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The troubling trend with ghostwriting
Internationally acclaimed ghostwriter and persuasive writing coach Joshua Lisec has ghostwritten more than 80 books.
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Tragic And Mysterious Elephant Burial Ritual Witnessed by Scientists
Asian elephants loudly mourn and bury their dead calves, according to a study by Indian scientists that details animal behaviour reminiscent of human funeral rites.
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#Happy: The Dictatorship of Happiness on Social Media
We spend hours on Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat, seduced by their promise: to be able to share our life and our opinions with the whole world. In this virtual world, everyone is happy. Everyone has perfect bodies, lives fulfilled lives in stylish houses surrounded by beautiful friends and family. Everyone shows off and everyone judges. But this irresistible quest for recognition can quickly turn into addiction, wreaking havoc on our mental health. And teenagers are the most susceptible. In this film, we examine the real dangers of the “happycracy” promoted on social networks and hear from some of its young victims.
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Co-authoring: twice as fun or double the trouble?
When it comes to co-authoring, what are some of the issues and complexities about writing a book with another author?
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Sick and tired of the gaslighting
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The enduring gift of stories
A father finds a Christmas story that works for his infant daughter — and for the world.
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How writing 'made us human' – an 'emotional history' from ancient Iraq to the present day
Evidence suggests that writing was probably invented in southern Iraq sometime before 3000BC. But what happened next?
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Know Yourself Better by Writing What Pops into Your Head
The exercise of writing down unfiltered thoughts enhances self-knowledge
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My gender was secretly changed as a baby and I didn’t know for 22 years
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Capitalism, Poverty, and Ratatouille
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No such thing as an aspiring writer
Hang around the #WritingCommunity hashtag on Twitter long enough and you will run into many, many people who claim to be “aspiring writers”. They are lying. There is no such thing as an aspiring writer. Many of them will claim that they are aspiring writers because they have not sold any of their writing.
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Think women have never had it so good? You should take a look at medieval days
History shows that progress in gender equality is neither steady nor inevitable
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Women Hunt in Most Foraging Societies, Using Their Own Tools And Strategies
Hunter-gatherer roles in human society are not nearly as gendered as anthropologists and archaeologists have traditionally believed, with narratives of 'man the hunter' and 'woman the gatherer' crumbling in the face of new evidence.
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'I can't say my own name': The pain of language loss in families
Mithu Sanyal never learned her father's native language, Bengali, as a child. Is it too late to reclaim it?
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Writing is therapy to heal old wounds, grief and trauma
Writing is therapy. We share stories of abuse, addictions, trauma, illness, crime and regrets. We tell stories of redemption and victory over challenges.
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The Chronicles of a New York Locksmith -- Keys to the City
Leading up to his retirement, a New York craftsman trains his young protégé, in a short documentary by Ian Moubayed.
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Your Boyfriend Didn’t Write You That Sweet Love Letter. These People Did.
If you've ever gotten a romantic letter or poem, there's a chance it was written by a secret professional.
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AI writing assistants can cause biased thinking in their users
A biased "assistant" was able to influence the arguments made in essays.
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Romantically Kissing Our Lovers Might Not Be The Fashion We Thought It Was
A new deep dive into humanity's history of romantic kissing has revealed that locking lips has a more complex story than some researchers have proposed.
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Censorship: lifting the lid on those calling all the shots -- Meet The Censors
From a Kafkaesque office for social media in Germany and a South Sudan military headquarters, to conversations with an Iranian Ayatollah and Chinese news editor, Norwegian filmmaker Håvard Fossum intimately follows the daily working lives of the censors. With remarkable access to a secretive world, we get a rare insight into the ways information is controlled, from the Communist Party in Beijing to the corridors of power in Washington.
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