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Today in "AI will replace us all." Author avatars can now read their books to you.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 16, 2019

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

On the Love Hotels and Pleasure Quarters of Tokyo

Anna Sherman Maps Sites of Hidden Desires

By Anna Sherman | August 16, 2019

Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX

Feuds, Flings, and High School Sports After Title IX

Sports Writer Melissa Isaacson on Her Time at Niles West High

By Melissa Isaacson | August 16, 2019

How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?

How, Exactly, Did We Come Up with What Counts As 'Normal'?

A Brief History of the Pseudoscience Behind the Myth of the "Average"

By Jonathan Mooney | August 16, 2019

The Real Heroes: <br>On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

The Real Heroes:
On HIV/AIDS Activists in 1980s Chicago

Hannah Steinkopf-Frank in Conversation with Her Mom, Deborah, and the Novelist Rebecca Makkai

By Hannah Steinkopf-Frank | August 16, 2019

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Plunging Into the 1970s' Altered States of Awareness

Buzz Poole on Erik Davis’s High Weirdness

By Buzz Poole | August 16, 2019

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Where Have All the Pirates Gone?

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Fourteen-Year-Old Marley Dias, Tireless Promoter of Diversity in Literature

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"It started in fifth grade, when Dias noticed a lack of diversity in the books she read in school."

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President Obama recommends Téa Obreht, Lauren Wilkinson, and more for your late summer reading.

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By Emily Temple | August 14, 2019

Pour one out for Pacific Standard and its final book recommendations.

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By Corinne Segal | August 14, 2019

Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

Lyz Lenz: Finding a Creation Myth of One’s Own

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By Lyz Lenz | August 14, 2019

The Theranos Effect: <br> When Cutting-Edge Scientists Are Frauds

The Theranos Effect:
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The Tragicomic Farce of Faking It in the Lab

By Nicolas Chevassus-au-Louis | August 14, 2019

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution

The French Village That Saved Hundreds Fleeing Nazi Persecution

Maggie Paxson on Refuge and Resistance in WWII

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