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Archives for December 2014

Culture
If you want to win your Oscar pool, here are the film awards to pay attention toIf you want to win your Oscar pool, here are the film awards to pay attention to
Culture

From critics prizes to industry awards to the Golden Globes, these ceremonies set the Oscar agenda.

By Emily St. James
Technology
A music publisher says a Cox customer shared illegal files 54,489 times. Is Cox liable?A music publisher says a Cox customer shared illegal files 54,489 times. Is Cox liable?
Technology

A new lawsuit could finally determine how much ISPs need to do to police piracy by their customers.

By Timothy B. Lee
Poverty
Obama is testing Paul Ryan’s commitment to fighting poverty, and Ryan is failing badlyObama is testing Paul Ryan’s commitment to fighting poverty, and Ryan is failing badly
Poverty

The Earned Income Tax Credit is in trouble, and Ryan won’t stand up to defend it.

By Dylan Matthews
Health
Suicides aren’t more common during the holidaysSuicides aren’t more common during the holidays
Health

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention call the idea “a long perpetuated myth.”

By German Lopez
archives
America’s most violent jobs, in 5 chartsAmerica’s most violent jobs, in 5 charts
archives

Washington, DC: where you’re most likely to be murdered on the job.

By Danielle Kurtzleben
Syria
A wife of ISIS’s leader just got captured. Here’s what we know.A wife of ISIS’s leader just got captured. Here’s what we know.
Syria

Lebanese authorities have captured a wife and child of ISIS Caliph Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. What happens now?

By Zack Beauchamp
Climate
What the huge fall in gasoline prices means for AmericaWhat the huge fall in gasoline prices means for America
Climate

Americans have already saved about $75 billion over the past six months, for one.

By Brad Plumer
Police Violence
Police wanted St. Louis Rams players punished for Ferguson protest. The NFL declined.Police wanted St. Louis Rams players punished for Ferguson protest. The NFL declined.
Police Violence

Five players went out to the field with their hands up.

By German Lopez
Culture
9 albums from 2014 that blow U2’s Songs of Innocence out of the water9 albums from 2014 that blow U2’s Songs of Innocence out of the water
Culture

In no world is U2’s Songs of Innocence the best album of 2014.

By Kelsey McKinney
Health
America has stopped paying attention, but Ebola is still ravaging Sierra LeoneAmerica has stopped paying attention, but Ebola is still ravaging Sierra Leone
Play
Health

Progress has been made in Liberia and Guinea, but the epidemic is out of control in Sierra Leone.

By Julia Belluz
This drug costs $84,000, and there’s nothing the US health-care system can do to stop it
Features

How the Hepatitis C drug Sovaldi explains health spending in America.

By Sarah Kliff
Books
Study claims investors prefer stocks that appear earlier in the alphabetStudy claims investors prefer stocks that appear earlier in the alphabet
Books

More support for the theory that people are terrible at stock-picking.

By Matthew Yglesias
Health Care
Obama’s plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it’s saved 50,000 livesObama’s plan to reduce hospital errors is working — and it’s saved 50,000 lives
Health Care

A new federal report shows that improvements in hospital care saved 50,000 lives between 2010 and 2013, all by doing better at not making patients sick.

By Sarah Kliff
Media
Scientific journal Nature is making its papers free to readScientific journal Nature is making its papers free to read
Media

This seems like a big win for researchers.

By Susannah Locke
Neuroscience
Even a single season of high school football might have harmful impacts on the brainEven a single season of high school football might have harmful impacts on the brain