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The physicist’s life-changing revelation about religion

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Why bad marriages suck so much now — and why good marriages are really strong

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How an anxiety attack changed a skeptic’s mind about self-help books

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“I choose unavailable men, broken men”: Author Paula McLain on the book that helped her stop

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A woman, passed out on heroin, is reflected in a mirror under a bridge where she lives with other addicts in the Kensington section which has become a hub for heroin use on January 24, 2018 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Getty/Spencer Platt)

This 1938 book on addiction could have stopped the war on drugs

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"Do What You Are: Discover the Perfect Career for You Through the Secrets of Personality Type" by Paul D. Tieger; "Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking" by Susan Cain (Broadway Books/Little, Brown Spark)

How author Susan Cain learned she’s an introvert — and then started a “Quiet” revolution

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“The monster you don’t see is worse”: When an ex shares your intimate photos online

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The tyranny of “the Internet is forever”

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Demonstrators participate in gay rights protest in San Francisco, July 15, 1984 (AP/Joe Skipper)

The urgent mission of “Making Gay History”

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How “The Wonder Years” grew out of the Reagan era

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How AOL Instant Messenger saved one girl’s life

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Why kids need to know their family history

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How data can help reform our criminal justice system

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Psilocybin, the psychoactive ingredient in hallucinogenic mushrooms (AP/Seth Wenig)

Can psychedelics help cancer survivors shake death anxiety?

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An envelope of leaves mailed from Canada to San Diego so a long-distance paramour could experience changing seasons in Southern California at the Museum of Broken Relationships. (AP/Chris Carlson)

Can you KonMari your personal life?

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Is your memory good enough to convict?

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The art of remembering the dead

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Can you ever start over in the digital age?

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Message in a bottle answered after 40 years

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Is Stockholm Syndrome real? Its first victim tells her story

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