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May 2014
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- May 31st
- May 30th
- The week's best photojournalism
- The evolution of Maleficent: How the classic Disney villain became a star
- Today in history: Honoring one of America's greatest presidents
- Girls on Film: How The Thin Man's Nora Charles became Hollywood's 'perfect wife'
- 7 ways to save on your summer barbecues
- Why is Amazon bullying book publishers?
- How the digital divide hurts the elderly in times of crisis
- 13 more unanswered questions for Edward Snowden
- May 29th
- 8 soups that are perfect for spring
- House Hunting: 6 homes in the Virgin Islands
- Republican senator: Same-sex marriage will soon be 'law of the land'
- Japan's military is back — and open for business
- The untold story behind Pokémon's 'Pokérap'
- Today in history: JFK is born
- The real problem with Thomas Piketty's grand theory of inequality
- 5 money mistakes that even responsible savers make
- Our favorite words from Mad Men season 7
- 9 fascinating facts about the schwa
- Dissecting America's misconception of masculinity
- Why do financial crises happen?
- The Week contest — Brain implant
- Elliot Rodger and The Secret
- May 28th
- Reaching through light
- House Hunting: 7 houses built on stilts
- How to make the most of your spring vegetables
- Meet the G3, LG's new flagship Android phone
- Why does 'terrible' mean bad and 'terrific' mean good?
- The simplest secret to happiness you'll ever find
- The private tragedy of living with a mass killer in the family
- Justice Scalia: Sometimes right, often wrong, never in doubt
- The Isla Vista shootings are not about you. Or me.
- May 27th
- Why Americans spend less of their income on food than any other country
- 5 ways to have a great first date, according to science
- Robert Morse discusses the bizarre, joyous final scene from the Mad Men finale
- 8 weird and fantastic food blogs
- Today in history: FDR declares a national emergency
- Mad Men creator Matthew Weiner says Don and Peggy will never hook up
- Unlocking the mystery of how your brain keeps time
- Outing the CIA's station chief in Kabul was a blunder, not a crime
- Why we favorite on Twitter, according to science
- What I learned from test-driving my mortgage budget
- This map shows which export makes your country the most money
- Personal finance tips: How to avoid investment underperformance, and more
- May 26th
- Make your bed every morning, and other pearls from this year's commencement speeches
- Life and death in the trenches
- Kickstarting a cure for rare diseases
- How Philadelphia's neighborhoods got their names
- My daughter has autism. At the library, she found words and joy.
- How America is failing its veterans
- The 11 richest small cities in America
- Pope Francis wants Catholics to doubt the Church. He's right.
- Why economists are finally taking inequality seriously
- How the digital economy is holding women back
- Mad Men finale review: 'Waterloo'
- May 25th
- May 24th
- May 23rd
- The week's best photojournalism
- What penis-length studies can teach us about shenanigans in the financial industry
- 22 books to read in 2014
- Get ready for the world's first solar-powered circumnavigation
- Today in history: The Lisbon Protocol
- Every argument against cosmetic surgery is wrong
- 6 numbers that explain why Europe can't get its act together on Russia
- Girls on Film: The superhero genre's 'giant green porn star' problem
- May 22nd
- The world is falling over itself to attract Chinese tourists
- How did flightless birds travel around the world?
- Should you buy stocks now?
- North Korea is shockingly compliant on climate change. Why?
- 5 books that will help advance your career
- The 10 most incredible scientific hoaxes of all time
- Today in history: Nixon goes to Moscow
- Here is the NSA's unofficial org chart
- The myth of good faith in our legal system
- The Week contest — Forget it
- May 21st
- Why don't octopuses get stuck to themselves?
- Trigger warning: if you're in favor of trigger warnings, this article might cause you distress
- Yet another reason to hate your internet provider
- Pope Francis tackles climate change: 'If we destroy Creation, Creation will destroy us'
- Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice: Everything we know so far
- From Pakistan to Brazil: An inside look at how the soccer balls for the 2014 World Cup are made
- 'Viral' content is usually garbage. Let's rename it.
- 10 ways to manage your grocery bill in the face of rising food costs
- Today in history: JFK sends federal marshals to Montgomery
- I tried out for American Idol — and this is what I learned
- The secret to sizzle-perfect bacon
- You should fear 'the banksters,' not the stock market
- May 20th
- 11 spring recipes for your picnic basket
- What Twitter would really gain from buying SoundCloud
- 8 budget-friendly ways to improve your home
- Could a robot do my job?
- Stop calling the U.S. an oligarchy
- How Frasier became the most nostalgia-proof TV show of the '90s
- What climate change is already costing you
- Doctors close in on vaccinations against heroin, cocaine, and meth
- How Republicans are trying to ObamaCare the music industry
- May 19th
- Should you go diesel?
- Coming home to Appalachia
- How accurate are weather forecasts?
- Belfie, drelfie, helfie, and more variations on selfie
- Mad Men recap: 'The Strategy'
- The (secret) plan to shame China into curbing cyber-espionage
- What would it take for China to build a train to the U.S.?
- 8 things the world's most successful people all have in common
- A dislike button is just what the internet needs — as long as it doesn't work
- Should you disclose your pregnancy to a potential employer?
- Personal finance tips: How to keep wealth in the family, and more
- You really must see this ridiculous Christian found-footage horror movie about the dangers of pornography
- Game of Thrones recap: 'Mockingbird'
- May 18th
- May 17th
- May 16th
- The week's best photojournalism
- How Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. learned to lean in — and became a much better show in the process
- 3 lies we tell ourselves about women's sports
- What Freakonomics gets wrong about health care
- The surprising science behind wonderful friendships
- Today in history: The 'XYZ Affair'
- 6 one-weekend DIY projects for your home
- Why the #bringbackourgirls campaign matters
- India's Narendra Modi and the threat of Hindu nationalism
- Girls on Film: The untapped talents of Sandra Oh
- May 15th
- Jay Z, Beyonce, and Solange finally speak out on elevator attack
- Why don't octopuses get stuck to themselves?
- Sexist postcards (from 100 years ago)
- Millennials are becoming financial Neanderthals
- How to turn a counteroffer into a raise
- Over $5 billion and counting for ObamaCare websites
- When looking like Justin Bieber is worse than dodgy stock trading
- The Week contest — Young blood
- May 14th
- Amen Dunes' 6 favorite Britpop songs
- The painstaking beauty of Scotland's Harris Tweed
- 9 money habits that will help you build wealth
- Alex Trebek says he'll retire from Jeopardy! 'on a whim'
- John McCain: Nigeria's president is just 'some guy'
- This is what could get the U.S. military involved in Nigeria
- Free markets need more regulation than you think
- Why you should watch every single match of the 2014 World Cup
- The 7 secrets to getting more leisure time, according to science
- How to make the perfect fried chicken
- Zoos of the future are breaking down the enclosure walls
- Today in history: Congress approved the title "President"
- Amazon's Fire TV is the best video-streaming box on the market — but consumers deserve better
- May 13th
- 10 restaurant dishes to make at home
- Glenn Greenwald's new book, distilled
- The exquisite nightmares of H.R. Giger
- It's time to rename 'net neutrality'
- Does trend-chasing explain financial markets?
- Today in history: The beginning of the Mexican-American War
- There has been a big setback in the search for alien life
- How I plan to be a work-from-home mom
- What most people get wrong about 'o' vs 'oh'
- Why you should avoid best-selling books
- May 12th
- Does unemployment make you fat?
- Why babies smell good enough to eat
- How Christian movies are capitalizing on the culture wars
- Documenting home — out on the range
- Mad Men recap: 'The Runaways'
- The answer to America's power needs: Solar roads
- Today in history: The Mayaguez incident
- Who's financing Boko Haram?
- 6 common retirement savings mistakes you should avoid
- How to motivate people, according to science
- Timothy Dalton opens up about Penny Dreadful, leaving James Bond, and the demon in all of us
- How the Philippines is crushing the Indian call center business
- Personal finance tips: How to stick to a budget, and more
- You should need a license to take out a mortgage
- Game of Thrones recap: 'The Laws of Gods and Men'
- Donald Sterling waited 2 weeks to make a terrible non-apology apology
- May 11th
- May 10th
- May 9th
- The week's best photojournalism
- Here's another good sign that sanctions against Russia are working
- The 5 paths to being the best at anything
- 12 bright salads for spring
- Here's the right way to ask for a raise
- 16 characters from other languages that make great emoticons
- Girls on Film: Veronica Mars told the wrong story
- May 8th
- 10 things we've learned about the NSA over the past year
- How to fix the NFL draft
- How 3D food printers will revolutionize cooking
- In defense of economic thinking
- Robot 'pals' are invading social media — and it's time to unfriend them
- 'This time is different': The 4 most costly words in business?
- Blame Google for America's dysfunctional democracy
- Today in history: The Nazis surrender
- Why 'female friendly' restaurants are making women unhappy
- How Apple can turn iTunes into an industry-dominating streaming service
- The Week contest — Star Wars
- May 7th
- Are subscription food delivery services worth the money?
- Angelina Jolie calls the Nigerian schoolgirl kidnappers 'evil'
- 6 ways a modern actor can successfully play a pop culture legend
- Ellen Page reflects on coming out
- #BringBackOurGirls: A look at the lives of Nigeria's hardworking young women
- Why you should care about Alibaba
- Everything you need to know about the kidnapped Nigerian girls
- Don't call Warren Buffett a tax hypocrite
- Why evangelicals and environmentalists should join forces
- 6 hostage negotiation techniques that will get you what you want
- Which smartphone is most vulnerable to malware?
- How to make your own salsa in a pinch
- Why are 'rhyme' and 'rhythm' spelled like that?
- After Oklahoma's botched execution, here comes the cover-up
- May 6th
- House Hunting: 6 homes in the North Carolina Piedmont
- Here's how C.E.O. compensation got so high
- 11 beautiful alphabets from ancient and medieval times
- How the New Classicals drank the Austrians' milkshake
- No, China hasn't already replaced the U.S.
- How to live happily ever after, according to science
- May 5th
- Mailbag: 'Defending' Snowden and 'illegal' immigrants
- The abandoned dogs of the Mississippi Delta
- How to take the perfect nap, according to science
- This is the best sign yet that ObamaCare is working
- Mad Men recap: 'The Monolith'
- Why is secular Europe so much more Christian on the death penalty?
- Today in history: A president lies
- Putin divulged his plot to reunify the USSR years ago
- 6 perks executives should negotiate for at work
- 4 secrets to reading body language like an expert
- Personal finance tips: Signs you should keep renting, and more
- No, ObamaCare isn't causing soaring health costs
- Game of Thrones recap: The desperate women of Westeros
- May 4th
- May 3rd
- May 2nd
- The week's best photojournalism
- Tribeca Film Festival: 7 movies you should know about
- Hugh Jackman might not play Wolverine for much longer
- Why you should change the default browser on your iPhone
- Do schools really have a 'boy problem'?
- Why Amazon's shares are slipping
- The Redskins need a name change — but not because of Donald Sterling
- How to be a better parent: 3 counterintuitive lessons from science
- 8 great weekend getaways that won't break the bank
- These are the largest infrastructure projects in the Western Hemisphere
- Girls on Film: The hidden feminism of Audrey Hepburn
- A commonsense guide for dealing with your mother- (or daughter-) in-law
- May 1st
- There's no such thing as an 'illegal immigrant'
- The surprise winner of America's fallout with Russia: the U.S. space industry
- When to fill up the tank, by state
- Today in history: The death of Osama bin Laden
- 10 things science can teach us about being sexy as hell
- The real-world locations behind the 7 kingdoms in Game of Thrones
- A mortgage is a terrible investment
- 8 how-to books from 100 years ago that are still (sort of) useful
- The Week contest — Baby school
- Mississippi congressman calls Justice Clarence Thomas an 'Uncle Tom'
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