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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
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If we wish to make an argument that some animals possess at least some sort of proto-gratitude, or the cognitive building blocks required for them to feel and express gratitude, we first have to decide what gratitude really means...
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This Thanksgiving Pass the Stuffing—and Don’t Pass on the Discussion of Social Issues
Social science suggests persuasion and understanding can start at home
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This Man Was Einstein and Bohr’s Relationship Counselor
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Is Addiction a Disease?
The current medical consensus about addiction may very well be wrong
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