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Sherpas consider boycott after Everest disaster

Binaj Gurubacharya

My generation, living on the road

Chelsea Batten
Traveling the country in my car, I'm struck by how easy it is to be a nomad, and how many others are doing the same

The brain injury that made me a math genius

Jason Padgett, Maureen Seaberg
Twelve years ago, Jason Padgett had never made it past pre-algebra. And then a violent mugging changed everything

Ditch the 10,000 hour rule! Why Malcolm Gladwell’s famous advice falls short

Peter C. Brown, Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel
Contrary to what the bestselling author would tell you, obsessive practice isn't the key to success. Here's why

The 20 most underrated albums of all time

Noah Berlatsky
From Journey to Ashanti, the albums that never make anyone's musical best-of list -- but should

Science doesn’t disprove God: Where Richard Dawkins and new atheists go wrong

Amir D. Aczel
Richard Dawkins and the new atheists suggest human consciousness can be cloned in a lab. But they can't prove it

No bras were harmed in the making of feminism (sort of)

Katie McDonough
The first reported stories of bra-burning feminists may have been incorrect -- or at least overblown

GOP’s shameful decline on race: While Bush celebrated Voting Rights Act, DeMint’s ignorance now reigns

Joan Walsh
Eight years ago a GOP president stood with black leaders to sign the act’s extension. What happened to his party?

6 facts about psychedelic drugs that will totally blow your mind

April M. Short
In the effort to demonize mind-altering drugs, critics have overlooked some very real benefits

Alice Hoffman: Five amazing tips to help you write your novel

Alice Hoffman
Want to write an acclaimed best-seller? Follow these specific sensory tips and it will all be easier

I want to sleep with the sexy millennial at Apple’s Genius Bar

Sara Scribner
Annabelle Gurwitch tells Salon about lusting after young techies, middle-age Hollywood, and doing her Kegels late

The right’s twisted symbol: John Wayne and conservatives’ lost dignity

Allen Barra
An amazing new biography of John Wayne really charts the ways in which modern conservatives came to see themselves

Let them eat McMansions! The 1 percent, income inequality, and new-fashioned American excess

Thomas Frank
We have sprawl, wars over cheap gas, stagnant wages and longer hours because your boss wants this awful, ugly house

Listen up, police officers: Real life isn’t like “Breaking Bad”

Kyle Paoletta
A shocking video of cops shooting a homeless man reveals the dangerous psychology of modern policing

How to be useful

Akhil Sharma
I grew up surrounded by illness and rage. As an adult, I learned how to convert that despair into relief

Barbara Ehrenreich: My search for truth as a non-believer

Barbara Ehrenreich
My scornful atheism slowly disappeared -- but not my sense that human freedom depends on being free from spirits

5 popular home products that can be surprisingly toxic

Cliff Weathers
Let's just say you may want to rethink using baby wipes to remove your makeup

When I hit a girl

Tammy Delatorre
Violence was seeded in me early, but I never knew I was capable of rage like this

What is “Heartbleed”? Must-see video explains the Internet’s terrifying new security breach

Sarah Gray
This security bug has the tech world freaked -- and you should be too!

Jon Stewart cursed me out: I dared question a “Daily Show” warm-up comic’s racist jokes

Alison Kinney
I asked why a "Daily Show" warm-up targeted African-Americans and a woman in a wheelchair. The host wasn't happy

Must-see morning clip: George W. Bush returns to public life with bad paintings

Prachi Gupta
"The Daily Show" criticizes the former president for evading his controversial legacy and creating a new image

Portrait of a failed president: Inside the art of George W. Bush

Douglas Lucas, Amy O'Neal
George W. Bush unveiled a new collection of paintings last week. Here's what they unwittingly reveal

Suburbia’s climate change nightmare: The devastating cost of surviving winter’s wrath

Henry Grabar
The winter of the polar vortex is finally over. But the assessment of its calamitous cost is just beginning

Physicists are building an NSA-proof Internet

Jeff Inglis
The next generation web — far more secure than today’s — is on the way. Here’s how it works
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