Brain & Consciousness
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Sugar: the reward that never has to wait
Your brain does not weigh what is healthy. It weighs what is worth something now. On sugar, craving,…
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Fear and control: the smoke detector in your head
You have an alarm system in your head that is millions of years old. It still works beautifully,…
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You Might Be the Happiest Person You Know
An honest deep dive into 2,500 years of searching for happiness — from a fabulously rich king to…
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Intelligence Is Not Enough. From Harvard to Hiroshima.
Why did the smartest people sometimes make the biggest mistakes? A warm, science-grounded deep dive into intelligence, wisdom,…
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Chocolate: from sacred drink to ultra-processed snack
An honest deep dive into how cacao changed over four thousand years — from a bitter medicinal drink…
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Anger: why one person laughs and another throws a plate
One event, very different reactions. On the story your brain tells about a situation in a split second,…
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Creatine: the most-researched powder and the biggest misunderstanding about it
Creatine sits on my shopping list as naturally as bread and eggs. A deep, honest dive into the…
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You Are What You Repeatedly Do
One footstep makes no path; ten thousand do. From Socrates and Aristotle to modern neuroscience: how character is…
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Why one child moves us, and a thousand leave us cold
In the beginning, every death still had a face. On the arithmetic of compassion, and why the human…
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Discipline Doesn’t Begin with Making the Bed, but with Noticing
Everyone says discipline begins with making your bed. Until my son’s symptoms taught me something else. An honest…