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How Did the Heart Become the Symbol of True Love?
Keelin McDonell
Feb 14, 2019
5:00 AM
Can “Alternate Nostril Breathing” Relax You if You Lose an Election to Donald Trump?
Molly Olmstead
Sept 11, 2017
5:25 PM
Has a Literal Smoking Gun Ever Been the “Smoking Gun” in a Criminal Case?
Aaron Mak
July 17, 2017
5:33 PM
Why Don’t Press Conferences Ever Start on Time?
Molly Olmstead
Jan 13, 2017
3:44 PM
Can You Be Ruled Mentally Unfit to Vote?
Suzanne Monyak
Nov 08, 2016
4:38 PM
How Did They Count All Those Ballots Before Voting Machines? By Hand, While Drunk.
Rebecca Onion
Nov 08, 2016
2:45 PM
How Do You Vote in Prison and Jail? For the Most Part, You Don’t.
Leon Neyfakh
Nov 08, 2016
2:26 PM
How Do You Shatter a Glass Ceiling? With a Steel Spike or Diamond Drill.
Laura Wagner
Nov 08, 2016
2:21 PM
Could You Pick the President Like Kevin Costner Did in the 2008 Movie Swing Vote?
Matthew Dessem
Nov 08, 2016
1:30 PM
When Did Concession Phone Calls Become a Thing?
Rebecca Onion
Nov 08, 2016
12:48 PM
Donald Trump Wants to “Drain the Swamp in Washington.” How Would You Do That?
Nicholas Lund
Oct 25, 2016
1:25 PM
What Happens in a Supreme Court Tie?
Brendan I. Koerner
Feb 13, 2016
6:50 PM
How Realistic Is Exodus: Were Ancient Egyptians Pale-Skinned?
Brian Palmer
Dec 03, 2014
2:54 PM
Why Protocols for Hospital Protective Gear Weren’t Enough to Stop Ebola in Dallas
Boer Deng
Oct 14, 2014
11:13 AM
How Hard Is It to Shoot Down a Passenger Plane?
Boer Deng
July 17, 2014
4:10 PM
Where’s the Safest Place to Be in a Tornado?
Forrest Wickman
April 28, 2014
1:33 PM
Measles Is Back, This Time in New York City. Should I Get Revaccinated?
Brian Palmer
March 14, 2014
1:24 PM
Terrorists Have Not Claimed Responsibility for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. Does That Mean It Wasn’t a Terrorist Attack?
Brian Palmer
March 10, 2014
6:12 PM
They Spin and Spin and Spin. Why Don’t Figure Skaters Get Dizzy?
Cecile Dehesdin
Feb 10, 2014
2:34 PM
Is a Novel Form of Heroin Killing People on the East Coast?
Brian Palmer
Feb 03, 2014
3:17 PM
