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Just because it’s good for you doesn’t mean more is better.
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That stereotypical Western backdrop isn’t typical of the West.
This 13th-century song shows up everywhere.


Vox’s Netflix show Explained is back with a miniseries on the mind narrated by Emma Stone.
Universal background checks won’t fix America’s gun crisis. But there’s something else that might.


Cosmic rays are hitting us all the time. What are they?
Western art followed the same rules for centuries. Until “Olympia.”
It’s a story about alcohol. But it’s also one about roads.
The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz.


Tracing the origins of Jamaican dub music.


Raising the minimum wage shouldn’t have to be so hard.
From Justin Timberlake to the Bee Gees, we charted the popularity of men singing high.
Was Davy Crockett a sellout? And does it matter?
Who exactly would benefit if we canceled all this debt?
It’s iconic. But you might not realize why it’s there.


Tornado Alley experiences more tornadoes than anywhere else in the world — why?
Toxic chemicals — and Nazis — are part of US border history.


It’s time to go road-tripping with some men who ran the world.
In India, Muslims are being killed over cows.


How Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell are changing the country for a generation.
That chalky space ice cream you got at the gift shop? It is a crumbly con.
Why India’s trucks look like this.
How a maritime border created a conflict in the Indian Ocean.
With a disco sample and a drum machine, house music took over the globe.


Predicting what we might do can’t be untangled from where we’ve been.
Musician Jacob Collier breaks down “Sir Duke.”
What it takes to reach 900 million voters.


Caster Semenya’s court case is the latest chapter in a long and confusing debate.


You have never seen this part of the Seinfeld apartment ... until now.
The most popular way to kill fish isn’t great for the fish — or our taste buds.
This line divided India and Pakistan.
The people of Hong Kong are protesting in record-breaking numbers.
The hidden history of a North Carolina coup.