From Johann Hari Author of ‘Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’ As the Canadian doctor Gabor Mate was the first to explain to me, medical users just stop, despite months of use. The same drug, used for the same length of time, turns street-users into desperate addicts and …
Below, a mesmerizing speaker weaves a story of the state’s systemic neglect of the child. He mentions the tales of many fictional characters, but I’d say the most enthralling part of the talk is his own story, beginning at 4:05. Don’t miss it. Watch video.
A public appeal for people to make mittens for burned koalas worked so well that an animal group is asking for pouches for rescued kangaroos and wallabies. The International Fund for Animal Welfare says it has plenty of koala mittens, thanks to the public, but joeys, or young marsupial animals, like Gabby the Western Grey …
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“Contrary to what generations of philosophers and psychologists have thought, memory loss doesn’t make someone seem like a different person.” Strohminger and Nichols focused on three neurodegenerative diseases: frontotemporal dementia (FTD), Alzheimer’s disease, and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, better known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease. ALS served as a control since it primarily affects movement, …
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Domestic violence (also known as intimate partner violence) can happen to anyone, regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, income, or other factors. More.
In her new book, Fields of Blood, Karen Armstrong argues against the idea that faith fuels wars. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The point, once again, is fairly straightforward: Humans start wars and slaughter their enemies and blow themselves up for complicated reasons. …