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Lauren Hansen

Executive editor of multimedia

Lauren Hansen produces The Week’s podcasts and videos and edits the photo blog, Captured. She also manages the production of the magazine's iPad app. A graduate of Kenyon College and Northwestern University, she previously worked at the BBC and Frontline. She knows a thing or two about pretty pictures and cute puppies, both of which she tweets about @mylaurenhansen.

This week I learned sound can change the taste of food, and more
A man eating a bagel and listening to podcasts
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This week I learned sound can change the taste of food, and more

America's 13 most bizarrely specific official state appetizers, toys, soils, and more
Really, who doesn't immediately associate calamari with Rhode Island?
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America's 13 most bizarrely specific official state appetizers, toys, soils, and more

The most newsworthy dogs of 2013
Orlando
2013: The Year in Review

The most newsworthy dogs of 2013

The surprisingly endearing world of pigeon racing
Homing pigeons are released.
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The surprisingly endearing world of pigeon racing

The objects immigrants hold dear
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The objects immigrants hold dear

Cleaning up the biggest New Year's mess in America
Times Square in New York City on January 1, 2012.
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Cleaning up the biggest New Year's mess in America

The year's best photojournalism
REUTERS/Kristi McCluer
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The year's best photojournalism

The most wondrous space photography of 2017
Solar flares.
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The most wondrous space photography of 2017

The week's best photojournalism
The 'Peak Walk' suspension bridge in Switzerland.
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The week's best photojournalism

This week I learned that crows make up after fights, and more
Sweet crows.
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This week I learned that crows make up after fights, and more

The week I learned your ice is teeming with bacteria, and more
Gross ice.
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The week I learned your ice is teeming with bacteria, and more

The week's best photojournalism
Santas go for a ski.
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The week's best photojournalism

The women warriors of photojournalism
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The women warriors of photojournalism

This week I learned dogs really are smarter than cats, and more
Cats vs. dogs.
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This week I learned dogs really are smarter than cats, and more

The universal beauty of family
Twins at WDIA, Memphis, about 1948
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The universal beauty of family

This week I learned that prehistoric women were ridiculously strong, and more
Girl power is in our bones.
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This week I learned that prehistoric women were ridiculously strong, and more

The week's best photojournalism
A child works in a mustard field in India.
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The week's best photojournalism

Woman thanks homeless man who saved her with a $200,000 crowdfunding campaign
Kate McClure and Johnny.
Finally some good news

Woman thanks homeless man who saved her with a $200,000 crowdfunding campaign

This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more
Thanksgiving, 1941.
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This week I learned America really struggled to pin down a date for Thanksgiving, and more

Rep. Joe Barton caught on tape threatening ex-lover with the police to protect his secret sex life
Rep. Joe Barton (R-Tex.)
Oof

Rep. Joe Barton caught on tape threatening ex-lover with the police to protect his secret sex life

Zimbabwe will officially have a new president on Friday
Emmerson Mnangagwa.
Transfer of power

Zimbabwe will officially have a new president on Friday

Trump offers troops Thanksgiving message via video chat
President Trump on video chat.
Skyping it in

Trump offers troops Thanksgiving message via video chat

The weird and wonderful world of poultry pageants
A poultry show in Scotland.
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The weird and wonderful world of poultry pageants

This week I learned the dinosaurs could still be alive today if the asteroid had hit pretty much anywhere else, and more
Your dinosaur neighbors.
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This week I learned the dinosaurs could still be alive today if the asteroid had hit pretty much anywhere else, and more

The origin story of the peace sign
From the book, 'Peace: Photography by Jim Marshall.'
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The origin story of the peace sign

This week I learned that dogs can smell happiness, and more
Following the scent of happiness.
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This week I learned that dogs can smell happiness, and more

The year of Trump, in photos
The inauguration of President Donald Trump.
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The year of Trump, in photos

Texas Attorney General calls for more conceal carry laws in the wake of deadly church shooting
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.
texas church shooting

Texas Attorney General calls for more conceal carry laws in the wake of deadly church shooting

The week's best photojournalism
A ballerina in Rio de Janeiro.
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The week's best photojournalism

This week I learned plants can smell predators coming, and more
Another cool plant defense mechanism.
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This week I learned plants can smell predators coming, and more

The locked doors of dementia
From the series, 'Into Oblivion.'
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The locked doors of dementia

The week's best photojournalism
An ancient breed of Hungarian sheep.
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The week's best photojournalism

This week I learned that salmon sex literally moves mountains, and more
Sweet, sweet salmon love.
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This week I learned that salmon sex literally moves mountains, and more

The week's best photojournalism
Storm Ophelia descends on Ireland.
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The week's best photojournalism

This week I learned worms can smell danger, and more
Eep!
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This week I learned worms can smell danger, and more

America the polluted
Smoke stacks, early 1970s.
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America the polluted