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Ana S. L. Rodrigues,1 ,2 ,3 ,* Robert M. Ewers,4 Luke Parry,5 Carlos Souza, Jr.,6 Adalberto Veríssimo,6 Andrew Balmford1 The Brazilian Amazon is globally important for biodiversity, climate, and geochemical cycles, but is also among the least developed...

Research by Andrea V. Burri, MSc , Lynn M. Cherkas, PhD, and Tim D. Spector, MD King's College London St. Thomas' Hospital, Twin Research and Genetic Epidemiology Department, London, UK Correspondence to Andrea V. Burri, MSc, Department of Twin Research...

By Elaine Jarvik Deseret News Published: Monday, April 20, 2009 11:04 p.m. MDT PROVO — Last fall, David Wiley stood in front of a room full of professors and university administrators and delivered a prediction that made them squirm: "Your institutions...

Fred Harvey, an 87-year-old roadman, or high priest, on the Navajo reservation at Lukachukai, Ariz., led a peyote ceremony. Using peyote, a cactus that induces visions when ingested, has been central to the Navajo religion for hundreds of years. Taken...

First published in: Tupper, K. W. (2003). Entheogens & education: Exploring the potential of psychoactives as educational tools. Journal of Drug Education and Awareness, 1(2), 145-161. http://www.kentupper.com/resources/Entheogens+$26+Education--JDEA...

Published in the : CANADIAN JOURNAL OF EDUCATION 27, 4 (2002): 499–516 In this article I assess and further develop the possibility of an existential intelligence as postulated by Gardner (1999a). Moreover, I entertain the possibility that some kinds...

Could Magic Mushrooms Help Treat Cancer? < http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/07/magic-mushrooms-cancer-study.php > by Christine Lepisto, Berlin < http://www.treehugger.com/authors/index.php?author=Christine+Lepisto > on 07. 7.08 Doctors at the Behavioral...

Agony and ecstasy December 27, 2008 – 17:50 Published in the Economist: http://www.economist.com/science/displaystory.cfm?story_id=12792611 Dec 18th 2008 From The Economist print edition Ecstasy may be good for those who can’t get over something truly...

Public release date: 4-Dec-2008 [ Print Article | E-mail Article | Close Window ] Contact: Rachael Davies rdavies@bma.org.uk 44-020-738-36529 BMJ-British Medical Journal Happiness is infectious Research paper: Dynamic spread of happiness in a large social...

An account of an experiment conducted by The Washington Post newspaper: A man sat at a metro station in Washington, DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since...