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Fox In Honor of 'Back to the Future' Day](https://time.com/4082355/back-to-the-future-day-president-obama-michael-j-fox/) "Ever think about the fact that we live in the future we dreamed of then?" [POLITICS](/section/politics/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### ['Clock Kid' Ahmed Mohamed Will Move to Qatar](https://time.com/4080463/clock-kid-ahmed-moving-to-qatar/) Ahmed's sister cited intense media attention and conspiracy theories about the 14-year-old that push... [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Subway Will Go Antibiotic-Free](https://time.com/4080188/subway-bans-antibiotics/) The company was recently given an "F" for its transparency and use of meat from animals treated with... [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Man Drops Off Fake Ebola Cure at Connecticut Office](https://time.com/4080128/ebola-package-danbury/) The package claimed the vial was a cure to the disease [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Teen Whose Homemade Clock Was Mistaken For a Bomb Meets President Obama](https://time.com/4079766/ahmed-mohamed-clockmaker-president-obama/) "SO HAPPY" [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Indiana 'Ballot Selfie' Ban Is Unconstitutional, Judge Rules](https://time.com/4080033/indiana-ballot-selfie/) If caught, a selfie-taker risked a felony charge [U.S.](/section/us/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [28% of Americans Haven't Read a Book in a Year](https://time.com/4079588/pew-research-books/) Millennials read the most, and print still triumphs, says a survey [ENTERTAINMENT](/section/entertainment/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Talk Therapy Is Beneficial for Schizophrenics](https://time.com/4079516/schizophrenia-talk-therapy/) The government-funded study found success with lowering antipsychotic use by up to 50% [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Oct 20, 2015 ### [Dogs May Have Come From Central Asia](https://time.com/4079485/dogs-origin-central-asia/) The study is the largest to date of canine origins [SCIENCE](/section/science/) *  Oct 19, 2015 ### [Birth Order Has Nothing To Do With Who a Person Becomes, Study Says](https://time.com/4074292/oldest-middle-youngest-child-personalities/) Does when you're born dictate what you're like? [HEALTH](/section/health/) *  Oct 15, 2015 ### [PEOPLE en Español Joins Homeland Security to Host Naturalization Ceremony on Sunday](https://time.com/4074118/people-en-espanol-naturalization/) Stars who have protested Donald Trump will be on hand for festival [U.S.](/section/us/) Meta: null ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Organization","@id":"https://time.com/","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/","name":"Tanya Basu"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Person","@id":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/"},"name":"Tanya Basu","jobTitle":null,"description":"","image":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt03872316547435b9/69887519a988ca33e56b5b4a/tanya-basu-time.jpg?branch=production","url":"https://time.com/author/tanya-basu/","sameAs":["https://x.com/mstanyabasu"],"worksFor":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TIME","url":"https://time.com/"}}] ```