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New research on first impressions
Angelo Volandes's low-tech, high-empathy plan to revolutionize end-of-life care
Despite a culture organizing to oppose shaming, it remains inevitable. But it doesn't have to ruin lives.
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The House opens debate Tuesday on a farm bill that would include unprecedented cuts to food assistance. With less money for quality food, though, comes more obesity, more sickness, and more overall cost.
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Good advice from someone who is terrible at dating
Le Labo co-founder Fabrice Penot discusses his novel approach to manufacturing and marketing fragrances.
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Women had a lower rate of serious complications when they chose to give birth at home instead of in a hospital.
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"Taking life for granted is an encouraging sign that your life is going well. I wanted that."
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White babies are no longer the majority in the U.S.
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Readers scored the same on comprehension tests regardless of the medium.
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Regardless of anonymity, we become more likely to deceive.
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No more waiting around to publish an interesting finding in a medical journal
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Unconscious body image misperception
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Irregular heartbeats were more common among the top performers in an extreme cross-country ski race.
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Bringing together medicine and spirituality for end-of-life care
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Call it a syndrome, if you will
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So that eventually every kid learns to swim
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You're supposed to spend long enough to sing "Happy Birthday" twice.
David Read
The microbial community in the ground is as important as the one in our guts.
We are not a post-vitamin society, yet.
For Pateria de Sousa, foie gras is more than just a business.
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People with depression are at a 32 times increased risk, while social factors are more closely associated with suicide in men than in women.
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Will "volumetric sizing" actually transform the industry?
Behavior problems may be explained by serotonin and bacteria in the bowels.
A Whole-Sky Time-Lapse of the Galactic Center
Every NASA Space Shuttle Launch
The Marshmallow Experiment
James Fallows on Jerry Brown's second chance. Plus: the mystery of the second skeleton, how gay couples are getting marriage right, the end of the retail salesperson, and more.
