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Soccer-Playing Bees? Elephant Joy? What Animals Feel

Soccer-Playing Bees? Elephant Joy? What Animals Feel

Henry Mance on Humanity’s Dwindling Claims to Superiority

By Henry Mance | July 15, 2021

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

The Importance of Forgetting: Where Borges and Child Psychiatrists Agree

Scott A. Small on the Surprising Benefits of Memory Loss

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The Science of Happy Hour: On the Irresistible Chemistry of Your Favorite Drinks

The Science of Happy Hour: On the Irresistible Chemistry of Your Favorite Drinks

Kate Biberdorf Considers What Goes Into a Good Time

By Kate Biberdorf | July 9, 2021

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

“A Revolutionary Beauty Secret!” On the Rise and Fall of Radium in the Beauty Industry

Lucy Jane Santos on the Most Dangerous Skincare Ingredient of the Early 20th Century

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The Gateway to Friendship: How and—Why—I Befriended a Wild Fox

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Catherine Raven on Interspecies Empathy and an Unexpected Furry Companion

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On the FDA’s Shocking Approval of Anti-Alzheimer’s Drug Aducanumab

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