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The Enlightenment philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau believed that humankind originally lived in small bands of ...

A new scientific review from the University of Granada in Spain suggests that a diet rich in whole, plant-based foods could ...

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“Significant and sustained reductions in depression were observed, with 67% in remission for at least five years ...

At FinalSpark, a company co-founded by software engineer Dr. Fred Jordan, researchers are creating what they call “wetware”—a ...

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