Latest articles by Theunis Bates
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Team of bitter rivals
Opinion Will internal tensions tear apart Trump's unlikely alliance?
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Life in the post-truth era
Opinion The mainstream media can't hold back a tsunami of misinformation
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Dignity in defeat
Opinion Chicago White Sox players during a baseball game in Detroit, Michigan
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Martian dreams
Opinion Billionaires' plans for a colony on the Red Planet reveal a lot about life here on Earth
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The XX vs. XY election
Opinion What happens when men and women become political foes?
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Doctor's orders
Opinion The surgeon general wants a warning label on social media for teens — but why stop there?
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Losing the library
Opinion What happens when fake knowledge crowds out the real thing?
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Coming to America
Opinion Why the melting pot should be a source of national pride
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Less than total recall
Editor's Letter Why our brains want to forget the darkest days of the pandemic
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Artificial history
Opinion Google's AI tailored the past to fit modern mores, but only succeeded in erasing real historical crimes
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Musical deflation
Editor Letter Pop songs are getting shorter. Is that such a bad thing?
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Dress-down democracy
Feature What we lose when we shun suits and ties
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The return of the animal liberation movement
feature Animal rights extremists are ramping up their decades-old war against the fur industry
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Watch the Chinese military attack killer wasps with a flamethrower
feature The People's Liberation Army goes to war with the Asian giant hornet
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Spy games: How a busted Israeli intelligence ring could destabilize the region
feature A new report says Turkey deliberately blew the cover of Israeli spies in Iran
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The Pentagon's 5 most ridiculous projects
feature The Department of Defense hasn't met a dumb idea it isn't willing to fund
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Qatar: The tiny nation that roared
feature Qatar has used its petro-riches to buy global clout. What does the emirate actually want?
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Why the latest news from the Mars Curiosity rover is bumming out science
feature Is Mars just a dead, red rock after all?
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Joining the sex jihad
feature Fundamentalist clerics are encouraging women to hook up with lonely Syrian militants
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Syria's next civil war
feature Why a violent clash between moderate and Islamist rebels could be a good thing
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Ukraine's fraught relationship with Russia: A brief history
feature Ukraine has been part of Russia on and off for centuries. Why does Russia feel justified in interfering in its affairs?
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The evolution of the NSA
feature Born in the Cold War, the National Security Agency was transformed by 9/11. Has it grown too large?
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Why is China so stingy with its aid money?
feature China's callous response to the Philippines typhoon shows that it all comes down to politics
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No, the swastika can't be rehabilitated
feature An international effort to return the Nazi symbol to its peaceful roots is deeply misguided
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