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The Two-Way Eric Holder To Step Down As Attorney General The nation's first black U.S. attorney general had a tumultuous tenure marked by civil rights advances, national security threats, sentencing reforms and battles with congressional Republicans. Read this story All Tech Considered Some iPhone 6 Plus Users Find An Unwanted Feature: It Bends Some owners of Apple's new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus are discovering that their superslim glass and aluminum devices aren't holding up well in an environment that's usually safe: their pockets. Read this story Children's Health It May Be 'Perfectly Normal', But It's Also Frequently Banned It's Perfectly Normal, a 20-year-old illustrated sex-ed book for kids, is meant to teach children about sexual health, puberty and relationships. It's one of the most banned books in America. Read this story Author Interviews Remembering The 'Short And Tragic Life Of Robert Peace' Robert Peace, a 30-year-old African-American, was a Yale University graduate and an almost straight-A student in molecular biophysics and biochemistry. He also dealt marijuana. Read this story The Salt Before You Take A Bite Of That Mushroom, Consider This Guess what scientists found lurking inside a common-looking packet of supermarket porcini? Three entirely new species of fungi. That's what happens when you sequence the DNA of your dinner. Read this story

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