In my present state of life, the question of whether or not we survive death has become of great interest to me. If we don’t, then I’m never going to know, so that doesn’t really bear much thinking about. But if we do, then I have a lot of questions about how to prepare, how to understand the life I am taking with me, and where I might be going.
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Scientists are discovering that chronic stress can alter gene expression, and consequently "stress", or our body’s response to it, can be passed down through generations as an unwanted legacy from our predecessors.
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 Following the discovery of a ‘Lost world’ full of unknown species in an unexplored Australian rainforest last week, a team of researchers working for the Wildlife Conservation Society, the American Museum of Natural History, and numerous other groups have found a species of humpback dolphin previously unknown to science swimming in the waters off northern Australia.
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In the wake of the most recent school shootings in the US, the question left hanging in the air is why these type of incidents – and teenage violent crimes in general – are on the increase.

A recent publication from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the national public health institute of the United States, stated that

"Homicide continues to be the second leading cause of death for youth ages 15-24, and the leading cause of death for African American youth."
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