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Heidi Schreck wants to talk to you about inherited trauma.She wants to tell you about the trauma that’s been passed down from woman to woman in her family: from her great-grandmother, a mail-order bride who died of “melancholia” at age 36; to her mother, who had to testify against her …

On Wednesday, October 17th, Canada will become the second country in the world where marijuana is legal on a national level, as Bill C-45, approved by Parliament in June, goes into effect. Adults will be able to possess up to 30 grams of pot and grow as many as four …

It might already feel like social media is taking up too much of our mental space, but just wait until it’s literally inside of our brains. Physicists and neuroscientists have developed the world’s first “brain-to-brain” network, using electroencephalograms (EEGs), which record electrical activity in the brain, and transcranial magnetic stimulation …

As Baltimore health commissioner, Dr. Leana Wen was outraged last summer when she found out that President Trump planned to cut a grant for teen pregnancy prevention programs in a handful of cities, including hers. “This grant allowed us to have comprehensive reproductive health education in middle schools and high …

Songwriter-producer Jim Steinman announced a massive North American tour behind Bat Out of Hell –The Musical, the theatrical adaptation of his album trilogy with singer Meat Loaf. The jaunt launches October 16th with a stint in Toronto, Ontario then heads to the U.S., closing July 7th with the last of …

It was freezing out. January in Toronto — even at its best — is unforgiving. In the city’s suburbs, there’s very little that protects you from the frigid wind that blows through the trees and brush. On January 20th, 2018, reporters who were parked outside a two-story home in the …

A team of former FBI investigators is claiming to have proof of the real identity of D.B. Cooper, the notorious airplane hijacker who has remained at large since he parachuted out of a Seattle-bound plane with $200,000 in November 1971. According to filmmaker and author Thomas Colbert – who has …

On Tuesday, the Michigan state legislature briefly considered a law that would have fully legalized recreational marijuana for adults in the state. It didn’t make it to a vote – Republicans leading the effort abandoned it when they realized they did not have the numbers – and because Tuesday was …

Bill Cosby‘s sentencing hearing has been scheduled for September 24th and 25th, The Wrap reports. Last month, a Pennsylvania jury found Cosby guilty of drugging and sexually molesting Andrea Constandin 2004. He was convicted on three counts of indecent aggravated assault: penetration with lack of consent, penetration while unconscious and …

Adam Rippon is not backing down from a controversial comment he made about Vice President Mike Pence in the weeks leading up to the Olympics. Still, Rippon, who won a bronze medal during Sunday’s team competition, with two more chances to medal later on, doesn’t want that to be the …