I was only three years old, so I don’t remember where I was or what I was doing the day Kennedy was assassinated, but I damn sure remember that I was in Asheville drinking a glass of apple-carrot-beet juice when I first encountered the dress. A text had arrived from a friend asking simply, “What […]
Here’s a headline that caught my attention this morning: “The biology of altruism: Good deeds may be rooted in the brain.” And here’s a reader comment posted to the same page: “Our behavior comes from our BRAINS? Whoodathunkit?” Georgetown University researcher Abigail Marsh, whose study is cited in the story, says she’s discovered that people with larger amygdalas are more likely to do extraordinary […]
