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  Selects: Adidas v. Puma: A Sibling Rivalry

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  What Makes Disaster Films Great

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  Short Stuff: Tick tock goes the Doomsday Clock

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  Kim Philby: Greatest Liar of All Time?

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  Selects: Cake: So Great. So, So Great

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  Behavioral Priming: Buy, Robot Human!

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  Short Stuff: Colorful Noises

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  Editorial Cartoons: Art as Satire

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  Selects: Agatha Christie: Queen of the Murder Mystery

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  The Pinkerton Detective Agency

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  Short Stuff: Tulipmania

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  How Climate Migration Works

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  Selects: The Deal With Doulas

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  The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Part II

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  Short Stuff: Poutine: Canada's Pride

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  The Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. Part I