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Unpacking Madonna’s Spiritual Beliefs
Madonna’s 13th album, Rebel Heart, includes quite a lot of spiritual imagery—sometimes couching temptation in terms of a struggle requiring divine assistance, other times merging
Stepping Into the Cool, Creepy World of Health Tech
I recently upgraded my phone to a snazzy iPhone 6. It works just as well as my old iPhone did, only with a bigger screen. I
Upsilon Circuit: One Strike and You’re Out
If you’ve ever played an online role-playing game like, say, World of Warcraft, you know that they’re generally vast, open-world games that plop your avatar
Cinderella Belle of the Ball
Forget the crown. Shelve the trophy or title belt. This weekend’s box office championship came with a dainty glass slipper. Not even a growling, gun-toting
The Internet, Desire & Depression
Is Facebook making us depressed? For at least some users, the answer to that question may be yes, according to a new study out of
Smile But Don’t Touch
Ever heard of a Quokka? No? Well it’s only a cute grinning critter that’s part of the latest and greatest selfie trend on Instagram right
Pitcher Fires Fastball at Twitter Trolls: 3 Lessons for the Rest of Us
As painful as it has always been for its victims, bullying used to be something that could be escaped by reaching the front door of
The Sun’ll Come Out … in Tomorrowland?
Disney just released a new trailer for Tomorrowland, a movie slated to hit theaters May 22. Starring George Clooney, Hugh Laurie (House), Britt Robertson and
Chappie Chugs to Championship, Chump Change
Chappie, Neill Blomkamp’s emotional robot, learned another particularly human lesson this weekend: What it feels like to win for losing. While Chappie took the weekend’s
How a Movie Birthed an Art Form (And Tarnished a Nation)
A century ago this week, New Yorkers began lining up to watch The Birth of a Nation. Though the country was still more than a
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