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Scientists find links between brain damage and religious fundamentalism

January 13, 2019 Syndicated 0

A recent study has shown that religious fundamentalism is partly the result of a functional impairment in the prefrontal cortex, where damage to particular areas may indirectly promote religious fundamentalism by diminishing cognitive flexibility and openness.

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    Historical Events 1282 - Llywelyn ab Gruffydd/Llywelyn the Last, last native Prince of Wales is killed at Cilmeri, near Builth Wells, south Wales. Reigned from 1259. 1981 - El Mozote massacre: Salvadoran armed forces kill an estimated 900 civilians in an anti-guerrilla campaign during the country's civil war. 1985 - Dow Jones closes above 1,500 […]

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A new study concludes that rail is the industry that’s injected the most money into climate change denial propaganda efforts in the last 25 years.

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Criminal Justice
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Health
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Business & Economy
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Researchers are investigating whether an anti-itch medication that targets a specific part of our nerve cells can make morphine — which targets a different part–more effective. The findings suggest it can.

Robert Pollin: The Emerging Divide Between Sanders and Warren on Medicare for All

November 21, 2019 0

The growing chasm between Sanders’ and Warren’s “Medicare for All” plans increasingly highlights which candidate is genuinely serious about fighting for universal healthcare, with the release of Warren’s extremely convoluted, regressively funded, and loophole-ridden so-called “Medicare for All” plan.

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Environment
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