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In Defense of Spoilers
The Atlantic: Last October, one week after the Breaking Bad series finale, I was having breakfast with a friend in Chicago. “Do not tell me the end of the Breaking Bad,” he said. “I just started Season 2
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Who Would Donate a Kidney to a Stranger? An ‘Anti-Psychopath’
New York Magazine: In recent decades, psychopathy is something that’s captured the attention of both academics and the mainstream. Psychopaths play big roles in movies and even occasionally on public radio, and there’s evidence that a few of them may
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Stigma bars mentally ill from seeking care
Zee News: While stigma is one of many factors that may influence care seeking, it is one that has profound effects for those who suffer from mental illness, says a study. The desire to avoid
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The Biology Of Altruism: Good Deeds May Be Rooted In The Brain
NPR: Four years ago, Angela Stimpson agreed to donate a kidney to a complete stranger. “The only thing I knew about my recipient was that she was a female and she lived in Bakersfield, Calif.,”
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Brief Intervention May Prevent Increased Risk of Depression in Teens
A one-time intervention that educates teens about the changeable nature of personality traits may prevent an increase in depressive symptoms often seen during the transition to high school.
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The Graying of Trauma: Revisiting Vietnam’s POWs
The Vietnam War was still raw in the collective American memory when the award-winning 1978 film The Deer Hunter brought home the horror of the POW experience. The film tells the story of three young
