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If Bats Perish, Where Does That Leave Us?

Scientists scramble as a fatal fungus finally reaches a major bat sanctuary

6 min readMay 22, 2019

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I Can’t Live Without: Calm

Why the blue meditation app works so well

5 min readMar 28, 2019

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As Sports Become Safer, Bull Riding Doubles Down on Danger

Inside one of the most stubbornly dangerous sports in the world

17 min readDec 13, 2018

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As Sports Become Safer, Bull Riding Doubles Down on Danger

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Hollywood's Weird "Twin Film" Habit

It's never really an accident when two different movies have the exact same plot

4 min readJul 3, 2018

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Hollywood's Weird "Twin Film" Habit

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Why Guesswork Often Leads Different Minds to the Same Conclusion

Natural deduction proves that our brains do work in a logical, traceable pattern

5 min readMay 24, 2018

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Why Guesswork Often Leads Different Minds to the Same Conclusion

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Could America Have Also Been the Birthplace of Impressionism?

The story of Effie Anderson Smith, a forgotten impressionist from the American frontier

4 min readMay 7, 2018

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Could America Have Also Been the Birthplace of Impressionism?

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The Game of Telephone That Became a Battle

History books may credit him as the sole inventor of the modern device, but Alexander Graham Bell was only part of the story

7 min readApr 26, 2018

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How Darwin Became the Sole Father of Evolution

Two men discovered natural selection at the same time, but why do we only remember one of them?

6 min readMar 14, 2018

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Every book I read in 2018

This is a list of books read in 2018 because I still do not understand Goodreads and have a terrible memory:

2 min readJan 16, 2018

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Every book I read in 2018

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The Hot Carpenters of Instagram

The lathe spins clockwise faster than the eye can track. The bandsaw spreads apart a piece of walnut. The belt sander smooths a dowel…

5 min readDec 13, 2017

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The Hot Carpenters of Instagram

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Kelsey McKinney

Kelsey McKinney

Kelsey McKinney is a freelance writer who lives in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, GQ, Vanity Fair, and many others.

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