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What to do when you’re told there’s nothing left to try
What do you do when the world declares something impossible? When physician-scientist David Fajgenbaum was dying from a rare disease and social entrepreneur Kiah Williams was confronting the realities of economic hardship, they began asking a different question: What can I do today? In this conversa..
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The biggest myths about Neanderthals
In 1856, quarriers working in Germany’s Neander Valley discovered several mysterious fossils. The remains changed hands until being identified as the skullcap and femur bones of something ancient and human, but not quite us. It soon became clear they belonged to an extinct human species— the fir..
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Why pursuing happiness makes you ... less happy
Drawing on clinical research and psychological studies, writer and psychotherapist Emily Esfahani Smith shows why pursuing meaning — the experience of connecting to something beyond yourself — creates a deeper sense of well-being than comes from chasing happiness. Learn about the steps you can t..
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The brilliance of bridges and roads that repair themselves
Your skin heals after a scratch. What if our roads, bridges and cities could self-repair after getting damaged, too? Scientist and engineer Mark Miodownik describes a new class of materials — animate matter — with the potential to sense damage, self-heal and even biodegrade when the job is done...
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What is vaginal discharge, and what does it say about your health?
Our bodies are constantly producing, purging, and recycling secretions to fulfill all sorts of functions. Our reproductive organs are no exception. Vaginas are engaged in ongoing cycles of fluid discharge. But it can be hard to know what is
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1 thing you can do today to be happier
Can anyone become happier? Psychologist Sonja Lyubomirsky studies this question in her lab, doing experiments on
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