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The general factor

Curt S. Dunkel, Lauren A. Summerville, Eugene W. Mathes, Sean N. Kesserling, Seth D. Yockey, Simon D. Reeve and Jacob M. Stolmeier (Illinois): Using the Prisoner’s Dilemma Task to Examine the Cooperative and Social Effectiveness Hypotheses of the General Factor of Personality. Edward L. Rubin (Vanderbilt): Hyperdepoliticization. Frank Jacob (Wurzburg): Blood, Tits and the Modern Depiction of AntiquitySparatcus: Blood and Sand and the Display of a Historical Myth. Roger Berkowitz (Bard): Drones and the Question of "The Human". Alexis Madrigal goes inside Google's secret drone-delivery program. Are drones the future of advertising? Aaron Sankin investigates. Have a drone? Check this map before you fly it. How can we reconcile the following apparent truths: “Sherlock Holmes doesn’t exist” and “Sherlock Holmes was created by Conan Doyle”? The culture wars are back, and this time, everyone can win. There are tales and tall tales, and the tallest tales of all were told by Louis de Rougemont. Are these the 12 types of millennials? Ad network's research tries to get more specific about Gen Y. Dylan Byers on a D.C. mystery: Jeff Bezos’ plan for The Washington Post. Nothing in God’s creation is ever as good as it once was, but The Washington Post is coming pretty close. Michael W. Wagner on 9 things the best political reporters do. Jackie Spinner on the big conundrum: Should journalists learn code? Bill Gates on the world's most interesting vegetable and the love life of plants. Andy Cush on the creepy 4chan successors behind Gamergate's pathetic war. VK Kunwor on the kukri (khukuri) knife of the Gurkhas — a historical description 1793- 2014.