How to Keep Your Wedding from Looking Like a Disaster on Instagram. Some advice on chilling out, whatever you choose to share.

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How to Grow Crops on Mars. We may need to re-engineer plants before we make the trip.

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The Visual Appeal of Darth Vader Made Him One of the Most Iconic Villains of All Time. A close look at his minimalist menace in the original Star Wars trilogy.

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The Shark Arm Murder Mystery. The holiday mood was ruined when a shark threw up a human arm in front of an aquarium crowd.

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The Most Educated Cities in America. And the least, with all 150 in ranked order.

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The Real Story of Gumbo, Okra, and Filé. The origins of Louisiana cuisine owe more to West Africa than to France.

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Why Your City Government Should Buy Your Local Newspaper. Treating information as a necessary utility might save journalism.

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How Star Trek Boldly Made the Split Infinitive Acceptable. It's a technicality that no one even notices anymore.