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Historically, women have been defined by their biology, namely their uterus and ability to bear children. Elinor Cleghorn's new book argues for medicine to look beyond biological evidence and communicate with and listen to those who know women’s bodies best: women themselves.
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One of the most overlooked discoveries in all the advancements we've made in understanding how the brain functions in recent decades is that it has its limits. Science journalist Annie Murphy Paul helps us overcome some of those limits by teaching us how our cognition extends into our bodies, our environment, and our relationships with others.
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Gillian Tett explains how the tools of anthropology can be used in every aspect of our life and work to better understand what is happening around us and why—and how to make it work better.
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How do you walk through sorrow so deep that you cannot see past it? How do you find yourself when it feels like the world is standing against you?
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Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated Five sets a healthy example for focusing more on finding strength within oneself to improve the world in the future rather than expending energy on the injustices one has faced in the past.
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