Skip the bus: this post-apocalyptic jaunt is the only New York tour you’ll ever need
Winner of the Vimeo Staff Pick Award at the International Documentary Festival of Amsterdam...
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Category: General
Eating people is wrong – but it’s also widespread and sacred
Cannibalism is not uncommon. Humans have long enshrined the consumption of human flesh in sacred...
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Gamification harnesses the power of games to motivate
Kevin Werbach, University of Pennsylvania Walk through any public area and you’ll see people glued...
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If we made life in a lab, would we understand it differently?
What is life? For much of the 20th century, this question did not particularly concern biologists....
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Is religion a universal in human culture or an academic invention?
If anything seems self-evident in human culture, it’s the widespread presence of religion. People...
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Belief in supernatural beings is totally natural – and false
Human beings are remarkably prone to supernatural beliefs and, in particular, to beliefs in...
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Don’t worry about feeling sad: on the benefits of a blue period
In a Twitter account called So Sad Today, the American writer Melissa Broder has been sending out...
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Flip a switch and shut down seizures? New research suggests how to turn off out-of-control signaling in the brain
Rochelle Hines, University of Nevada, Las Vegas The brain is a precision instrument. Its function...
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Why advances in treating those with brain injuries require advances in respecting their rights
Joseph J. Fins, Cornell University Several years ago a father approached me, concerned about the...
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Picture this: why mental representations evolved
Let’s say you are offered a new job in a different city, and you need to figure out whether to...
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Hierarchy of Suffering: Trauma as Currency in the Resettlement Process
For many, seeking asylum requires repeatedly recounting your story. Conflating persecution with...
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To my best belief: just what is the pragmatic theory of truth?
What is it for something to be true? One might think that the answer is obvious. A true belief...
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