A person’s face is worth a thousand words. Tiny muscles beneath the skin dictate whether we grin or grimace, scrunch up our faces, or stick out our tongues. Both anxiety and excitement fill the capillaries of our cheeks with blood, which may even turn pink, and warm with embarrassment or exhilaration. When we’re truly terrified […]
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Guys literally only want one thing. Or at least, the male antechinus, an Australian marsupial, seems to prioritize one thing over everything else: sex. These mouse-like animals live fast and die young, forgoing sleep in order to reproduce during their short fertile window. Scientists are, naturally, fascinated by these pocket-sized marsupials and their exciting, mysterious
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Bud, dope, reefer, Mary Jane, cannabis — our country’s history with this leafy green plant is as diverse and plentiful as its names. The 1936 film “Reefer Madness” follows a group of high schoolers who are pressured into smoking marijuana, subsequently falling into lives of crime, self-harm, and madness. President Reagan’s “War on Drugs” of
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When I was younger, I would have a terrible cold for nearly seven out of 12 months each year. I would always be sucking on a cough drop or taking Mucinex, trying everything to relieve the awful, ceaseless coughing that accompanied the cold. Each year, my mother would give me the same advice: to pop
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