mystery of the Gatwick drone

The long read: A drone sighting caused the airport to close for two days in 2018, but despite a lengthy police investigation, no culprit was

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Verdigris: The Color of Oxidation, Statues, and Impermanence

Verdigris was such a beautiful color, it was hard for painters to resist, even when they knew it would render their works mortal.

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