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Kezman in front of the Berlin Wall

Q&A With Just Eat Filmmaker, Laura Kezman

In her new film confronting eating disorders, Kezman asks: “Why is the deadliest mental illness the least funded and the most ignored?”

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The Greatest Voyage Into The Unknown Might Be Right In Our Own Bodies

American virologist Nathan Wolfe says 40-50% of all the genetic information in our gut is unclassifiable—he calls it biological dark matter.

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September Is Sickle Cell Awareness Month: Get Your Knowledge-Drop!

Because no one is out there making sexy bumper stickers to raise awareness for this deadly hereditary disease, we're here to try and shed some light.

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Ebola is Killing Far More Women than Men

In its rampage through West Africa, Ebola has claimed 1350 lives--most of them female.

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New Delhi in Crisis: Bands of Rhesus Monkeys Terrorize Population

Thinking of vacationing in India this summer? You may want to avoid New Dehli and its out-of-control gangs of bullying monkeys.

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What Can Ellis Island Teach Us About Today's Immigration Crisis

We’ve got a bonafide humanitarian crisis on our border. Should we turn to the past for direction?

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Isolated Amazonian Tribe Makes First Contact with Modern World

Probably chased out of their homelands, this group seeks refuge in Brazil. But they may be more vulnerable than ever.

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Science is Sweet: 4 Under-Represented Ways We Could Go Extinct

Tired of the same old plot lines for our ultimate destruction? We’ve got four obscure—but plausible!—ideas for humanity's finale.

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