The revolutionary medical breakthrough of gene therapy is much more than the treatment of disease by altering human DNA — it offers the intriguing possibility of...
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The man-made creations we call art and music have the amazing ability to make you happy, to bring you to tears, to raise your passion and soothe your soul. But why is it that...
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In the last thousand years, we’ve been transported from knights on horses to kids on computers. Life and how we live has been incredibly transformed, but humanity has...
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Got sex? As a society, we certainly are obsessed with sex, but despite the hype, some experts claim that as individuals we’re finding less pleasure and fulfillment....
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It’s unstoppable and unavoidable, and it’s blowing to bits communication, business and life as we know it. Technology is making prettier television pictures,...
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For years we thought that in order to be creative you had to “be born with it.” Now, new thinking on the subject reveals that everyone can learn to be more...
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There’s something to be said about telepathy, clairvoyance and psychokinesis, despite the fact that it may be inexplicable in scientific terms or by natural law. In the...
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A group of biologists examine the multitude of unseen bacteria and viruses that inhabit every part of the globe, as well as the distinct differences between “good” and...
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From brain development to culture, music pervades the human psyche. A neuroscientist, musicologist and an educator discuss music’s universal appeal and its importance to...
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Drugs and talking cures: why both may be good medicine. A psychiatrist and two psychologists debate the extent to which psychoanalysis, or “talk therapy,” has been...
A physicist, a defense contractor, and an air force general link laboratories and battlefields. Three experts from different areas in the national defense establishment take...
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As two practitioners for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM) square off with a traditionally-trained medical doctor and a leading public health advocate, their...
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