September 2019, ScientificAmerican.com 49

LIESPART 2:

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DECEPTION IN THE WILD

By Barbara J. King

WHY WE TRUST LIES

By Cailin O’Connor and

James Owen Weatherall

CONTAGIOUS

DISHONESTY

By Dan Ariely and

Ximena Garcia-Rada

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HOW TO DEFRAUD

DEMOCRACY

By J. Alex Halderman,

as told to Jen Schwartz

Illustration by Red Nose Studio