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Elizabeth Svoboda

Elizabeth Svoboda is a contributing editor for Popular Science magazine. She lives in San Jose, Calif.

Busy mature businessman working from home and watching his crying son at night, who is is yelling at him. (Getty Images;ljubaphoto)

Why our emotions are so powerful

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The “mystery” illnesses informed by culture

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Dr. Walter Freeman performs a lobotomy using an instrument like an ice pick which he invented for the procedure. Inserting the instrument under the upper eyelid of the patient, Dr. Freeman cuts nerve connections in the front part of the brain. (Getty Images/Bettmann Contributor)

Tales of scientists gone rogue (or worse)

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Protesters march to the Scottish Parliament in an "anti-swine flu vaccination protest" along the Royal Mile Edinburgh. (David Cheskin/PA Images via Getty Images)

Why science denialism persists

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Exploring the biology of friendship

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“I am not a puzzle, I am a person”

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There’s gold in them melting glaciers

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Old McDonald had a pharm

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The sun blotted out from the sky

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Who owns the moon?

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Jesus is my dorm advisor

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