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  • Resisting the Impulse to Evil in Uncertain Times

    Resisting the Impulse to Evil in Uncertain Times0

    There is a great deal of fear and uncertainty brewing in the streets as Americans await the results of their latest attempt to continue the Republic. When words fail to achieve an aim, men on both sides of the political divide are often tempted to violence. Those on the left have demonstrated this in recent

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  • Researchers Discover Why We Think Some People are “Creepy”

    Researchers Discover Why We Think Some People are “Creepy”0

    • September 11, 2015

    Why do some people make us feel “creepy”? It’s a frequently used term in modern culture, but one that has not been formally studied – until now. Two years ago, researchers Francis McAndrew and Sara Koehnke of Knox College in Illinois conducted an international survey of 1,341 individuals to discover what characteristics seem to provoke

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  • Research: Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Feel Close to Their Communities

    Research: Nearly Half of Americans Don’t Feel Close to Their Communities2

    Are American communities deteriorating? The Pew Research Center recently surveyed people from 24 countries, asking them whether they felt very/somewhat close to people in their country and/or people in their local community. The United States fell dead last when it came to a sense of solidarity with countrymen: Only 66 percent of Americans said that

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  • Research Suggests Traumatic ‘Memories’ can be Inherited

    Research Suggests Traumatic ‘Memories’ can be Inherited0

    Researchers at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta have found promising data showing that it’s possible for certain information to be biologically inherited by offspring, due to chemical changes in one’s DNA.   Trials using mice discovered that traumatic and stressful experiences, and the emotions that are felt during them, can be passed down

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  • Research Suggests Media Efforts to Portray Suicide as a Passive Act Could Increase Suicide

    Research Suggests Media Efforts to Portray Suicide as a Passive Act Could Increase Suicide0

    In less than a week in early June, the world lost two cultural luminaries to suicide. Designer Kate Spade, whose name and creations embodied feminine power and panache, died on June 5. Four days later, American chef Anthony Bourdain, whose empathic stories transcended food to connect humanity, killed himself. Spade and Bourdain’s premature deaths sparked

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  • Research Shows Why You Should Start Spending More Time Alone

    Research Shows Why You Should Start Spending More Time Alone0

    It can be hard finding time alone in a world that has most of us “connected” in some way, 24/7. The technology that has made its way into our daily lives is almost impossible to avoid using in this day and age. Between smartphones, tablets, iPods, laptops and regular desktop computers, we’re never far from

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