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Band-Aids: Not Much Better Than Nothing
May 18th, 2012The title and subhead say it all. Do Band-Aids work? Not really.
Slate is famous for its contrarian takes on society. Here, they challenge the conventional belief that applying a Band-Aid to a wound will help it.
Basically: it won’t.
On Being Black and Atheist
May 18th, 2012Religion and race are both highly complicated issues with enormous meaning and ramifications in our lives. In 2012, we can expect them to be used as shorthand, to be explored superficially, as election day approaches.
But there’s an overlap between the two that isn’t discussed much: the unpopular position held by African-Americans who don’t express any faith at all.
What the Internet Looked Like When Facebook Was Born
May 18th, 2012Facebook is about eight years old today as it celebrates its big coming out on Wall Street.
In Internet years, eight years is more like fifty. The web in 2004 was vastly different – not so much much that you wouldn’t recognize it, but enough that you’d be surprised at what the web looked like. The Atlantic is here to remind you.
How “Battleship” Enlisted the Navy
May 18th, 2012The producers of the upcoming movie Battleship worked very closely with the United States Navy to assure as much realism as possible, including heavy use of real naval locations. The Navy gets something out of the partnership, too: trailers touting the pairing appear in movie theaters, and the Navy is using promotional material from the [...]
Dumbest Post – Is Harry Potter Making Kids Swear?
May 18th, 2012No one wants his or her child to require a five-second delay every time the kid speaks. Parents have long battled with their children to tame the natural impulse to swear.
There’s a new culprit being blamed for bad language: books. Well, not a new culprit.
