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Contrary to common belief, the anorexic life is highly food-centric, as observed in other food-deprived animals but with more ...

Many eldest daughters quietly run their families. This article explores daughtering as invisible labor, and how stepping back ...

A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The ...

In childhood and adult relationships, love is shown with the five A's: attention, affection, appreciation, acceptance, and ...

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Being nice doesn’t necessarily mean that you’re a good person, but it seems that it should help. New findings on personality ...

An alien virus creates a hive mind. But the story is how the survivors fail to unite—revealing human cooperation's fragile ...

Research shows that a mother’s death immediately impacts one’s identity. It uproots you, turns your beliefs inside out, and ...

Does cannabis help with anxiety? New research finds that cannabis has fewer health benefits than often suggested, and it ...

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