Package inserts contain information on the pharmacology of a drug.
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Don’t be intimidated by the package insert that comes with your medication. Learning how to read it can help you better understand how drugs work.
Shakespeare’s First Folio was the first published work to include Macbeth.
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Without the First Folio, the canon of Shakespeare’s plays would have decisively shifted.
Soil was key to making the Earth habitable.
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What fossil records tell us about when the Earth was first covered by plants.
Patterns of segregation may repeat if parents continually choose schools like the ones they attended.
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Parents who had positive experiences in school often select schools for their children that are similar to the ones they attended – but if they had a bad experience they avoid those kinds of schools.
Nearly 7 in 10 undergrad respondents had thought about taking a break due to stress, according to a new study.
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A new survey found that many people avoid college due to stress. A course design expert says it doesn’t have to be that way.
Little decisions can feel stressful too
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Sometimes a choice over what to order at a restaurant or wear to work can feel as much an ordeal as major life decisions. Here’s what psychology research shows about why.
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The US president’s sentimental journey comes during a fragile political moment in Northern Ireland.
Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum.
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An art historian explains how Vincent van Gogh went from an unknown painter to one of the world’s most expensive artists.
A young herder grazes cattle on dwindling pasture in the drylands of Kenya.
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Instead of the deluge of external interventions, ways must be found to build resilience from below, drawing on local practices and networks.
Some believe any amount of alcohol will ruin your ‘gains’.
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Just be careful not to drink too much.
Joseph Kony speaks to journalists in southern Sudan in November 2006.
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The Ugandan militant remains on the run despite a US$5 million bounty on his head for war crimes committed between 1987 and 2006.
School shootings are tragic, but parents, students and school staff can take steps to prevent them, researchers report.
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Much of the public discussion on preventing school shootings is about whether and how to limit people’s access to firearms. But other strategies can reduce the risk for violence.
There are many reasons why the place you live may affect your mental health.
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City living and country living both have their benefits and downsides when it comes to mental health.
There are many things you can do every day to get a bit more joy in your life.
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Joy is very different from our other emotions.
An impossible sight – but maybe not for long.
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Two conservation scholars break down what de-extinction looks like – and the debate over whether it could do any good.
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Find your play personality – how did you like to play as a child?
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Unplug and discover the joy of missing out.
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The problems facing the NHS have been years in the making: a result of poor decision-making, lack of political consensus and chronic underinvestment.
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Russia is walking away from the last remaining treaty designed to limit the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
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This strategy has been around since the birth of influencer marketing.