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Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview
Cover Story: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, the Definitive Preview

David Kamp, Vanity Fair

Star Wars devotees who can’t wait for December need look no further. With exclusive access to writer-director Rian Johnson, plus interviews with Mark Hamill, Daisy Ridley, and others, V.F. presents the ultimate sneak peek at The Last Jedi—and Carrie Fisher’s lasting legacy.

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Are Women More Emotional Than Men?
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Are Women More Emotional Than Men?

Indre Viskontas, Ph.D.

Men are from Mars, women are from Venus. This idea that men and women think, talk, and understand things differently has floated around for decades—but is it true?

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This Is What It’s Like to Be Struck by Lightning
This Is What It’s Like to Be Struck by Lightning

Charlotte Huff, Mosaic

If you’re hit by lightning, there’s a nine in ten chance you’ll survive. But what are the lasting effects of being exposed to hundreds of millions of volts?

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How Do You Count Without Numbers?
How Do You Count Without Numbers?

Caleb Everett, Sapiens

Some human societies lack words for numbers. What does this say about the rest of us—and human evolution?

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Are We About to Witness the Most Unequal Societies in History?
Are We About to Witness the Most Unequal Societies in History?

Yuval Noah Harari, The Guardian

Biotechnology and the rise of AI may split humankind into a small class of ‘superhumans’ and a huge underclass of ‘useless’ people. Once the masses lose their economic and political power, inequality levels could spiral alarmingly.

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How He Used Facebook to Win
How He Used Facebook to Win

Sue Halpern, The New York Review of Books

Facebook did turn out to be essential to Trump’s victory, but not in the way Grassegger, Krogerus, and Schwartz suggest. Though there is little doubt that Cambridge Analytica exploited members of the social network, Facebook’s real influence came from the campaign’s strategic and perfectly legal use of Facebook’s suite of marketing tools.

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Coding Is Not “Fun,” It’s Technically and Ethically Complex
Coding Is Not “Fun,” It’s Technically and Ethically Complex

Walter Vannini, Quartz

Programming computers is a piece of cake. Or so the world’s digital-skills gurus would have us believe. From the non-profit Code.org’s promise that “Anybody can learn!” to Apple chief executive Tim Cook’s comment that writing code is “fun and interactive,” the art and science of making software is now as accessible as the alphabet.

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Donald Trump’s Base Is Shrinking
Donald Trump’s Base Is Shrinking

Nate Silver, FiveThirtyEight

Far from having unconditional love from his base, Trump has already lost almost a third of his strong support. And voters who strongly disapprove of Trump outnumber those who strongly approve of him by about a 2-to-1 ratio, which could presage an “enthusiasm gap” that works against Trump at the midterms.

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Google’s CEO Doesn’t Use Bullet Points and Neither Should You
Google’s CEO Doesn’t Use Bullet Points and Neither Should You

Carmine Gallo, Inc.

Google’s Sundar Pichai gives a master class for creating simple, engaging presentations.

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They Went to Manchester Arena as Homeless Men. They Left as Heroes.
They Went to Manchester Arena as Homeless Men. They Left as Heroes.

Dan Bilefsky, The New York Times

“Just because I am homeless doesn’t mean I haven’t got a heart, or I’m not human still,” he told ITV News. “I’d like to think someone would come and help me if I needed the help,” he said, adding that he had been overcome by an “instinct” to