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The Ongoing Mystery of How DNA Affects Intelligence (https://medium.com/@lissa.e.harris/the-ongoing-mystery-of-how-dna-affects-intelligence-722efb1a7918?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-1§ionName=top)

We know genes affect intelligence, but we're years away from understanding how
Lissa Harris (https://medium.com/@lissa.e.harris?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
in OneZero (https://medium.com/one-zero?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
11 min read


The Art of Making Space (https://medium.com/@HazelGale/the-art-of-making-space-cc7738ada166?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-1§ionName=top)

How to write for emotional meaning, self-empathy and change
Hazel Gale (https://medium.com/@HazelGale?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
in Noteworthy - The Journal Blog (https://medium.com/did-you-know-the-journal-blog?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
14 min read


Could Epicurus save us? (https://medium.com/@stevengambardella/could-epicurus-save-us-d140d6ef44f7?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-1§ionName=top)

A philosophy of pleasure could cure our modern ills
Steven Gambardella (https://medium.com/@stevengambardella?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
12 min read


Feel Sad After You Have Sex? You're Not Alone. (https://medium.com/@taramaemulroy/feel-sad-after-you-have-sex-youre-not-alone-a91870a5a387?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------3-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-1§ionName=top)

In studies, nearly half of men and women have experienced it in their lifetimes.
Tara Mae Mulroy (https://medium.com/@taramaemulroy?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
in Publishous (https://medium.com/publishous?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
5 min read

Best in Art

A Trip to the Museum With Cartoonist John Porcellino (https://medium.com/@portrify/a-trip-to-the-museum-with-cartoonist-john-porcellino-28123c009bb8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Gabrielle and Jen receive an art history lesson
Gabrielle Bell (https://medium.com/@portrify?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
in Spiralbound (https://medium.com/spiralbound?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
2 min read


White Fantasies, Colorful Interiors (https://medium.com/@beetasays/white-fantasies-colorful-interiors-1aeb9439c3f1?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

The problem with cultural appropriation in home design
Beeta Baghoolizadeh (https://medium.com/@beetasays?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
7 min read


The Anarchist Street Artists Taking on Corporate Ads (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981/the-anarchist-street-artists-taking-on-corporate-ads-acdd0b960b6a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

On the front lines with 'subvertisers' who are fighting an ongoing war with outdoor advertising
Simon Doherty (https://medium.com/@simonchristopher_60981?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
8 min read

Best in Neuroscience

Everything You Know About Muscle Cramps Is Wrong (https://medium.com/@mheidj/everything-you-know-about-muscle-cramps-is-wrong-59614efccbaf?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

And eating a banana won't help
Markham Heid (https://medium.com/@mheidj?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
4 min read


You Can Force Yourself to Fall Out of Love (https://medium.com/@bykatemorgan/you-can-force-yourself-to-fall-out-of-love-16c7a409909e?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Lessons from neuroscience about easing the pain of a breakup
Kate Morgan (https://medium.com/@bykatemorgan?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
5 min read


Applause from Medium Staff
How to Avoid Emotional Outbursts and Save Your Relationships (https://medium.com/@Chris11873/how-to-avoid-emotional-outbursts-and-save-your-relationships-6c0b48314276?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Intervening in an amygdala hijack
Chris Sowers (https://medium.com/@Chris11873?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
in Better Humans (https://medium.com/better-humans?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
6 min read

Best in Cryptocurrency

My Overwhelming, Disappointing Foray Into Cryptocurrencies (https://medium.com/@NickyWoolf/my-overwhelming-disappointing-foray-into-cryptocurrencies-ae07511a2039?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

And what it has to do with tulips, Louis XV, and a vain Scotsman
Nicky Woolf (https://medium.com/@NickyWoolf?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
13 min read


Coin Talk #54: 🦁 Brave 🦇 BAT (https://medium.com/@cointalk.show/coin-talk-54-brave-bat-b42293422bbf?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Aaron & Jay download the Brave browser and attempt to use the 25 BAT that come with it.
Coin Talk (https://medium.com/@cointalk.show?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
38 min read


Crypto for President 2020! Embracing Blockchain at the Libertarian Convention (https://medium.com/@markyarm001/crypto-for-president-2020-embracing-blockchain-at-the-libertarian-convention-1a2592d941fd?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

They were ahead of the mainstream parties on same-sex marriage and marijuana - and now they're betting on…
Mark Yarm (https://medium.com/@markyarm001?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
13 min read

Best in History

Medieval Steak and Ale Pies (https://medium.com/@bbwerner/medieval-steak-and-ale-pies-6994f22f59e8?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

The History
Brandon B Werner (https://medium.com/@bbwerner?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
8 min read


Mary Todd Lincoln, Spiritualist (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc/mary-todd-lincoln-spiritualist-914078802371?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Did the first lady's supernatural interests convince Abraham Lincoln to sign the Emancipation Proclamation?
Mitch Horowitz (https://medium.com/@mitch.horowitz.nyc?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
7 min read


American Daredevil (https://medium.com/@mitch.moxley/american-daredevil-9916930f920a?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-49------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-11§ionName=topic)

Kirk Jones jumped off Niagara Falls twice. The first time, he made it. The second time, he died.
Mitch Moxley (https://medium.com/@mitch.moxley?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
15 min read

Editors' picks

The Real College Admissions Problem: White Mediocrity (https://medium.com/@ciarrajones/college-admissions-and-the-erasure-of-white-mediocrity-80e5548ef151?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------0-13------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-6§ionName=suggested)

For years, my Black and Brown academic colleagues have silently shouldered the burden of our own excellence…
Ciarra Jones (https://medium.com/@ciarrajones?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
4 min read


Startup Founders Need to Start Doing Less (https://medium.com/@feliks/do-less-2c81556edce5?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------1-13------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-6§ionName=suggested)

The best companies set fewer goals, hire fewer people, and default to "no"
Feliks Eyser (https://medium.com/@feliks?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
5 min read


How Tesla Proved Critics Wrong (https://medium.com/@edans/guess-what-everyone-was-wrong-about-tesla-8e7da8e866bb?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader------2-13------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501-6§ionName=suggested)

After stellar Q3 reports, Elon Musk's critics are left grasping at straws
Enrique Dans (https://medium.com/@edans?source=email-6aea86892e2d-1552734966482-digest.reader-------------------------499724c3_a1f6_4af5_a976_7baab8233501)
4 min read

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