Helen H. Moore's Blog, page 1072
June 27, 2015
The boy I used to be: The world would look at me and see Leslie — they don’t know I’m really Peter Pan
By the time I was older, Peter was no longer my pretend self, my brash, heroic alter ego; he’d become a part of me
Addiction is not a disease: A neuroscientist argues that it’s time to change our minds on the roots of substance abuse
A psychologist and former addict insists that the illness model for addiction is wrong, and dangerously so
Violence is contagious: Stopping its transmission became the mission of the man who’d fought TB and cholera in Somalia
Gary Slutkin figured out that violence spread like infectious disease. Here's what he's doing to "interrupt" it
Are killer whales persons?: The more we learn about orcas, the more our assumption of innate superiority looks like a presumption
They have big brains, complex social structures, rich emotional lives -- how can we still hold them captive?
Dark matter may be even darker than originally thought
A radical new theory helps shed light on one of the biggest mysteries in science today
I never thought I’d see the day
When I came out to my mother, I was paralyzed by suicidal ideation. I've come a long way -- and so has my country
Dawes: You’ve always got to find ways to keep it interesting
The folk-rock band on their newest album, touring and the strange alchemy of the recording process
America is changing, and marriage equality is a huge victory — but we need to go so much further
It wasn't judges or politicians who made this breakthrough happen -- it was the people. Now we must demand more
Viral rewind: Joe Biden’s “smartass” quip earned him some conservative heat
Biden's custard shop visit was about getting media coverage painting him as a down-to-earth guy -- no luck there
America’s water crisis is so much bigger than California
The American West is in grave peril, thanks in small part to gross mismanagement of the Colorado River basin
