List of Society articles
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 A Brewing Controversy Over Swiss Coffee Shop’s Sex Robots
One café in Geneva is looking to offer its customers an extra perk with their espressos, but not everyone is sold on the idea.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Fleeing Burundi Won’t Protect You From Its Government
A Burundian militia is crossing borders to terrorize refugees and infiltrate the aid agencies that are supposed to protect them.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Vladimir Putin Takes His Bromance with Steven Seagal to the Next Level
In what promises to be a watershed moment for U.S.-Russia relations, the Kremlin just granted Steven Seagal Russian citizenship.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Iraq Is Blaming the Islamic State’s Victims
Civilians are fleeing the so-called "caliphate" – only to be detained by Iraqi security forces.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Internet of Things Is a Cyberwar Nightmare
But we can still prevent our household appliances from becoming an army of malicious computer zombies out to destroy the web.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 How Two Australians Tricked North Korea Into Giving Them a Free Round of Golf in Pyongyang
Two pranksters jokingly signed up for a North Korean golf tournament. When government officials there approved, they just went with it.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Visiting Sweden, the Pope Sure Had a Lot to Say
Who knew the pope had so many thoughts on Swedish life?
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Lights Out for Another Human Rights Office in Russia
Moscow authorities just stole a little more oxygen from Russia’s civil society, already struggling to breathe.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Meet China’s State-Approved Muslims
Adapting to Beijing's dictates has allowed Hui Islam to survive. But true believers say it's losing its soul.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Japanese Hospital Inquiry Finds That Lasers and Farts Don’t Mix
A Japanese hospital conducted a formal review of an incident where a patient caught fire after passing gas in surgery
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 The Brief Life and Slow Death of Ukrainian Journalism
An independent news channel wanted to revolutionize Ukrainian media. But not all Ukrainians were in the mood for the truth.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 President Trump Would Be a Disaster for Women in the Military
The Republican candidate’s blatant sexism and misogyny would all but undo the recent strides U.S. servicewomen have made.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Washington Redskins Fumble the Transatlantic Relationship
A spokesman for the Washington Redskins pushed away a German reporter asking about a missed kick after a game in London.
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rsz_1cover_somalia Meet the Tank Girls Taking on al-Shabab
Somalia’s fight against jihad will be decisive for women’s rights — and may be decided by female soldiers.
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fp-placeholder-social-share-3-2 Do we worship information these days? Are server farms our new Delphi temples?
Server farms, I suspect, are our modern Delphis. Hidden away, accessible only to initiates. Essential to the way we live yet unavailable to most mere mortals.
