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Alice Robb

Alice Robb is the author of Don’t Think, Dear: On Loving and Leaving Ballet.

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October 14, 2014
Alice Robb
Here's What Happens When Hasidic Jews Join the Secular World
October 13, 2014
Alice Robb
Bloody, Meaty Veggie Burgers? Vegetarians Don't Want That.
October 9, 2014
Alice Robb
The Scientists Studying Life After Death Are Not Total Frauds
October 7, 2014
Alice Robb
Share Your Chocolate. It’ll Make It Taste Better.
October 6, 2014
Alice Robb
The Scientific Reason Americans Will Pay So Much for Justin Timberlake's Uneaten Breakfast
October 2, 2014
Alice Robb
How Do You Figure Out if a Mouse Is 'Depressed'?
October 1, 2014
Alice Robb
Juries Dole Out Harsher Sentences to Non-Citizens
September 30, 2014
Alice Robb
People Use Fewer First-Person Pronouns As They Get Older
September 27, 2014
Alice Robb
$8 Pizza Tastes Better Than $4 Pizza Even When It's the Same Pizza
September 25, 2014
Alice Robb
Not Every Gender Gap Needs to Be Closed
Yes, men ride bikes and smoke pot more than women. No, that's not really a problem.
September 23, 2014
Alice Robb
A Person's Accent Can Change Your Perception of What He Is Saying
And it could affect people’s judgments of what’s socially appropriate
September 19, 2014
Alice Robb
Ebola Is Spreading Way Faster Than Anyone Predicted
September 19, 2014
Alice Robb
The Real Stories of Disabled Men Who Pay for Sex
They don't do it for the reasons you think
September 19, 2014
Alice Robb
The Duck Penis Paradox
Is too much Internet pop science drowning out the serious stuff?
September 17, 2014
Alice Robb
The Strange Case of An 18th-Century Sex Change Surgery
A chance discovery leads to one of the earliest known instances of the operation
September 15, 2014
Alice Robb
Women Pay More Attention to Politics When Their Senator Is a Woman
And men significantly outperform women on tests of political knowledge
September 12, 2014
Alice Robb
This Is What It Will Look Like When Robots Take All Our Jobs
September 10, 2014
Alice Robb
Women Who Wear Hijab Can Have a Better Body Image, Study Says
What the hijab tells us about standards of beauty from different parts of the world
September 1, 2014
Alice Robb
Science Does Not Support the 'Rule of Seven' for Relationships
Chris Martin and Jennifer Lawrence are fine
August 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Kids Are Exposed to More Fat Shaming on TV Than Adults
Animated shows are the worst offenders

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