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ScienceSeeker Editor's Selections: Morality, Memory, Neurons, and Neurohistory

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Here are my Science Seeker Editor's Selections for the past week:

"Kill Whitey," writes David Dobbs. "It's the right thing to do." Find out what this has to do with moral psychology.

What if you could remember every single day of your life in complete detail? Christian Jarrett describes one such man.


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Ferris Jabr has been introducing you to your brain cells on his new blog Brainwaves. The latest in the series is actually a guest post by Daisy Yuhas: Meet your glia.

What are the most important 21 pages in the field of neuroscience? Find out The Amazing World of Psychiatry.

Jason G. Goldman is a science journalist based in Los Angeles. He has written about animal behavior, wildlife biology, conservation, and ecology for Scientific American, Los Angeles magazine, the Washington Post, the Guardian, the BBC, Conservation magazine, and elsewhere. He contributes to Scientific American's "60-Second Science" podcast, and is co-editor of Science Blogging: The Essential Guide (Yale University Press). He enjoys sharing his wildlife knowledge on television and on the radio, and often speaks to the public about wildlife and science communication.

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