Anna Sumner’s craving for sleep began when she was an 18-year-old high school senior. She thought nothing of it. When…
Browsing: Virginia Hughes
Last week the journalism world was buzzing about — guess who? — Jonah Lehrer. Yes, again. We knew about the…
A recent study has shown alcohol to cement painful memories into neural circuits, but cannabis can can curb stress responses and reduce anxious behaviors – so could it be used in PTSD treatment?
Two weeks ago, I wrote about scientists who intentionally killed 80,000 feral goats on one of the islands in the Galápagos archipelago. The effort was in the name of biodiversity and conservation, sure, but was it right?
Judas knew what he was doing when he double-crossed his friend Jesus. “What will you give me if I betray him to you?” he asked the conspiring priests in the famous Bible story. The story of the Judas Goat is more tragic. She had no idea that she was leading her friends to their deaths.