Your reading mind (Markham Heid, Medium)
A summary of studies that demonstrate how reading enlarges our mind.
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11, 2019
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06, 2019
The history in our bones (Zaria Gorvett, BBC Future)
How our bones reveal our historical choices.
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06, 2019
Van Gogh and health (Paola Chesi, MedicinaNarrativa.eu)
Allowing art to elicit reflections on our own state of mind.
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10, 2018
On true wealth
How artists can see the merit of what is invisible.
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08, 2018
All too human? In praise of the robotic marriage (Andy Clark, New York Times)
The marriage of humanity and robots is here and should be celebrated.
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07, 2018
The ethics of eugenics: on the human and the “post-human” possibilities (Nuffield Council on Bioethics)
A UK report discusses the ethical vagaries.
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03, 2018
Health and humanities: new programs toward deepening care for those in need (Maria Giulia Marini, Medicinanarrativa)
Using humanities and narrative medicine to foster a profounder rapport in healthcare.
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01, 2018
Less fleas than lice in Black Death’s vise (Victoria Gill, BBC Science)
New models suggest the plague or Black Death was likely spread more by human lice than rodent fleas.
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12, 2017
Meditation on the brain (Matthieu Ricard and Wolf Singer, Atlantic)
How meditation alters the way the brain functions.
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10, 2017
Doubting wisely to achieve soundness of mind and body
Why doubt can lead to self-assurance and independence of judgement, which is manifest in one's outward demeanor.