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Why Are We Drawn To Heirloom Fruits And Veggies? They're 'Edible Memory'
Heirloom foods have grown in popularity, making their way into gardens, farms, farmers markets and restaurants. A sociologist says they offer a powerful emotional and physical connection to the past.
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How earning the right to an opinion on the Internet makes it that much more valuable
Of all of the things that people do online, the act of offering an opinion is not only one of the most popular activities, but it also underpins almost everything else that happens. Sharing opinions is also the foundation for creating communities, whether that is around blogs, news, social networks or e-commerce sites.
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Anyone can learn to be a polymath
Our age reveres the narrow specialist but humans are natural polymaths, at our best when we turn our minds to many things
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Students warned: Bulging biceps, big guns advance unhealthy masculinity - The College Fix
Vanderbilt's Women's Center tells men how to be men at 'Healthy Masculinities Week.'
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The Amazing Inner Lives of Animals
Tim Flannery reviews “Beyond Words: What Animals Think and Feel” by Carl Safina and “The Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins” by Hal Whitehead and Luke Rendell.
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The Secret Linguistic Life of Girls
Why do girls around the world speak in secret languages? A peek into the secret linguistic lives of girls. By Jessica Weiss.
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The Rhythm of the Tide
When I heard data from an island had proven humans are still evolving, I had to visit. By Scott Solomon.
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Made in Holland: The Chanel of Africa
A small town factory in the Netherlands might not seem like the obvious birthplace for African haute couture. Helmond is a place most people (Dutch or African) wouldn’t be able to point out on a map and yet, this unassuming little town is where one of the most iconic fashion brands of West and Central Africa was created. By Inge Oosterhoff.
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Masculinity, Marines, and My Little Pony
Did the repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell open up space for Military Bronies in our Armed Forces? By Kevin W. Martin.
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Books are dangerous
Contagion, poison and trigger. The idea that books are dangerous has a long history, and holds a kernel of truth. By Frank Furedi.
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Are Polls Ruining Democracy?
They’re increasingly unreliable, and they shape politics in ways we may not want. By Jill Lepore.
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The Myth of the Ever-More-Fragile College Student
To some people, it certainly feels like college students are getting more and more mentally ill. The truth is much more complicated. By Jesse Singal.
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The Crazy Attempt to Build a Database of Dreams
How one 1950s professor tried to build a gigantic database of thoughts and feelings. By Jeff Nunokawa.
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What does it mean to be a man in the age of austerity?
The age of austerity has transformed work, but what it means to be a man has not caught up
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What working in a nursing home taught me about life, death, and America’s cultural values
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All revolutions are born in terror: Can this one be stopped?
World-altering revolutions are born in danger and death, brotherhood and joy. This one must be stopped. By Scott Atran.
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Why do scientists dismiss the possibility of cold fusion?
Is cold fusion truly impossible, or is it just that no respectable scientist can risk their reputation working on it? By Huw Price.
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Why boredom is anything but boring
Implicated in everything from traumatic brain injury to learning ability, boredom has become extremely interesting to scientists. By Maggie Koerth-Baker.
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The Trials of Alice Goffman
Her first book, ‘On the Run' — about the lives of young black men in West Philadelphia — has fueled a fight within sociology over who gets to speak for whom. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus.
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The Evolution of Dr. King
By the end of his life, Martin Luther King Jr was an avowed socialist.
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