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This Is Your Brain
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Will We Ever See the End of Swearing?
Unless we want to give up the idea of communication altogether, then probably not.
The Psychological Case for Raising the Estate Tax
The way that we mentally account for the inheritance from a loved one might keep us from ever putting that money to work.
A History of Humans Loving Inanimate Objects
While the idea of a person falling in love with the Eiffel Tower might seem like a relatively new one, it's a kind of affection that's been around forever.
The Sounds of Your Sleep
Do you know anyone who actually falls asleep to pre-recorded crickets or rain drops? Sleep studies can't even agree on the proper lullaby.
What’s Really Behind America’s Suicide Epidemic?
The means—prescription drugs, access to firearms, bridges without prevention methods—play a much bigger role than any emotions or thought processes.
Philip Seymour Hoffman and a Simple Solution for America’s Heroin Addiction
Money can't beat heroin, no matter how much we throw at it; the iboga plant is a different story.
Culture Creep: How and Why We Separate the Artist From the Art
Woody Allen married his stepdaughter, Coco Chanel slept with Nazis, and R. Kelly is a sexual predator, but our brains find a way to let us appreciate their art.