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A Fascinating New Theory About the Human Mind, Evolution and Mortality

By Ajit Varki, Danny Brower / Twelve

Why have other species failed to evolve human-like intelligence? The answer may lie in our conception of mortality.

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Did a "Troubled Teen" Rehab Create Murderers?

By Maia Szalavitz / The Fix

Why the Raw, Animalistic Female Libido Is Repressed

By William Hogeland / William Hogeland's blog

Melissa Etheridge: Pot Saved Me! Legalize It!

By Janet Allon / AlterNet

Are Conservatives Easier to Manipulate?

By Eric Zuesse / AlterNet

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Is Casting Nearly 40-Year-Old Penelope Cruz as New Bond "Girl" a Feminist Triumph?

Alyssa Rosenberg / Think Progress

Do Psychiatrists Create the Very Mental Problems They Claim to Treat?

Ethan Watters / Pacific Standard

6 Reasons Your Apple Product Has Become Very Uncool

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Who Do You Think Created the Term Yippie?

Paul Krassner / AlterNet

Get Rid of Your Cable TV Package Now!

David Sirota / Salon

Millennials: The Worst, Most Entitled, Most Spoiled Generation in the History of Humankind?

Jennifer Wright / Salon

How Class Anxiety and Masculinity Fears Push Men to Work Longer Hours

Joan Williams / Huffington Post

Beyonce's Pitch-Perfect Response to Getting Butt Slapped: An Example for Everybody

Alyssa Figueroa / AlterNet

1 Black Man Is Killed Every 28 Hours by Police or Vigilantes: America Is Perpetually at War with Its Own People

Adam Hudson / AlterNet

Artist Responds to Gun Violence, from Mexico to US, by Transforming Weapons into Art

Pedro Reyes / Creative Time Reports

'Greed Is Good': Top 7 Most Piggish Commencement Speeches

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

Back to the Land is Back in Vogue, and It Could Make You Happier

Emily Matchar / Simon & Schuster

Best Thing of the Day: WikiLeaks Leaks Transcript of Hollywood's Doc on the Online Activists

Steven Hsieh / AlterNet

How Ecstasy Can Take You on the Healing Path ... Even for a Former Nun

Ralph Metzner / AlterNet

Inside Mind-Tripping, Soul-Changing, Ground-Shifting, 21st Century Psychedelic Therapy

Don Lattin / Spirituality and Health

10 Most Absurd Sex Tips from the Christian Right

Amanda Marcotte / AlterNet

Biblical Medicine? How Religious Corporations Are Gobbling Up Healthcare Facilities

Valerie Tarico / AlterNet

The Latest Cannabis Discoveries That the Federal Government Doesn’t Want You to Know About

Paul Armentano / AlterNet

Penis Cakes, Penis Straws ... Penis Piñatas? Why the Modern Bachelorette Party Is Filled With Male Genitalia

Madeline Grimes / Bitch Magazine

Why Has Humanity Always Fantasized About the Capture and Rape of Women?

Lynn Stuart Parramore / AlterNet

My Friend, the Murderer

Amy Butcher / Salon

Punk at the Met: For People Who've Never Had to Safety-Pin Their Clothes

Ayesha Adamo / AlterNet

Why Do Christian Megapastors Keep Getting Caught in Sordid Sex Scandals?

April M. Short / AlterNet

What Will It Take for Us to Recognize That the Way We Live Could Be Destroying Life as We Know It?

Marty Kaplan / AlterNet

Cleveland Horror Caps Week of Violence Against Women

Leslie Savan / The Nation

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