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April 8, 2013 Subscribe · Forward Incredible Story Hidden In Your DNA Our human lineage is not actually linear. In fact, it's more of a branching tree, telling the story of our origins in Africa and our migrations throughout the world. Continue reading... Icy Moon Has Raw Materials For Life, Scientists Say WATCH: Creepy Humanoid Robot Tests Chemical Gear WATCH: Dead Star Bends Light From Giant Companion NASA Announces Ambitious Missions For 2017 First-Of-Its-Kind Magic Mushroom Research Stalled Volcanoes On Mysterious Moon Stump Scientists First-Of-Its-Kind Magic Mushroom Research Stalled WATCH: Your DNA Contributes To Humanity's Story WATCH: Your DNA Contributes To Humanity's Story First-Of-Its-Kind Magic Mushroom Research Stalled WATCH: Massive Unibrow Spotlights NASA Scientist's Theory ALLEN FRANCES Animal Smarts Accumulating evidence suggests that animals are a lot smarter and humans are a lot dumber than we previously thought. A recent study shows that the short term memory of chimpanzees far exceeds what we can expect from ourselves. Continue reading... TOM ENGELHARDT The Future Is Now -- And James Hansen Knew It Back When At 72, climate scientist James Hansen is retiring as head of NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies to work even more actively on climate-change issues. Continue reading... CLAIRE MCCARTHY, M.D. How Being Human Messes Up Medical Research Sometimes, as I'm talking to patients and their families, I realize that I have no idea what I'm talking about. Really. Continue reading... BEN GOLDACRE WATCH: What Doctors Don't Know About the Drugs They Prescribe Doctors need the results of clinical trials to make informed choices, with their patients, about which treatment to use. But the best currently available evidence estimates that half of all clinical trials, for the treatments we use today, have never been published. Continue reading... DON TAPSCOTT Suffering From 'Fractalnoia'? There May Be No Cure Today, rather than savouring our current place and time, we are in constant quest for something better. The obsession with "now" is the topic of Present Shock, the new book from well-known media theorist Douglas Rushkoff. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here. Unsubscribe here.