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Americans expect their president to be equal parts CEO, diplomat-in-chief, commander of armed forces, party leader and motivational figure. Perhaps it’s time to rethink the presidency itself, suggests historian Jeremi Suri.

Having needled and probed patriotic pride with his Good Country rankings, Simon Anholt is igniting public debate with a new global voting initiative.

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Forget memorial plaques, tombstones, and traditional funerals. New, high-tech ways to celebrate life and death are emerging, and they’re using your digital data.

Ready to go beyond this week’s headlines? 5 primary sources worth reading next — about Facebook, research ethics, and data policy changes.

Stephen Wilkes explains a technique of photography he developed to combine multiple moments into a single, breathtaking image.

You don’t need to be a designer to appreciate how things are created and how they function in the world. You just have to be interested. And yes, you have to judge, often based on a first impression. Here, designer Chip Kidd shares some examples of objects and places that form his ideas about design and how it can work — or not.

Marine biologist Stephen Palumbi picks 10 of his favorite underwater creatures. From the oldest living animal to the fastest food in the sea, they’re all pretty extreme.

Research-backed advice for what you need to do on your holiday break (and how long you should do it for)

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