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Masks and Emasculation: Why Some Men Refuse to Take Safety Precautions
They think it makes them look weak, and avoiding that is evidently more important to them than demonstrating responsible behavior
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How a Landmark Physics Paper from the 1970s Uncannily Describes the COVID-19 Pandemic
Phil Anderson’s article “More Is Different” describes how different levels of complexity require new ways of thinking. And as the virus multiplies and spreads, that’s just what the human race desperately needs...
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The Fight against COVID-19 Threatens to Cause Collateral Health Damage
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Glutamate Built the Brain—Can It Treat It, Too?
A complex natural signaling system could help address impulse-control disorders
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Mysticism and the Mind-Body Problem: Other Views
Participants in a freewheeling exploration of nonmaterialist, mystical accounts of reality critique a journalist’s critique...
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To Ease Climate Anxiety, Reconnect with the Rhythms of the Seasons
It’s a way to restore a feeling of control and a sense of well-being
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Bruce McEwen, Pioneer in Study of Stress’s Impact on the Brain, Dies at 81
Research by the neuroendocrinologist into the effects of cortisol and other hormones marked a major contribution
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Can Mysticism Help Us Solve the Mind-Body Problem?
A freewheeling symposium explores experiences, theories and philosophies that challenge conventional materialist science...
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How Disinformation Hacks Your Brain
The digital age has heightened our vulnerability to falsehood, but recognizing such weaknesses can help guard against them
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Baba Ram Dass and the Tale of the Acid-Gobbling Guru
Skeptics have questioned a story told by the late counterculture icon in his classic best seller Be Here Now...
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RIP Jerome L. Singer, “The Father of Daydreaming” (1924–2019)
A seminal psychologist who explored the positive, creative and productive aspects of daydreaming has passed away at the age of 95
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Beyond Physicalism
Philosopher Hedda Hassel Mørch defends the idea that consciousness pervades the cosmos
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Congratulations to the Winners of the Best Illusion of the Year Contest!
These mind tricks will make you reconsider what is real
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