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Talking Tuberculosis

Some thoughts about Andrew Speaker, who traveled to Europe after being diagnosed with a drug resistant form of tuberculosis.

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The Weeping Willow

The Weeping Willow: Encounters With Grief collects real-life stories which teach lessons about coping with grief, we have excerpted one of the stories below.

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Why Spock could never have evolved

If you ever watched Star Trek, you’ll remember Spock, the pointy-eared alien. Spock was half human, half Vulcan; a species that, by some quirk of fate, happened to look remarkably human in all respects other than those tell-tale ears. The visual similarity, however, concealed a deeper difference.

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