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Pagan Roots? 5 Surprising Facts About Christmas
By the Editor on December 24, 2012
When you gather around the Christmas tree or stuff goodies into a stocking, you’re taking part in traditions that...
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Latin Americans Rank as Happiest People on Planet
By the Editor on December 24, 2012
A poll of nearly 150,000 people around the world says seven of the world’s 10 countries with the most...
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I Grip the Gun and the Gun Grips Me
By the Editor on December 22, 2012
Is there a sense in which a gun, once put in hand, must be fired? If so, how deeply...
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May Winter Solstice Mark a Shift in Consciousness, a Change in Worldview
By the Editor on December 21, 2012
Winter solstice is the longest night and shortest day of the year. A time of ending and new beginnings...
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Meet John Lott, the Man Who Wants to Arm America’s Teachers
By the Editor on December 20, 2012
In the debate over gun control sparked by the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, most gun-rights advocates...
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People May Be Stingier Than Thought
By the Editor on December 19, 2012
People may not be as generous to strangers as social scientists previously believed, at least if a new study...
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Ancient Bones That Tell a Story of Compassion
By the Editor on December 18, 2012
While it is a painful truism that brutality and violence are at least as old as humanity, so, it...
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We Know How to Promote Physics for Development
By the Editor on December 17, 2012
A successful model for making more out of physics for development is ready to roll out to others, writes...
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Naughty or Nice? A Brain Chemical May Tell
By the Editor on December 17, 2012
Chemicals in your body can influence how generous or selfish you are, and, in recent years, experiments have explored...
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How Communities Shape Our Morals
By the Editor on December 15, 2012
As a social primate species, we modulate our morals with signals from family, friends and social groups with whom...
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