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Katherine Don is a freelance writer in New York.

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Non-believers taking college campuses by storm

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“Spiritual Doorway in the Brain”: The science of near-death experiences

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Authors choose their favorite books of 2010

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Human in gas mask outdoors and industrial factory on a background (Arman Zhenikeyev)

“Armageddon Science”: Our coming apocalypse, explained

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“The Moral Landscape”: Why science should shape morality

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Left: Chicago mobster Al Capone. Right: Stephen Graham as Al Capone in "Boardwalk Empire"

How real is “Boardwalk Empire’s” Al Capone?

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“Origins”: The explosive new science of pregnancy

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Stephen Moyer in "True Blood"

The rise of “True Blood’s” nihilistic vampire

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