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Since 1986, Over 600 Nuns Have Taken Part In A Huge Study Of Brain Aging. This Is What They’ve Taught UsA photo showing a nun praying. She is framed on profile, facing the right. She is set against a light background with a slight glow of light around her head. An anatomical drawing of a brain has been superimposed on her head.Since 1986, Over 600 Nuns Have Taken Part In A Huge Study Of Brain Aging. This Is What They’ve Taught UsA photo showing a nun praying. She is framed on profile, facing the right. She is set against a light background with a slight glow of light around her head. An anatomical drawing of a brain has been superimposed on her head.

Since 1986, Over 600 Nuns Have Taken Part In A Huge Study Of Brain Aging. This Is What They’ve Taught Us

The famous Nun Study is an incredible example of a long-term study that has significant implications for science.

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From Heatwaves To Extreme Storms, The World's Blood Stocks Are Under Threat From Climate ChangeQUEENS, NY - NOVEMBER 11: Damaged houses without power at night in the Rockaway due to impact from Hurricane Sandy in Queens, New York, U.S., on November 11, 2012.

From Heatwaves To Extreme Storms, The World's Blood Stocks Are Under Threat From Climate Change

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Can Medical Treatment – Or Other Things – Change Your Eye Color? Yes, Here's Howcollage of different coloured eyes in a 3 by 3 grid

Can Medical Treatment – Or Other Things – Change Your Eye Color? Yes, Here's How

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Cheaters Never Prosper? Why The Prisoner's Dilemma Is Not As Simple As You Think2D illustration of two figures behind bars in neighboring cells, viewed from outside

Cheaters Never Prosper? Why The Prisoner's Dilemma Is Not As Simple As You Think

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The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic Of 1962, A Case Of "Mass Hysteria" At The End Of Colonial PsychiatryThe image shows an old map of Lake Victoria in what was Tanganyika. There is a red drawing pin positioned over "Bukoba". To the right of the lake is an image of a faded paper folder showing the battered edges of the documents it contains. Written on the file in old type face is "1982. Laughing Epidemic. Tanginika. East Africa", each on a separate line.

The Tanganyika Laughing Epidemic Of 1962, A Case Of "Mass Hysteria" At The End Of Colonial Psychiatry

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“Neither The Stimulus Nor The Listener Alone Usually Tells The Whole Story”: The Science Of Aesthetic Chillsfigure sitting cross-legged in a meditation pose wearing headphones, surrounded by concentric circles of wavy lines and musical notes, with colours going from orange in the center to yellow at the edges.

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“Neither The Stimulus Nor The Listener Alone Usually Tells The Whole Story”: The Science Of Aesthetic Chillsfigure sitting cross-legged in a meditation pose wearing headphones, surrounded by concentric circles of wavy lines and musical notes, with colours going from orange in the center to yellow at the edges.
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“Neither The Stimulus Nor The Listener Alone Usually Tells The Whole Story”: The Science Of Aesthetic Chills

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How Do Bigfoot Hunters Use Scientific Evidence? We Asked Two Sociologists Who Have Spent Years Among The Bigfootersillustration of figure in a dark forest confronted by a huge figure resembling depictions of Bigfoot

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How Do Bigfoot Hunters Use Scientific Evidence? We Asked Two Sociologists Who Have Spent Years Among The Bigfootersillustration of figure in a dark forest confronted by a huge figure resembling depictions of Bigfoot
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How Do Bigfoot Hunters Use Scientific Evidence? We Asked Two Sociologists Who Have Spent Years Among The Bigfooters

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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On SightGraves and a tree in a dark, foggy graveyard.

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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On SightGraves and a tree in a dark, foggy graveyard.
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The Australian "Ghost Nuisance" Got So Bad Newspapers Called For Ghosts To Be Shot On Sight

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Clinical Lycanthropy: When Your Brain Insists You're Turning Into A Wolfwolf in silhouette howling at the full moon

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Clinical Lycanthropy: When Your Brain Insists You're Turning Into A Wolfwolf in silhouette howling at the full moon
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Clinical Lycanthropy: When Your Brain Insists You're Turning Into A Wolf

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Acquired Savant Syndrome: When Patients Gain Sudden Extraordinary Genius-Level Skills After Traumatic Brain Injuryhands on a Steinway grand piano

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Acquired Savant Syndrome: When Patients Gain Sudden Extraordinary Genius-Level Skills After Traumatic Brain Injuryhands on a Steinway grand piano
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Acquired Savant Syndrome: When Patients Gain Sudden Extraordinary Genius-Level Skills After Traumatic Brain Injury

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In 2002, A Mother Was Accused Of Fraud When A DNA Test Showed Her Own Children Were Not Related To Hercomposite image to illustrate DNA parental testing in shades of green, including images of DNA fingerprinting readouts, a parent holding a young baby's hand, a gloved hand holding a pen indicating at a paternity test result, and a test tube

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In 2002, A Mother Was Accused Of Fraud When A DNA Test Showed Her Own Children Were Not Related To Hercomposite image to illustrate DNA parental testing in shades of green, including images of DNA fingerprinting readouts, a parent holding a young baby's hand, a gloved hand holding a pen indicating at a paternity test result, and a test tube
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In 2002, A Mother Was Accused Of Fraud When A DNA Test Showed Her Own Children Were Not Related To Her

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The "Breaking Bad" Effect: Cancer Diagnoses Can Prompt A 14 Percent Increase In Criminal ConvictionsA collage conceptual image showing a an X-ray of a person's abdomen, a stethoscope, a gavel, a pile of dollar bills, some handcuffs, and a pair of rubber gloves holding a medical mask. These items are arranged in two rows of three, one above the other, and they have been set on top of a background image of a hospital ward with a strong blue filter on the lens.

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The "Breaking Bad" Effect: Cancer Diagnoses Can Prompt A 14 Percent Increase In Criminal ConvictionsA collage conceptual image showing a an X-ray of a person's abdomen, a stethoscope, a gavel, a pile of dollar bills, some handcuffs, and a pair of rubber gloves holding a medical mask. These items are arranged in two rows of three, one above the other, and they have been set on top of a background image of a hospital ward with a strong blue filter on the lens.
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The "Breaking Bad" Effect: Cancer Diagnoses Can Prompt A 14 Percent Increase In Criminal Convictions

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The Mushrooms That Make You Hallucinate Tiny Human FiguresThree boletus mushrooms in the grass.

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The Mushrooms That Make You Hallucinate Tiny Human FiguresThree boletus mushrooms in the grass.
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The Mushrooms That Make You Hallucinate Tiny Human Figures

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Capgras Syndrome: The Nightmarish Delusion That Your Loved Ones Have Been Replaced By Impostorsblack and white shot of theatrical masks hanging on a wall

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Capgras Syndrome: The Nightmarish Delusion That Your Loved Ones Have Been Replaced By Impostorsblack and white shot of theatrical masks hanging on a wall
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Capgras Syndrome: The Nightmarish Delusion That Your Loved Ones Have Been Replaced By Impostors

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Gourmand Syndrome: When Brain Injuries Spark An Obsessive Craving For Fine Food And GastronomyA professional waiter serves sparkling drinks at a modern restaurant, creating an elegant dining experience.

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Gourmand Syndrome: When Brain Injuries Spark An Obsessive Craving For Fine Food And GastronomyA professional waiter serves sparkling drinks at a modern restaurant, creating an elegant dining experience.
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Gourmand Syndrome: When Brain Injuries Spark An Obsessive Craving For Fine Food And Gastronomy

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