Kenny Chesney’s Good-Time Cult of Authenticity
Patrick Michels visits Cowboys Stadium, where the nation's top-selling touring act was busy promoting a new line of rum.
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Prognosis for Don Draper: Not Good
A study challenges the idea that “bottoming out” makes one more receptive to getting help for an addiction.
Americans Love Dogs, Are Frightened by Snakes, Underestimate Evil of Cats
The results of a recent survey show that Americans prefer dogs over cats—but they still do not understand the gravity of the feline threat.
This Tiny Swedish Company Is Making the Video Games of the Future
What can you do when your first video game makes over one billion kronor? Experiment.
Seriously, Is There More Racism in the South?
They may not be overtly racist, but Southern whites are still more likely to use code words that indicate racial animus than non-Southern whites.
To Stay Focused, Listen to Mozart
New research from Japan finds listening to a Mozart minuet helps people ignore extraneous information.
How America Stole Baseball From the United Kingdom
Americans didn't invent baseball. Why do we work so hard to pretend we did?
Tribal Communities Explore Creative Alternatives to Incarceration
From elder meetings to equine therapy, programs focusing on healing are found to be cheaper and more effective than jail time.
Las Vegas Is a Great Place to Get Away With a Non-Lethal Shooting
Why are shootings with a surviving victim so under-investigated in Sin City, and chronically overlooked in the post-Newtown national gun policy debate?
The Gays Are (Finally) All Right
Seminal research that changed how we think about homosexuality—one step at a time, over the past century.