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• The Myth of Healthy Drinking

  

  Another meta-study demolishes decades of wishful thinking.Vox notes that "an impressive new meta-study involving 600,000 participants, published recently in... Read more

  The 25 may 2018 by   Dirkh
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• Why We Itch More with Aging.

  Lewis and Grandl offer context and note the significance of work by by Feng et al.: It is well known that aging is accompanied by the death of specific cell... Read more

  The 25 may 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• The Microbiome Regulates Amygdala-dependent Fear Recall.

  Hoban et al. show interaction between the gut microbes and expression of anxiety and fear regulated by the amygdala. Their technical abstract: The amygdala is... Read more

  The 24 may 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Pauling, Stanford and Research – Part 2

  

  Pauling in lecture at Stanford University, 1969. Photo by George Feigen.[An examination of Linus Pauling’s tenure at Stanford University. This is part 5 of 7. Read more

  The 23 may 2018 by   Scarc
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• Research on Subjective Well-being.

  Given the drum beat of daily negative news we all face, it is useful to be open to facts about longer term trends showing improvement in different areas of... Read more

  The 23 may 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• BJPS is Considering a New Editorial Policy…

  As some of you know, I have assumed the role of associate editor for the British Journal for the Philosophy of Science at the beginning of this year. Read more

  The 23 may 2018 by   Wuthrich
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• CFP: Black Hole Initiative Essay Competition

  As the first interdisciplinary center for the study of black holes, the Black Hole Initiative (BHI, https://bhi.fas.harvard.edu/) is a nexus for scholars from... Read more

  The 23 may 2018 by   Wuthrich
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• Workshop: Thermodynamics as a Resource Theory (Western Ontario, June 20-22)

  Thermodynamics as a Resource Theory: Foundational and Philosophical Implications Interdisciplinary workshop of the resource-theoretic revolution in... Read more

  The 22 may 2018 by   Wuthrich
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• Cognitive Underpinnings of Nationalistic Ideology.

  From Zmigrod et al.: Significance Belief in rigid distinctions between the nationalistic ingroup and outgroup has been a motivating force in citizens’ voting... Read more

  The 22 may 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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• Brain Changes from Adolescence to Adulthood

  Kundu et al. have used a new fMRI imaging technique to look at shifts in functional brain organization in subjects ranging from 8 to 46 years old, finding that... Read more

  The 21 may 2018 by   Deric Bownds
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