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Hitting the Curiosity Sweet Spot Speeds Up Learning
Scientists are piecing together the brain processes that underlie the wide-eyed wanting-to-know we generally think of as ...
Looks That Kill: Using a Deer’s Curiosity to Your Advantage
An old Texas rancher describes how whitetail deer often investigate a source of danger rather than always flee from it.
Ali Smith creates a dystopian near-future that is alarmingly familiar
In her new novel Gliff, Smith’s new normal is a dictatorial world where everyone is surveilled. Sound familiar?
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Sony A1 II vs Sony A1 - Which is Better?
The A1 II inherits the 3.2-inch, 2095K dot resolution, 4-axis LCD screen from the A7R V and the A1I which is unique to Sony.
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Berkeley mourns Ben Brown, skilled cook and stand-up uncle who was ‘loud with positive energy’
Brown died after a motorist struck him at Josephine and Rose streets in North Berkeley as he walked home from a youth soccer ...
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On Solitary Confinement, California Officials Side With the Prison System—Again
Organizers wanted to ban the use of solitary confinement against pregnant Californians. They got something else entirely.
Fear of mass deportations spreads in immigrant communities
Fear is widespread throughout the border’s undocumented migrant community since President-elect Donald Trump reiterated ...