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Health / June 2021

What Happens to Our Brains When We Get Depressed?

May 19, 2021October 19, 2021 - by Jeremy Leung

The human brain, in all its complexity, is nearly impossible to model. One neuroscientist is trying anyway

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Illustration of a prison building, with several women on the roof walking into a light. In the prison windows, behind bars, a couple of people remain.

Justice / September/October 2020

Did Prisons Ever Work?

August 18, 2020January 5, 2021 - by Jeremy Leung

A growing movement believes it’s time to stop putting women in jail

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Animated illustration of Humphry Osmund.

Books / March 2019

The Untapped Promise of LSD

February 15, 2019March 27, 2020 - by Jeremy Leung

Psychedelics are a potential cure for everything from depression to addiction. Why did we ban these drugs in the first place?

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