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The diagnostic category of adult ADHD is becoming more inclusive. That’s not the same as it being overdiagnosed ...

An engrossing look at how knowledge has grown alongside our technologies, and how we might unlock the puzzles of the Universe ...

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The whooping crane (Grus americana), the tallest bird in North America, has existed near the brink of extinction for decades, ...

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In 1936, the noted US scholar W E B Du Bois visited Manchuria, China and Japan as part of a world tour. Japan’s rise had long been a source of inspiration for Du Bois, who claimed in The Souls of ...

This begins to suggest a theory for why it is we care so much about meaning. Perhaps the idea is to make happiness last. Happiness seems present-focused and fleeting, whereas meaning extends into the ...