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What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

What Does Immersing Yourself in a Book Do To Your Brain?

On Neurochemistry, Lucia Berlin, and the Dangers of Empathy Loss

By Maryanne Wolf | August 8, 2018

On the Birth of Princess Margaret and the Rise of Astrology as We Know It

On the Birth of Princess Margaret and the Rise of Astrology as We Know It

The Royal Family Was Really Into Horoscopes

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The Man Who Put Premature Babies in Carnival Sideshows

Martin Couney May Not Have Had Medical Credentials, But He Saved Thousands

By Dawn Raffel | August 3, 2018

What Future is There for America's Desert Cities?

What Future is There for America's Desert Cities?

Life in Phoenix at the Intersection of Race, Class and Climate Change

By Saritha Ramakrishna | July 25, 2018

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"As a scientist, I believe ignorance is best countered by the facts"

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