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August 2016

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August 31st
- Why forgetting is actually good for you
August 30th
- The chaotic brilliance of Gene Wilder
- The frolicsome sex appeal of Channing Tatum
August 28th
- This smartphone sensor can see through walls
- How politics skew your investment decisions
- Lisa McInerney's 6 favorite books with memorable characters
August 27th
- Maine governor says the 'enemy' is usually 'people of color or people of Hispanic origin'
- In Venezuela, life on the line
- Hollywood's summer of flops
August 26th
- The Week contest: Nose meds
- School fees planning: Education – but at what cost?
- Retirement planning: When you're 64
- Innovation in the UK: What's new?
- How to explain the Leslie Jones hack to a 7-year-old
- This week I learned how screen addicts can get a good night's sleep, and more
August 25th
- How to survive your freshman year of college
- Why your boss wants you to take more vacation
- How dead letters became the love poems of our time
- Is your doctor a woman? She's probably being paid less.
August 24th
- How to fall in love with a new city
- 5 sophisticated summer denim looks
August 23rd
- Anxious about the world? Watch a dark TV show.
- How Britney Spears became one of America's most durable pop stars
- Elvis, himselvis
- After cancer diagnosis, Jimmy Carter didn't think he'd live 'longer than 2 or 3 more weeks'
August 22nd
- This Republican senator wants the GOP to give up on Donald Trump
- Sean Hannity, unofficial Trump adviser, wants you to know he 'never claimed to be a journalist'
August 21st
- 6 homes perfect for pool parties
August 20th
- 6 stunning homes in the Chicago suburbs
August 19th
- This week I learned just thinking about exercising improves your fitness, and more
- What I'll miss about Gawker
August 18th
- How do you say 'pecan'?
- What's the deal with the modern pentathlon?
August 17th
- This is the summer of Craig Robinson
- The zen of American river rafting
- The myth of modern burnout
- The secret sorrow of parents sending their children off to college
- Billy Joel is dedicating 'The Entertainer' to Donald Trump, but he has backup songs
August 16th
- Sean Hannity spectacularly misuses the word 'literally'
- What killed The Nightly Show?
- War, economics, and prejudice: The hidden competitors of the Olympic Games
- The 5 best laptops on the market this year
- This is how old languages add new words
August 15th
- You won't believe how crazy these former Olympic events were
- The enduring magic of The Baby-Sitters Club
August 14th
- How to finance a vacation home
- Garry Trudeau's 6 favorite books
August 13th
- The president of Kyrgyzstan says 'Women in mini skirts don't become suicide bombers'
- Robert De Niro says Donald Trump is 'totally nuts'
- You can take an eye exam on your smartphone now
August 12th
- The Week contest: Short stuff
- How can a computer glitch bring an airline to its knees?
- Trump says he was being sarcastic when he called Obama the 'founder of ISIS'
- How to identify — and survive — a toxic boss
- This week I learned a massive solar storm nearly sparked a nuclear war, and more
- The executive style guide
August 11th
- How to create the perfect office, according to science
August 10th
- 11 questions employers should never ask job applicants
August 9th
- Help! I'm getting emails meant for someone who has the same name as me.
August 8th
- Why everyone should go to the Olympics at least once
August 7th
- GOP senator says if Trump could be president only 'in private, I guess it would be OK'
- Innovation of the week: A robotic dinner plate for people with disabilities
- 5 nifty coolers for every occasion
- Marie Kondo's war on clutter
August 6th
- For sale: 6 cool geometric homes
- Jay McInerney's 6 favorite books about New York City
- Will rugby sevens be the breakout fan favorite of the Rio Olympics?
August 5th
- The Week contest: Bug juice
- Hillary Clinton thanks her African-American 'crew' for trying to 'expand my musical tastes'
- The Rio Olympics opening ceremony: A viewer's guide
- This week I learned why sleeping with the lights on is a terrible idea, and more
August 4th
- The Rio Olympics: A viewer's guide to 9 top sports
- Corruption, birth defects, and filthy water: A brief rundown of Rio's Olympic disaster
- The new film Little Men is a painfully accurate portrait of childhood friendship
August 3rd
- Will Smith: 'Racism is not getting worse, it's getting filmed'
- How Last Chance U escaped the sports cliché
- Ivanka, Eric Trump take to TV to clarify Donald Trump's views on sexual harassment
August 2nd
- Transform your business the right way
- How genomics is dramatically changing the future of medicine
- 4 classic Sesame Street moments we wouldn't show today's kids
- Life in a Bedouin village that's been destroyed 101 times
August 1st
- Corey Lewandowski snaps 'don't touch me' at Christine Quinn
- Announcing The Week Live
- 5 ways to turn camping into glamping
- How I learned to stop worrying and love germs

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