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Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Some psychiatric patients may actually have treatable autoimmune conditions. But what happens to the newly sane? Rachel Aviv reports.
Mary Had Schizophrenia—Then Suddenly She Didn’t
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
Where to Find the Colors Your Screen Can’t Show You
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Toxic Lies: The Whistleblowers Who Exposed Decades of Nuclear Lies
Toxic Lies: The Whistleblowers Who Exposed Decades of Nuclear Lies
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What Science Knows About Grief
What Science Knows About Grief
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The Social Life of Genes
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The Social Life of Genes
David Dobbs·Pacific Standard
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The Mysterious, Deep-Dwelling Microbes That Sculpt Our Planet (Published 2024)
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The Mysterious, Deep-Dwelling Microbes That Sculpt Our Planet (Published 2024)
Ferris Jabr·The New York Times
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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate
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Practically-A-Book Review: Rootclaim $100,000 Lab Leak Debate
Scott Alexander·Astral Codex Ten
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Synthetic Biology Could Bring a Pox on Us All
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Synthetic Biology Could Bring a Pox on Us All
David Kushner·Wired
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The Deadliest Virus
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The Deadliest Virus
Michael Specter·The New Yorker
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Why we fell for clean eating
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Why we fell for clean eating
Bee Wilson·The Guardian
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The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements
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The Vitamin Myth: Why We Think We Need Supplements
Paul Offit·The Atlantic
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How a 'fatally, tragically flawed' paradigm has derailed the science of obesity
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How a 'fatally, tragically flawed' paradigm has derailed the science of obesity
Gary Taubes·STAT
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Why We’re Turning Psychiatric Labels Into Identities
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Why We’re Turning Psychiatric Labels Into Identities
Manvir Singh·The New Yorker
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The Illusions of Psychiatry
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The Illusions of Psychiatry
Marcia Angell·The New York Review of Books
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The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?
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The Epidemic of Mental Illness: Why?
Marcia Angell·The New York Review of Books
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A New Drug Switched Off My Appetite. What’s Left?
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A New Drug Switched Off My Appetite. What’s Left?
Paul Ford·Wired
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Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease?
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Does our immune system hold the key to beating Alzheimer’s disease?
Philip Ball·The Guardian
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How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endanger Us All
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How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endanger Us All
Amy Wallace·Wired
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The Trillion-Gallon Question: What if California’s Dams Fail? (Published 2023)
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The Trillion-Gallon Question: What if California’s Dams Fail? (Published 2023)
Christopher Cox and Spencer Lowell·The New York Times
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What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
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What a Major Solar Storm Could Do to Our Planet
Kathryn Schulz·The New Yorker
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The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest
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The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest
Kathryn Schulz·The New Yorker
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The rise of the infinite fringe
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The rise of the infinite fringe
Tina Nguyen·The Verge
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A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. (Published 2025)
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A.I. Is Poised to Rewrite History. Literally. (Published 2025)
Bill Wasik·The New York Times
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Believable: The Terrifying Future Of Fake News
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Believable: The Terrifying Future Of Fake News
Charlie Warzel·BuzzFeed News
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