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Category: Culture

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A Former Adult Film Star’s Difficult Lessons

Former pornography star Bree Olson—who’s also known for her stint as one of actor Charlie Sheen’s former “goddesses”—left the adult film world behind in 2011.

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The Robot Secret Is Out

Robots, robots, robots. I’ve got to admit that ever since I was a kid, I’ve been really interested in robots. I’ve devoured robot short stories

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Facebook Gets Emojional

For 12 years, Facebook’s myriad users were able to signal their approval of a friend’s post in just one way: with the now iconic thumbs-up

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The Day My Life Became a Video Game

I never knew I wanted a Sneakers badge. Or a Redwood Forest badge. Until today. Some of you—perhaps quite a few, actually—know exactly what I’m

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Better than Video Games

Is there anything cooler than video games? Ask me that question and I could name hundreds of things. But I’m a 50-something guy who was

How Selfies Feed Narcissism

Once upon a time, we used to take pictures of other people. But with the arrival of a front-facing camera on Apple’s iPhone 4 in

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One Pilgrim’s Progress

America recently voted for its favorite actors and actresses in a new Harris poll. Now, I must admit that I never got a ballot, but

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