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Hot Reads

This Week’s Hot Reads: June 17, 2015

The surprising history of Internet trolling, the story of the Norway massacre, and a quick lesson on how to forget what you just read.

Andrew Spevack

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Disaster Dilemmas

Should We Rescue The Everest Climbers?

Should Nepal’s few rescue helicopters be used to help its poor citizens—or wealthy adventurers who knowingly sought out a deadly mountain?

Andrew Spevack

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Unclear

Can You Take a Chimp to Court?

In what could be a landmark case for animal rights, a New York state judge has issued a ruling that may grant two chimpanzeess the legal protection of humans.

Andrew Spevack

Speed Read

Fighting the Lethal ‘Hemingway Curse’

Mariel Hemingway’s new autobiography discusses the family “curse” of depression, dysfunction, and suicide, as well as the amorous attentions of Woody Allen and Bob Fosse.

Andrew Spevack

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