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Thought-provoking articles about human nature from diverse thinkers

What our use of animal-based slurs and endearments says about us | Psyche

Animals

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What our use of animal-based slurs and endearments says about us

by David Egan

I’m haunted by my night of vodka and reefers with the Taliban | Psyche

Trauma

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I’m haunted by my night of vodka and reefers with the Taliban

by Sasha Kassam

Feeling fearful? Welcome to my world, and let me help you with it | Psyche

Autism

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Feeling fearful? Welcome to my world, and let me help you with it

by Camilla Pang

To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish | Psyche

Technology

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To be more tech-savvy, borrow these strategies from the Amish

by Alex Mayyasi

There’s something in my eye: why we happy-cry and what it does for us | Psyche

Emotions

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There’s something in my eye: why we happy-cry and what it does for us

by Janis Zickfeld

Animals

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My cancer scars map the pain of animals held in research labs

by Barbara J King

Grief

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Ancient Akkadian poems and medical texts reveal grief’s universals

by Moudhy Al-Rashid

Some people feel so utterly alone it’s as if they don’t exist | Psyche

Personality disorders

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Some people feel so utterly alone it’s as if they don’t exist

by Kristine Dahl Sørensen & Marit Råbu

Let’s use bold, beautiful hearing aids to celebrate deafness | Psyche

Technology

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Let’s use bold, beautiful hearing aids to celebrate deafness

by Jaipreet Virdi

Addiction

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If you think you’ve got a porn addiction, you probably haven’t

by Joshua Grubbs

What art history reveals about the rise of anti-feminist women | Psyche

History of art

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What art history reveals about the rise of anti-feminist women

by Paula Keller

It should be OK for parents to express regret about having children | Psyche

Parenting and families

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It should be OK for parents to express regret about having children

by Jenna Abetz & Julia Moore