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RSSRecent research on smoking has revealed something astounding. The study was carried out on the people who had damage to a prune-size slab of brain tissue called Insula and found that they were able to give up smoking. The insular cortex (also often...
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Key findings of an investigation by the Senate Armed Services Committee on the Pentagon’s detainee policies:_The office of Pentagon general counsel William...
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