List: Science | Curated by Joe Duncan

Sep 28, 2024
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ScienceThe best science articles
Gideon M-K; Health Nerd
A Lot Of Science Is FakeHow much? No one is sure.
Sep 27, 2024
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Sep 27, 2024
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Harry Readhead
Language Affects How We Think About GenderOur words shape how we think about gender in subtle but significant ways.
Aug 10, 2024
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Aug 10, 2024
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Sharing Science
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Sam Westreich, PhD
How Does Our Butt Know If It’s a Fart or Poop?The kind of shit that no one asks but everyone wants to know.
Sep 23, 2024
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Sep 23, 2024
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Wise & Well
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The Conversation U.S.
Alcohol and Drugs Rewire Your Brain and Change How Your Genes WorkNew understanding of the neurobiological and genetic basis for addiction
Feb 20, 2024
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Feb 20, 2024
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Science & Meaning
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Hermes Solenzol
In Defense of ScientismScience is the best form of knowledge
Sep 21, 2024
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Sep 21, 2024
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Sharing Science
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Sam Westreich, PhD
Would You Donate Your Body to Test Pig Organs?A new reason to donate your body to science — but it only works in the right circumstances.
Sep 19, 2024
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Sep 19, 2024
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Publishous
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George J. Ziogas
The Two Ages When You’ll Start Feeling Older, According to ScienceHow your body’s aging shifts dramatically in your 40s and 60s
Aug 25, 2024
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Aug 25, 2024
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Sharing Science
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Sam Westreich, PhD
A Study (Tenuously) Links Omega-3s and DepressionOne flaw: the study didn’t measure what people ate.
Aug 26, 2024
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Aug 26, 2024
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Science Spectrum
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Harlan J. Brothers
The Greatest Optical Illusion?How the brilliant cognitive scientist Roger Shepard turned the tables on us all
Aug 22, 2024
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Aug 22, 2024
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Wise & Well
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John Kruse MD, PhD
Humans Brains are Less Simple Than We ThinkConnections between attention and emotion circuits hint at complex neural-network interactions.
Aug 21, 2024
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Aug 21, 2024
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Microbial Instincts
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Shin Jie Yong, MSc (Res)
Our Neurons Mastered Electrical Signals 450 Million Years Ago — Thanks to a Virus InfectionOn the marvelous origin of the neuron’s myelin sheath.
Aug 16, 2024
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Aug 16, 2024
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Aha! Science
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Robert Roy Britt
Supermoons: When Optical Illusion and Reality ConvergeSee for yourself, when yet another of four 2024 supermoons looms huge on the horizon
Aug 15, 2024
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Aug 15, 2024
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Microbial Instincts
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Chris Rourk
Rethinking Disease: How the Quantum Biology of Ferritin Could Change the GameWhat do cancer, multiple sclerosis, atrial fibrillation, macular degeneration and Parkinson’s disease possibly have in common?
Aug 14, 2024
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Aug 14, 2024
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Science and Critical Thinking
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David Gamble
What does “Do Your Own Research” really mean?Doing your own research sounds like a wonderful idea, but what does it actually mean? Often it is promoted to establish whacky beliefs.
Aug 14, 2024
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Aug 14, 2024
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Aha! Science
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Robert Roy Britt
When Everything SpiralsSpirals are beautiful in nature, not so much in human nature
Aug 12, 2024
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Aug 12, 2024
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Sexography
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Joe Duncan
No, the Top 10% of Men Don’t Take All the Women. Stop Saying This.Debunking more of Jordan Peterson’s bogus claims
Nov 9, 2022
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Nov 9, 2022
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Keith McNulty
The Trick That Helps All Statisticians SurviveThe beauty of the normal approximation
Aug 6, 2024
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Aug 6, 2024
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Long COVID Connection
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Judy Stone
Mask Bans Grow, Threatening Public Health And Immunocompromised PeopleCovid-19 cases are rising, yet a number of places are proposing dangerous mask bans, in the misguided belief that it will improve safety.
Aug 8, 2024
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Aug 8, 2024
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Sufyan Maan, M.Eng
What Happens When You Start Reading Every DayThink before you speak. Read before you think. — Fran Lebowitz
Mar 12, 2024
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Mar 12, 2024
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Rooted
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George Dillard
The Golden Age of StimulantsFour plants helped the early modern world stay wired
Aug 9, 2024
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Aug 9, 2024
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