Lauren Hansen
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.
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The 20th-century war on women's swimwear
In Pictures It took many years, and some confidently defiant women, to liberate female beachwear
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In Pictures In the week's most striking images, a soldier commemorates the fallen, Ringling Bros. performs for the last time, and more
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This week I learned how the world's hottest chili would kill you, and more
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In Pictures In the week's most striking images, yogis take over Ottawa, an Afghan boy cools down, and more
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This week I learned about a 'zombie madness' that consumed medieval English villagers, and more
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To be young and armed in Russia
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, a Ghanaian boy goes hunting, senators face the press, and more
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This week I learned smiling actually makes you look older, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, tai chi rises in Sydney, Diddy strikes a pose, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, Switzerland is dusted with springtime snow, a polar bear belly flops, and more
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This week I learned female dragonflies will fake death to avoid male suitors, and more
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Delightfully trippy vintage illustrations of futuristic space colonies
In Pictures Four decades ago, researchers imagined the self-sufficient, Earth-orbiting spacecrafts of our future
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, children dress as Charlie Chaplin, North Koreans cool off, and more
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This week I learned United once offered men-only flights complete with 'manly' services, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, global Easter celebrations kick off, a baby camel greets the world, and more
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This week I learned you're tying your shoes wrong, and more
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Europe's troubled past comes to light
In Pictures How a photographer's journey through the European debt crisis stands the test of another difficult time
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, a whale washes up on a New York beach, a kite festival gets underway in France, and more
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This week I learned how Las Vegas once cashed in on 'atomic tourism,' and more
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The women of World War I
In Pictures While most Americans wanted to stay out of World War I, some women were eager for the opportunity to prove themselves
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In Pictures In some of the week's most striking images, mini Einsteins huddle, cherry blossoms bloom, and more
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This week I learned that sleep walking is an evolutionary trait gone terribly wrong, and more
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In Pictures In some of the week's most eye-catching images, the Northeast digs out, India explodes in color, and more
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The Jewish photographer who bore witness to the unbearable
In Pictures A new exhibit honors the brave photography of Henryk Ross, who captured the slow erosion of humanity in Poland's Lodz Ghetto
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