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What Would It Mean to 'Absorb' a Nuclear Attack? Nov 22, 2023

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The missiles on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota make it a potential target for a nuclear attack. And that doesn’t come close to describing what the reality would be for those on the ground.

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If You Had a Nuclear Weapon in Your Neighborhood, Would You Want to Know about It? Nov 20, 2023

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The Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota has had nuclear missile silos on its land for decades. Now the U.S. government wants to take the old weapons out and replace them with new ones, and it’s unclear how many living there know about that.

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Just One U.S. Reservation Hosts Nuclear Weapons. This Is The Story of How That Came to Be Nov 17, 2023

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15 nuclear missiles deployed in underground concrete silos across the Fort Berthold reservation in North Dakota. It took displacement and flood to get them there.

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How Did Nuclear Weapons Get on My Reservation? Nov 14, 2023

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A member of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation digs into a decades-long mystery: how 15 intercontinental ballistic missiles came to be siloed on her ancestral lands.

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Quick Naps Are Good for Your Brain Nov 13, 2023

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Daytime naps of about 30 minutes really improve your thinking and may spark creativity.

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Funding for Research on Psychedelics Is on the Rise, Along with Scientists' Hopes for Using Them Nov 10, 2023

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As interest and support for psychedelic research grows, scientists share their hopes for the future.

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Do You Need to 'Trip' for Psychedelics to Work as Medicine? Nov 08, 2023

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Psychedelic researchers are engaged in heated debate over whether the mind-altering effects of the drugs are necessary for realizing their therapeutic potential.

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The Search for New Psychedelics Nov 06, 2023

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As companies join the hunt, can the field of mind-altering synthetic substances stay true to its original pioneering spirit of wonder, curiosity and connection?

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What Are Ultraprocessed Foods, and Are They Bad for You? Nov 01, 2023

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More than half of our diet consists of foods that have been industrially processed in some way, and they may be harmful to our health

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These Creatures Are Probably the Closest Thing Nature Has to Real Werewolves Oct 30, 2023

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Under the right conditions, the spadefoot tadpole will transform into a voracious predator of its own species.

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