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Mark Hay

Mark Hay
Culture Mar 31

The secret resistance behind the world’s most dangerous cheese

Sardinia’s casu marzu teems with maggots, and might eat through your stomach. Why can’t people stop eating it?

Culture Dec 02

How do aliens have sex?

Sure, we wonder because we’re just horny, but envisioning how extraterrestrials do the dirty has allowed generations of writers to expand the parameters of human sexuality.

Culture Aug 21

Apps are definitely changing our sexual behavior, we’re just not sure how

Plenty of analysis has whiffed on diagnosing the impact of dating apps on our behavior — but that doesn’t mean we’re immune.

The Future Apr 24

Trump has been... good?... for psychedelic drugs???...

Well, this is a trip: Psychedelics are getting more research and consumer market approval than ever under this administration, thanks to benign neglect.

Culture Dec 19

Stormy Daniels takes control

In March, the adult film star went public with her Trump affair on ‘60 Minutes,’ and became the rare, real thorn in the president’s side.

Culture Oct 09

Public bathrooms are terrible. What will it take to fix them?

Inside one man’s journey to find a way for people to pee in peace.

Culture Jan 18

Everything you know about cheese is a lie

Americans have never had access to the cheese they deserve.

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