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In a sweeping, very entertaining investigative account, Dan Kois delves into the history and benefits of bar soap and why it’s worth fighting for.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
The Pew researchers declined to comment further on why young adults have grown more concerned about AI over the last two years.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 19, 2026
A recent Wall Street Journal article dove into the reasons why people are keeping more than $3 trillion in retail money-market funds—near an all-time high, according to the Investment Company Institute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
It is not clear why the boy tried to exit the ride early.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
So, why was it so hard to cook?
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
At least some of the whys of cheating can be tamped down, resulting in less cheating, Pope said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 27, 2025
"We have decided to study in great detail the hows and whys of why premature birth affects the developing brain," he says.
From BBC ● Apr. 8, 2025
So this book goes into all the whys.
From Salon ● Oct. 31, 2023
Physicists believe that there must have been some primordial imbalance that allowed matter to dominate the universe, yet the hows and whys remain open questions.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 27, 2023
I found out about all the whys later.
From "The Joy Luck Club" by Amy Tan
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