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How to Build a Human

"A forensics company tells cops it can use DNA to predict a suspect’s face. Scientists worry the tool will deepen racial bias."

“The Oligarchs Who Came to Regret Supporting Hitler”

Historian Timothy Ryback, the author of Takeover: Hitler’s Final Rise to Power who also wrote the popular article How Hitler Dismantled a Democracy in 53 Days , has a new piece in The Atlantic about Adolf Hitler’s relationship with the rich German industrialists who helped him

Guardians of the gibbons

Humans are both the gravest threat and the greatest hope for the survival of the rare hoolock gibbons in northeast India - by Aeon Video Watch at Aeon

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A very American fear

Moral panics about erotica have coursed through the country’s history. Why do so many Americans think of porn as harm? - by Rebecca L Davis Read at Aeon

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Polishing the problem

I won’t walk away. I won’t ease any of the constraints. I won’t forgive. I won’t get a coach. It’s personal. I don’t want to talk about it. I will think about this often. I can add another problem just like this one. I can do this. Persistent perfect problems are a great way to