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Thinking About Learning

“Learning” is another one of those abstract concepts which reveals significant complexity upon further examination. In the context of people, learning represents our ability to incorporate experience in a beneficial way; we can learn facts, skills, or social norms (among countless other things) through repeated (or one-time) exposure. The exact mechanics underlying the learning process …

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Daylight Savings and Heart Attacks

With the recent passing in the Senate of the Sunshine Protection Act, which seeks to move the US to permanent Daylight Savings Time (DST), there’s been wider discussion on the benefits and downsides of changing our clocks twice a year. Marco Rubio, the main sponsor of the bill, provides a list of potential benefits in …

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