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September 2, 2026
How to make friends by lying to them
Sometimes the best way to make friends is to lie. Around the world, people are gathering together to try to figure out if the person next to them is on their side — or is trying to double-cross the...
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August 19, 2026
The promising race to get kids reading again
Something happens to kids when they’re about 9 years old. Before then, they’re voracious little bookworms, with most of them saying they read for fun at least five days a week. After their ninth bi...
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August 7, 2026
Fast fashion is terrible for the planet. Can wardrobe cataloging apps help?
The influencers have started to promise me that they know how to get me to stop shopping: I just have to enter every garment of clothing I own into an app, one by one. “I digitally cataloged my ENT...
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August 6, 2026
How video games can make young men feel less alone
Young American men are in trouble. They are the loneliest demographic in the Western world. Their social circles are shrinking. At all ages, they are significantly more likely to die by suicide tha...
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July 21, 2026
The surprisingly undisciplined trick to escaping social media
If you’re looking to wean yourself off social media and replace it with a more productive habit — and who among us isn’t — a lot of the common advice can sound like it’s coming from a drill instruc...
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