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On Loving Someone Who Battles Inner Demons
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The Storytelling Genius of Jane Goodall and Why Intellectual Arguments Don't Change Behavior
The legendary primatologist has spent decades persuading us to change the way we treat animals and the planet, and she does it one story at a time.
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What We Have In Common With Humans Of 23,000 Years Ago
For all of our 21st-century trappings, our human paths align across the millennia.
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You can say one thing for Professor Mark Haub: He knows how to make a lesson stick. Haub, who teaches nutrition at Kansas State University, wanted to prove to his students that weight loss is...
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Anne Lamott’s Advice Could Stop You From Drowning in Cynicism
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September 23, 2021
The Quietly Rebellious Art of Iranian Women and What We Can Learn From Them
These artists take our worn stereotypes about femininity, religion, and war and push them out of context nudging us to see them differently.
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Why Older Couples Don't Need Marriage to Have Great Relationships
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There is only one thing I know for sure about the Westminster Dog Show: there’s almost zero chance that I would have ever attended the event if not for the virus that upended the world....
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'I was completely burned out by the constant need to prove myself,' says Dear Evan Hansen star Ciara Elyse Harris of her pre-pandemic life.
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The actor and director's new book is a bid to liberate older women from endless cosmetic upkeep.
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