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The theme this week is "know thyself". This wise advice goes back centuries and probably millennia. Wikipedia states "Socrates says, as he did in Phaedrus, that people make themselves appear ridiculous when they are trying to know obscure things before they know themselves. Plato also alluded to the fact that understanding 'thyself,' would have a greater yielded factor of understanding the nature of a human being."
Thus this week, since the key to happiness and inner peace lies in knowing who we are, we bring you articles to assist you in this journey of discovery. This week's articles will guide us in knowing our genetics, learning to be authentic, understanding what love means for us, decoding our life story, and looking before we leap. May your path be light and lead you to discovering the treasure that you truly are.
Scroll down below for our featured articles, as well as our numerous additional articles, and of course, Pam's weekly astrological journal.
Wishing you enjoyable insightful reading, and of course a wonder-full, joy-full, and loving week.
Marie T. Russell
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NEW ARTICLES THIS WEEK
Seeing Through and Decoding Your Life Story
Written by Nauman Naeem MD
Your life story is the accumulation of experiences you have had in the physical realm, but it is not who you are in your essence. Who you are is far greater than you can ever imagine. Who you are is...
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Attempting To Understand Love and the Mechanisms Leading To Happiness
Written by Armin A. Zadeh
We all have hopes, dreams, and desires that inspire our lives. We all strive to attain happiness in life. If we agree on this common goal, we may ask ourselves how we can reliably achieve it. We recognize that love is a key factor in realizing happiness, yet we...
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What Does It Mean to Be Authentic?
Written by Ira Israel
Colloquially, “being authentic” usually describes someone sincerely speaking his deep inner thoughts, a supposedly honest monologue, one that is often critical about something emotionally stinging or at least sensitive, and marginally beyond the scope of what we consider to be normal, acceptable, or polite everyday conversation.
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Epigenetics: Unraveling and Conquering Your DNA
Written by Elisa Lottor
We are all born with the genes we inherit from our parents, but how and whether our body expresses these genes is gaining increasing attention in the emerging science of epigenetics.
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Look Before You Leap! Mercury Retrograde in Sagittarius
Written by Sarah Varcas
Mercury stations retrograde in the final degree of Sagittarius, reminding us that sometimes it really is worth looking back before you leap. This retrograde passage of Mercury augurs a time for reflection on what inspires us to action, what gives our life meaning and how we can go about expressing those values in our every day.
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Does The Right Diet Depend On Your Genes?
by Texas A&M University
Does One diet may not suit everybody, new research suggests.
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Monsters In My Closet – How A Geographer Began Mining Myths
by Patrick D. Nunn, University of the Sunshine Coast
So you think the Loch Ness Monster never existed? That the story is a cunningly cobbled-together fiction intended to…
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Why Remote Antarctica Is So Important In A Warming World
by Chris Fogwill, Keele University; et al
Ever since the ancient Greeks speculated a continent must exist in the south polar regions to balance those in the…
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How To Avoid Sexual Harassment At The Office Christmas Party
by Philip Hancock and Melissa Tyler, University of Essex
With the Christmas party season upon us, many will be dreading much more than simply the prospect of small talk over…
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What If Consciousness Is Not What Drives The Human Mind?
by David A Oakley, UCL and Peter Halligan, Cardiff University
Everyone knows what it feels like to have consciousness: it’s that self-evident sense of personal awareness, which…
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How Home Laundry Fills The Sea With Plastic Pollution
by Natalie Welden, The Open University
After decades of intense observation and campaigning by conservation groups, awareness of microplastic pollution has…
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A Guide For Young (and Not-So-Young) People To Spot Fake News
by Beth Hewitt, University of Salford
Every time you go online, people are competing for your attention. Friends, strangers, businesses, political…
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Is Eating Out Devouring Your Food Budget?
by Amit Sharma, Pennsylvania State University
If you were to guess how much you spend on eating out per month, chances are you’ll miss the mark by a quite a bit.
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9 Signs Your Child May Be Addicted To Screens
by Laura Bailey-University Of Michigan
How young children use screen devices, rather than how much time they spend using the devices, may be the strongest…
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Why Trump's Evangelical Supporters Welcome His Move On Jerusalem
by Julie Ingersoll, University of North Florida
President Trump’s announcement on Wednesday, Dec. 6 that the U.S. would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel…
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Thinking Of Taking Opioids For Low Back Pain?
by Christine Lin; Christina Abdel Shaheed, and Stephanie Mathieson, University of Sydney
Low back pain is a common problem affecting more than 80% of us at some point in our lives. Recommended treatments…
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The Horror And Pleasure Of Misused Words
by Roslyn Petelin, The University of Queensland
American film director Judd Apatow once confessed to Stephen Colbert that he’d been mispronouncing his wife's name for…
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What Can You Do About Varicose Veins?
by Caroline Robinson, Charles Sturt University
Varicose veins is a term commonly used to describe visible leg veins. But true varicose veins are dilated and very…
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Is China’s Growing Footprint Threatening To Trample The Natural World?
by Bill Laurance, James Cook University
Many observers of China’s escalating global program of foreign investment and infrastructure development are crossing…
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Why Diet Should Be Treated As A Complex Subject
by François Mariotti, Agro ParisTech – Université Paris-Saclay
Are vegetarian diets the key to healthy aging, or could they be a risk to those who adopt them? These questions are a…
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Are We Born Optimistic? Or Is It a Coping Skill We Learn as Adults?
by Lori Markson
There's one brain bias that affects 80% of adults and it has a familiar name you may not expect: optimism. It can be…
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Money Can Buy Happiness If You Know How to Spend It
by Michael Norton
Do you really need a lot of stuff to be happy? Science says that the opposite is true. But that doesn’t help us…
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How To Conquer Life's Challenges by Looking Inside Yourself
by Cornel West
Thriving in life requires fortitude. It's a strength that Professor Cornel West refers to as spiritual fortitude. What…
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Your Face Makes the First Impression—What Does It Say?
by Alexander Todorov
So in the early days, including from the time of Aristotle and later in the 16th and 17th century most of physiognomy…
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Why Some People Can't See Pictures In Their Imagination
by Rebecca Keogh and Joel Pearson, UNSW
Imagine an apple floating in front of you. Now see if you can rotate it around in your mind. Look at it from the top…
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Will Puerto Ricans Return Home After Hurricane María?
by Alexis R. Santos-Lozada, Pennsylvania State University
Even before this year’s devastating hurricane season, the team of demographers I work with at Penn State and the Puerto…
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Voodoo Economics Makes A Comeback In Republican Tax Plan
by Christian Weller, University of Massachusetts Boston
Republicans in Congress recently released more details of their tax plan, which they say would boost economic growth…
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How Some Interfaith Families Solve The December Dilemma
by Jarret Bencks-Brandeis University
American families blend a mix of religious identities and traditions today more than ever. These interfaith dynamics...
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What Happens In The Brain When It Makes A Decision?
by Anne Churchland, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Decisions span a vast range of complexity. There are really simple ones: Do I want an apple or a piece of cake with my…
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Should You Get Your Prostate Checked?
by James Dickinson, University of Calgary
As Movember has come to a close, and men flaunt or shave the facial hair they have grown, there is something people…
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The Economic Effects Of Restricting Immigration
by Philipp Ager, University of Southern Denmark and Casper Worm Hansen, University of Copenhagen
The issue of immigration – and whether or not to restrict it – is hotly debated. Promising stricter immigration laws…
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Why Three Or Four Cups Of Coffee A Day Does You More Good Than Harm
by Robin Poole, University of Southampton
Drinking moderate amounts of coffee – about three or four cups a day – is more likely to benefit our health than harm…
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How Regular Bedtimes Prevent Children From Getting A Poor Start in Life
by Yvonne Kelly, UCL
What happens in the early years of a person’s life has a profound effect on how they fare later on...
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Astrological Journal for the Week
Written by Pam Younghans
This weekly column (updated every Sunday afternoon) is based on planetary influences, and offers perspectives and insights to assist you in making the best use of current energies... Read this week's journal here
It is also highly beneficial to reread the past week's astrological journal as it gives a hindsight view of the events that took place and may provide many "ah-ha" insights.
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