An attempt to take a crunchy subject and make it go down smoothly, so people will be less stupid about statistics.


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The Silicon Valley startup Theranos was run by terrible, terrible people.


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The so-called "biography" of cancer documents our successes and failures against the beast.


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Fiction and non-fiction about Earth's first interstellar voyages.


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The history of memory and how the invention of writing began to change our brains.


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Orchids, alligators, and Indians, and a scammer with a heart of... nah, he's still just a scammer.


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Everything you've ever wanted to know about decayed corpses, decapitation, dissection, and death.


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Salmon, sea bass, cod, and tuna, and how humans can literally eat the oceans to extinction.


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They look like you and me, they have no conscience, they cannot be cured, and they make up 4% of the population.


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One-line summary: Everything you ever wanted to know about vomiting, sweating, pooping, wanking, and dying in space.


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