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You’re reading Open Questions, Joshua Rothman’s weekly column exploring what it means to be human. I like gadgets, and so, at times, my digital detox has verged on technophilic decadence. A few months ...

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This is a book review in two parts. The first is about the ideas presented in The Neural Mind: How brains think, which are fascinating. The second is about the actual experience of reading it. The ...

PITTSBURGH — Pat Narduzzi has made his fair share of game management mistakes throughout the years, and the 23-17 loss to East Carolina was no different. There were a few questionable play-calling ...

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