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We Pride Ourselves On Being The Only Species That Understands The Concept Of Risk, Yet We Have A Confounding Habit Of Worrying About Mere Possibilities While Ignoring Probabilities, Building Barricades Against Perceived Dangers While Leaving Ourselves Exposed To Real Ones.

The Mind Of The Polyglot Is A Very Particular Thing, And Scientists Are Only Beginning To Look Closely At How Acquiring A Second Language Influences Learning, Behavior And The Very Structure Of The Brain Itself.

Identical Twins Are Ideal Lab Specimens For Studying The Difference Between Learned And Inherited Traits Since They Come From The Womb Preloaded With Matching Genetic Operating Systems. Any Meaningful Differences In Their Behaviors Or Personalities Are Thus Likely To Have Been Acquired, Not Innate.

There's No One Place A Virus Goes To Die - But That Doesn't Make Its Demise Any Less A Public Health Victory. Throughout Human History, Viral Diseases Have Had Their Way With Us, And For Just As Long, We Have Hunted Them Down And Done Our Best To Wipe Them Out.

A Jellyfish Is Little More Than A Pulsating Bell, A Tassel Of Trailing Tentacles And A Single Digestive Opening Through Which It Both Eats And Excretes - As Regrettable An Example Of Economy Of Design As Ever Was.