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donald trump Trump's brain on a 40-year downward spiral, according to analysis of his speeches over time Ellsworth Toohey

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music How music works like medicine for high blood pressure, depression, and pain David Pescovitz

psychology People hate just sitting and thinking so much they'd rather shock themselves Mark Frauenfelder

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animals Dogs cry tears of happiness when reunited with their humans, scientists report David Pescovitz

ESP Is Precognition Real? Mitch Horowitz

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trope eunuch Jeff Bezos's rules for epic storytelling Rob Beschizza

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Sex Understanding the neuroscience of pleasure Mark Frauenfelder

happy mutants Just This Banjo: free/open banjo instruction for an angry moment, because you can't be sad while playing the banjo Cory Doctorow

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