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A Cryptocurrency Expert Explains NFTs

Written by: The Conversation

March 31, 2021

Nonfungible tokens prove ownership of a digital item – image, sound file or text – in the same w ...

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How Lockdown Changed the Sex Lives of Young Adults

Written by: The Conversation

March 30, 2021

COVID restrictions disproportionately affected young adults, who are more likely than older adul ...

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Nofap: Can Giving Up Masturbation Really Boost Men's Testosterone Levels?

Written by: The Conversation

March 29, 2021

Nofap is a growing online movement devoted to giving up masturbation and even sex for extended p ...

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Firearm Suicides Are Much More Common Than Mass Shootings

Written by: The Conversation

March 29, 2021

Every year, homicides – one person killing another – make up about 35% of gun deaths. More than ...

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Many QAnon Followers Report Having Mental Health Diagnoses

Written by: The Conversation

March 27, 2021

Many QAnon followers revealed – in their own words on social media or in interviews – a wide ran ...

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What Is 'Excited Delirium' and Why Is It Controversial?

Written by: Bethania Palma

March 26, 2021

The public most often sees the term invoked in news stories about cases involving deaths in poli ...

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Geert Vanden Bossche Stokes Fear of COVID-19 Vaccine To Promote His Own Flawed 'Solution'

Written by: Alex Kasprak

March 26, 2021

Anti-vaccine activists are promoting a veterinarian's claim that the only way to prevent a futur ...

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Dementia: Is Processed Meat Another Risk Factor?

Written by: The Conversation

March 25, 2021

Studies that examine an association between the consumption of a specific food and an increased ...

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Cassette Sales Have Doubled During the Pandemic – Here's Why

Written by: The Conversation

March 22, 2021

Despite having been superseded in functionality first by the compact disc and then the digital f ...

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New Study Confirms Link Between COVID and Hearing Loss, Tinnitus, and Vertigo

Written by: The Conversation

March 22, 2021

A rapid systematic review of COVID-19 and hearing difficulties revealed a possible link between ...

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People with Greater Emotional Intelligence Are Better at Spotting Misinformation

Written by: The Conversation

March 22, 2021

Over the past few years, research in psychological science and political science has started to ...

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'Sex Addiction' Isn't a Justification for Killing, Or Really an Addiction

Written by: The Conversation

March 20, 2021

Sex addiction is not a recognized disorder in the mental health community.

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7 Ways to Avoid Becoming a Misinformation Superspreader

Written by: The Conversation

March 18, 2021

Here are some strategies you can use to avoid being misled, and to prevent yourself – and others ...

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6 Tips to Help You Detect Fake Science News

Written by: The Conversation

March 16, 2021

If a science article sounds too good to be true or too wacky to be real, or very conveniently su ...

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10 Things to Know About the Real St. Patrick

Written by: The Conversation

March 16, 2021

Patrick’s own writings and early accounts of the saint’s career reveal many interesting details ...

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Billions of Cicadas May Be Coming Soon to Trees Near You

Written by: The Conversation

March 12, 2021

Starting sometime in April or May, depending on latitude, one of the largest broods of 17-year ...

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How the Nazis Used Music to Celebrate and Facilitate Murder

Written by: The Conversation

March 12, 2021

Beautiful music accompanying murder and rape is a bizarre and disturbing juxtaposition.

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How Search Engines Spread Misinformation

Written by: The Conversation

March 11, 2021

Search engines are one of society’s primary gateways to information and people, but they are als ...

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One Year at the Center of the Infodemic

Written by: Snopes Staff

March 10, 2021

The end of the COVID-19 pandemic is coming into view, but the misinformation infodemic is here t ...

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How a Silent Movie Informs the Debate Over the Right to Be Forgotten

Written by: The Conversation

March 10, 2021

The right to be forgotten has sparked concern over “erasing” history. But neither regulation nor ...

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