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Freediving Pushes the Body Further Than It Should Be Able to Go. With a Little Training, You Can Do It Too. How Long Can You Hold Your Breath ... With a Little Training? The Answer May Surprise You. It Seems Impossible. It Can Kill You. Come Along as I Try It—Because You Should, Too. It Seems Impossible. It Can Kill You. Come Along With Me as I Try It—Because You Should, Too. document.getElementById('cmsldta5s001owbkubzhsux4z@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 4)].hidden = false - How Long Can You Hold Your Breath ... With a Little Training? The Answer May Surprise You. Tamara Davison

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In 1984, Pizza Hut Changed Reading History. Can They Do It Again? The One Thing Millennials Can Agree On Is Back. Thank God. A Legendary Kids' Program Is Finally Back. Adults Never Quite Managed to Let It Go. Kids Adore It. Adults Can't Let It Go. This Summer, It's Finally Back. It Might Be the Best Thing a Corporation Has Ever Done. It's Finally Back. document.getElementById('cmsldta5s001kwbkulerhonie@published') .querySelectorAll('span[data-promoline-variant]') [Math.floor(Math.random() * 5)].hidden = false - In 1984, Pizza Hut Changed Reading History. Can They Do It Again? Rainesford Stauffer

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There's One Series I've Recommended Over and Over. It's Proved a Hit With Everyone. -- Laura Miller

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Conservatives Are Using a Trojan Horse to Try to Kill RBG's Greatest Legacy. It Might Just Work. -- Reva Siegel and Mary Ziegler

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A Dystopian New Movie Has the Weirdest Premise Ever. Here's Everything You've Wanted to Know. -- Nadira Goffe

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I'm Beginning to Feel a Little Disturbed by a Certain Pattern in Netflix's Movies -- Sam Adams

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A Vaccine-Skeptical Administration Just Approved a Potentially Revolutionary New Shot. What's Going On? -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Slate Crossword: Baltic Country That Pioneered Online Voting -- Quiara Vasquez

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Slate Mini Crossword for Aug. 9, 2026 -- K. Austin Collins

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He's the Greatest Boogeyman of Democrats and Republicans Alike. We're About to Find Out if He's for Real. -- Luke Winkie

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The Real Reason Rand Paul Put a DOJ Target on Anthony Fauci's Back -- Shirin Ali

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They're the Most Annoying Creatures on the Planet. You Don't Know What They're Going to Unleash on America. -- Marianne Dhenin

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There's One Simple Word the Left Needs to Start Saying if They Want to Win -- Luke Winkie

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One Genius Recipe Has Solved Everything Wrong With Potato Salad. So Why Does No One Know About It? -- Danny Palumbo

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Jenée Desmond-Harris -- When My Dad Dies, I'll Empty His House. I Have to Destroy the Evidence!

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Rich Juzwiak -- My Aunt Spied On My Boyfriend In the Shower. Uh, Now She's Making Wild Accusations About Him.

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Michelle Herman -- My Family Is Trying to Push My Grandma Out of Her House. Their Ulterior Motives Are Plain as Day.

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Kristin Wong -- I Just Learned My Mom Has a Secret Account With Plenty of Cash. What I Want to Do Next Isn't Exactly "Fair."

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Laura Helmuth -- My Boss Clearly Has a Favorite. She Gets Away With More Than I Ever Could.

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Logan Sachon -- I Took a Video of What I Thought Was My Child Enjoying a Classic Childhood Activity. My Wife Was Not So Charmed.

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An Acclaimed Novelist's New Book Is Supposedly a "Literary Assassination" of Natalie Portman. I've Read It. It's Something Much Weirder. -- Laura Miller -- Readers are titillated over the idea that Rachel Cusk's Life of M dishes the dirt on her movie star friend.

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How a Titanic Voice Helped Power the World's Biggest Movie -- Hit Parade

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The Brilliant, Funny, Strange New Movie That Grapples With a 1980s Cult Classic -- Sam Adams

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I Wanted to Dislike Kim Kardashian's New Skims London Store. That's Not Exactly What Happened. -- Imogen West-Knights -- I feel duty-bound to report that the pajamas are diabolically ugly.

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We've Debunked the Supreme Court's Monopoly on the Constitution. Whaddaya Gonna Do About It? -- Amicus

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Senate Floor Speeches Rarely Matter. This One Did. And It Was Terrible. -- Ian Prasad Philbrick

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Off the Record: Democrats Go to War (With Other Democrats) -- What Next

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Think You're Smarter Than Slate's Senior Director of Podcast Operations? Find Out With This Week's News Quiz. -- Ray Hamel

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Nobody in American Politics Can Figure Out When to Back Down - Jim Newell

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