There’s no end to what we can learn about the brain. Check out this now basic information: “The brain has the storage capacity of 6 million years of the Wall Street Journal” (Greg Iles, quoted in “A Better Brain at
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Boon or Boondoggle? Don’t Be Scammed!
I received a message from a Facebook friend that said he was stranded at the London Heathrow Airport. He was penniless and needed more money to get back to the states. “Could I help?” he asked. I responded that I
Read moreDo You Hear Hoof Beats?
“If you hear hoof beats in Texas, think horses, not zebras” (from “Complications: A Surgeons Notes on an Imperfect Science,” by Atul Gawande, M.D.). Sometimes it’s best to trust our intuition, defying traditional wisdom. If we think that we’re seeing
Read moreAngels on Black Ice
When Ruth Grossman told this story right to my face, I was incredulous. How often does someone tell you a story about personally encountering angels? I asked her to write it down. I present her true story here in her
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