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Michael Humphrey

Michael Humphrey is a former editorial fellow at Salon. He is a contributor to Forbes.com and currently teaches at Colorado State University.

I always thought I’d be fat

Michael Humphrey
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“Wonders in the Sky”: Why we’ve always been obsessed with UFOs

Michael Humphrey

20 essential apps picked by people we trust

Michael Humphrey, Schuyler Velasco

9 wild options for your cremains

Michael Humphrey, Schuyler Velasco

“Shock of Gray”: How old people will remake the world

Michael Humphrey

Dad claims he wrote the Beatles’ “Lady Madonna”

Michael Humphrey
Rescue worker carries 18-month-old Jessica McClure Oct.16,1987, shortly after she was rescued from an abandoned water well at Midland,Texas.

Stuck in a well: A short cultural history

Michael Humphrey

“Where Good Ideas Come From”: Epiphanies are overrated

Michael Humphrey
FILE - In this June 23, 2010 file photo, television personality Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi attends the premiere of "Grown Ups" at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file) (AP)

Great moments in publishing: Celebs turned novelists

Michael Humphrey
Meredith Maran

“My Lie”: Why I falsely accused my father

Michael Humphrey

“Ah-Choo!”: What you didn’t know about the common cold

Michael Humphrey