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The BBC needs a science fiction lesson

"I'll never apologize for my white privilege" guy is basically most of white America

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The slow, tragic death of the LGBT publishing industry

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I sold my body (and nearly my soul) to Abercrombie

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7 worst right-wing moments of the week — Sean Hannity's pathetic post-Bundy desperation

Exclusive: Private documents reveal how Big Restaurant lobby monitors fast food protests

Paul Krugman: Republicans "transparently rigged" their Obamacare data

"Mad Men" recap: Anything left behind

"Game of Thrones" recap: “Everywhere in the world, they hurt little girls"

Must-see morning clip: John Oliver urges you to rethink the death penalty

Michelle Obama inaugurates new Met costume center

WHO: Polio's alarming comeback is officially a public health emergency

Baby safety gates aren't always safe, study finds

"SNL" writer responds to backlash over slavery sketch: Black people are too sensitive!

Drones banned from Yosemite National Park, for negative impact on environment and safety

Melting Antarctic could uncork "unstoppable" sea level rise, researchers warn

Is this the silliest New York Times correction ever?

GOP's pathetic Obamacare denialism: Why they're now ignoring historic new data

David Gregory's humiliating Rick Perry interview: How "Meet the Press" botched a death penalty segment

"True Tori" should end the era of celebrity mom-ism

GOP's demented "Benghazi!" disease: Why conservatives so desperately need a scandal

2016 campaign checklist: Hillary Clinton

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Neil deGrasse Tyson takes on climate change: "The dinosaurs never saw that asteroid coming. What's our excuse?"

Neil deGrasse Tyson vs. Christmas: Why creationists are freaking out over "Cosmos" yet again

Scientists uncover a secret of aging: Young blood helps restore elderly mice

Finally! Legislators who listen to Paul Krugman and Thomas Piketty

"This is personal": The origins of Obama's climate obsession

"Louie" is not nearly as mundane as it seems

The sky is falling! Watch debris from Halley's Comet fall in a stunning meteor shower

Obama fails to protect privacy, again

Lorde's paparazzi battle is about more than celebrity

We don't need your apology, Princeton kid

From Forster to Vidal to Will Self, the debate over "the death of the novel" is very much alive

New solar breakthrough could be the final nail in coal's coffin