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How LSD and shrooms could help treat anxiety, addiction and depression

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Political polarization is making dating worse

How free games are designed to make money

How the Republican Party went from Lincoln to Trump

This plane could cross the Atlantic in 3.5 hours. Why did it fail?

Melania Trump (2016) vs Michelle Obama (2008)

Turkey's failed military coup, explained

Why red light cameras are a scam

Why so many queer female characters die on TV

This is how the NRA swings elections

Hillary Clinton: The Vox Conversation

Why no aquarium has a great white shark

Watch what really happens after the Running of the Bulls

Why Hollywood keeps making terrible sequels

Proxemics: the study of personal space

How Brexit could actually make the EU stronger

The science is in: Exercise isn’t the best way to lose weight

How Snapchat's filters work

2016 Olympics: What Rio doesn’t want the world to see

The United Kingdom is leaving the EU. Here's what that means.

50 Million Americans live with disabilities – so why ignore their vote?

Kim Kardashian's greatest talent

How long it takes to shoot and reload different guns

The Oxford comma's unlikely origin

Airplane black boxes, explained

Why truffles can cost $2,500 per pound

The Orlando mass shooting is a reminder of why Pride is so important

Time travel in Game of Thrones, explained

The big fight over Coexist

How They Might Be Giants influenced art-rapper Open Mike Eagle

Muhammad Ali's biggest fights were outside the ring

Transgender bathroom bills technically force men into women's bathrooms. How ironic.

The business of GIFs: Then and now

Late sleeper? Blame your genes.

When carmakers taunted horses

Meet this year’s youngest Spelling Bee competitor

The real secret to sushi isn't fish

Why Obama is one of the most consequential presidents in American history

Authoritarianism: The political science that explains Trump

Rapping, deconstructed: The best rhymers of all time

When running was for weirdos

The bad map we see every presidential election

How highways wrecked American cities

Hope Solo is done being told the wage gap isn't real

Motherhood, explained by the experts: our moms

The world's greatest internet troll explains his craft

Giving birth costs a lot. Hospitals won't tell you how much.